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John Tesh's iconic song "has such a different feel from any other piece of theme music that’s out there. ... It just fits perfectly."
Mike Tirico, Reggie Miller, Jamal Crawford and Zora Stephenson Call NBA Tip-Off and Premier of Coast 2 Coast Tuesday
1. After a 23-year hiatus, NBC gets back in the NBA business starting tonight with a doubleheader featuring the Thunder at the Rockets at 7:30 p.m. ET and the Warriors at the Lakers at 10 p.m. ET. NBC, which aired the NBA from 1990 to 2002, is entering Year 1 of an 11-year deal with the league.
Fans tuning into the NBA this season will have to adjust their viewing habits to new networks and a seven-day-a-week national TV schedule.
Carmelo Anthony, Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady headline NBC’s NBA coverage, which tips off October 21 with Rockets–Thunder and Warriors–Lakers.
The song has spawned a "Saturday Night Live" sketch and has its own Wikipedia page, and it's now set to make it's long-awaited return to the NBA on NBC.
Inside The NBA has long held center stage and has remained unchanged for many years. ESPN rotates analysts pretty regularly and long had a set-in-stone broadcast team. Those will still be around this season, but the NBC and Prime Video rosters will have fresh faces.
"Roundball Rock" is one of the most recognizable sports themes ever. The John Tesh theme returns, along with NBA on NBC, for the 2025-26 season.
NBC has unveiled its broadcaster teams for the first 2 weeks of NBA games on NBC and Peacock. Official release STAMFORD, Conn. – With the NBA returning to NBC and debuting on Peacock one week from today,
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NBA on NBC theme song, explained: The story behind John Tesh's nostalgic 'Roundball Rock'
With so much changing for the 2025 season of NBA broadcasts, NBC decided to return to its original theme song, reviving "Roundball Rock." The network won back rights to some NBA games in 2024, with the deal taking effect in the 2025–2026 season. Here is more on the NBA on NBC theme song.