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John Tesh Performs NBA Theme 'Roundball Rock'

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.

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‘Roundball Rock' returns! John Tesh on the making of his beloved NBA on NBC theme

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‘Roundball Rock’ returns to its sports theme mountaintop with the NBA back on NBC

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The NBA Returns to NBC Tonight, Here’s What You Need to Know

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.

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NBA: LeBron James-Luka Doncic combination for LA Lakers among talking points as 2025-26 season begins on Sky Sports

The most shocking moment of the previous NBA season came when Luka Doncic, one of the biggest stars in the league, was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers by the Dallas Mavericks.

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2025-26 NBA schedule: How to watch games on ESPN

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NBA 2025-26 broadcast schedule, how to watch: NBC, Peacock, Prime Video join ESPN and ABC for weekly broadcasts

NBC will also broadcast an NBA Cup group play doubleheader on Nov. 25 with the 76ers hosting the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Clippers visiting the Lakers.

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The NBA on NBC returns: Here's what those behind-the-scenes say fans can expect

John Tesh, Reggie Miller, Mike Tirico and others discuss the return of the NBA on NBC. "Roundball Rock" is all cued up.

NBC Hopes That Nostalgia, Tech and a Superstar Talent Pool Can Drive Its NBA Hoop Dreams

More than two decades after it last aired an NBA game, NBC is betting on Peacock and Michael Jordan as launches year one of its 11-year deal for the sport.

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Why is Michael Jordan on NBC? Explaining the NBA legend's role on broadcasts in 2025-26

Here is what to know about how Michael Jordan will be contributing to NBC's NBA coverage this season, and potentially beyond.

And, two decades after NBC lost its NBA package to

And, two decades after NBC lost its NBA package to ESPN/ABC, NBC is back in the game, having regained an NBA package as part of the 11-year, $77 billion broadcast rights deal the league reached earlier this year with NBC (and its streaming service,