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John Tesh, Reggie Miller, Mike Tirico and others discuss the return of the NBA on NBC. "Roundball Rock" is all cued up.
Even after NBC lost the NBA to ESPN/ABC in 2003, and those networks went with their own theme songs, “Roundball Rock” remained the unofficial anthem of the pro game. And its influence was immortalized in a celebrated “Saturday Night Live” sketch in 2013,
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.
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.
The 2025-26 season opens Tuesday with a doubleheader on NBC and Peacock — backed by the percussive theme song last heard in 2002, when NBC last had broadcast rights.