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NBC will bring back “Roundball Rock”, its beloved sports theme song next season when the network is starting its 11-year-old media rights for Air Nba Games.
Musical composer and radio and television personality John Tesh wrote “Roundball Rock”, which became popular during the Cover of the NBC League from 1990 to 2002. Signed a successful 11 -year and 77 billion dollars agreement With ESPN, Amazon and NBC, from 2025-2026.
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The NBA moved its coverage from NBC to ESPN in 2002, which caused the popular basketball anthem.
NBC announced the return of “Roundball Rock” during the coverage of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday in an advertising Tesh, Luka Dončić of the Los Angeles Lakers, the sports advertiser Mike Tirico and several stars of NBC programs.
“I am really honored to be back with my friends at NBC Sports,” Tesh said in a statement. “Since our first meeting, (the president of NBC sports), Rick Cordella, had a powerful vision to bring” Roundball Rock “to his only real house. With millions of other fans, I will be at the center of the first row for the epic launch in the fall.”
Tish said Athletics in 2020 That he had the idea of the song in the middle of the night in France. He did not have a tape recorder in his hotel, so he called his phone in Los Angeles and hummed the music on his answering machine.
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