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"Roundball Rock" is a musical composition by John Tesh composed in 1990 for the NBA on NBC. The song has served as the theme for the NBA on NBC from 1990-2002, and will be the theme again starting in 2025. [1] It also currently serves as the theme song for Fox /FS1 College Hoops. [2]
The duo pitched the theme to NBC executives played by Vince Vaughn, Kenan Thompson and Kate McKinnon — unofficially adding lyrics to the song. “Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-basketball, gimme gimme gimme the ...
Inside the NBA, branded for sponsorship purposes as Inside the NBA presented by Kia, is the halftime and postgame studio show for NBA on TNT broadcasts. The show has been hosted since 1990 by Ernie Johnson , joined on set by three analysts: Kenny Smith (since 1998), Charles Barkley (since 2000), and Shaquille O'Neal (since 2011).
John Frank Tesh Jr. [1] (born July 9, 1952) is an American musician and radio and television presenter. He wrote the NBA on NBC basketball theme "Roundball Rock", and hosts the Intelligence for Your Life radio show.
The NBA was first televised by NBC from 1954 to 1962. In 1990, the NBA returned to NBC under a multi-year contract which coincided with the dynastic run of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls; the league rose to unprecedented popularity, with ratings surpassing the days of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the mid-1980s.
Ernest Thorwald Johnson Jr. (born August 7, [2] 1956) is an American sportscaster for TNT Sports.He is the television voice and a studio host for Major League Baseball on TBS, hosts Inside the NBA for TNT and NBA TV, and contributes to the joint coverage of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament for TNT Sports and CBS Sports.
Jesse Itzler (born August 22, 1968) is an American entrepreneur, author, and rapper. [3] He is the co-founder of Marquis Jet, one of the largest private jet card companies in the world, a partner in Zico Coconut Water, the founder of The 100 Mile Group and one of the owners of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.
The Starters was a podcast, blog, and television program that analyzed, and often satirized, the National Basketball Association (NBA). The show was written and hosted by Canadians Tas Melas and Phil Elder (J.E. Skeets), Australian Leigh Ellis and American Trey Kerby.