Division of American broadcast network NBC
This article is about the sports division of NBCUniversal. For the former cable channel, see
NBCSN
. For sports on USA Network produced by NBC, see
NBC Sports on USA Network
.
NBC Sports
is an American programming division of the
broadcast network
NBC
, owned and operated by the
NBC Sports Group
division of
NBCUniversal
and subsidiary of
Comcast
. The division is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its dedicated national sports
cable channels
. Formerly operating as "a service of
NBC News
", it broadcasts a diverse array of sports events, including the
French Open
, the
Premier League
, the
IndyCar Series
,
NASCAR
, the
National Football League
(NFL),
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
college football, the
Olympic Games
, professional
golf
, the
Tour de France
and
Thoroughbred racing
, among others. Other programming from outside producers ? such as coverage of the
Ironman Triathlon
? is also presented on the network through NBC Sports. With Comcast's
acquisition
of NBCUniversal in 2011, its own cable sports networks were aligned with NBC Sports into a part of the division known as the NBC Sports Group.
History
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Early years
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2000s
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In 2000, NBC declined to renew its broadcast agreement with
Major League Baseball
(MLB). In
2002
, it was additionally outbid by
ESPN
and
ABC
for the
National Basketball Association
(NBA)'s new broadcast contract, ending the league's twelve-year run on NBC.
During this era, NBC experimented with broadcasting emerging sports. In 2001, the network partnered with the
World Wrestling Federation
(WWF) to establish the
XFL
? a new football league which introduced modified rules and debuted to tremendous, but short-lived fanfare, only lasting one season (NBC shared broadcast rights to the league's games, which were mainly held on Saturday nights, with
UPN
). In
2003
, NBC obtained the broadcast rights and a minority interest in the
Arena Football League
(AFL). The network televised weekly games on a regional basis, as well as the entire playoffs. The deal lasted four years, after which the league and NBC parted ways.
Beginning with the
1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
, NBC began its foray into
NASCAR
.
NBC
, along with
Fox
and
TNT
, obtained the broadcast rights of the top two series ? the
NASCAR Cup Series
and
NASCAR Xfinity Series
? in a six-year deal, beginning in 2001. NBC televised the second half of the season and alternated coverage of the
Daytona 500
with
Fox
. In December 2005, NBC announced that it would not renew its agreement with NASCAR. In 2001, NBC obtained the broadcast rights to horse racing's
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
in a five-year deal.
In 2004, NBC reached a broadcast agreement with the
National Hockey League
(NHL). The revenue-sharing deal called for the two sides to split advertising revenue after the network recouped the expenses. Games were supposed to begin airing on the network during the
2004?05 season
, however a league
lockout
that resulted in the cancellation of that season delayed the start of the contract until the second half of the
2005?06 NHL season
.
NBC
televised regular season games at first on Saturday afternoons before moving the telecast to Sundays, Saturday and Sunday afternoon playoff games, and up to five games of the
Stanley Cup
. Additionally in 2008, NBC broadcast the
2008 NHL Winter Classic
, an outdoor NHL game played on New Year's Day at
Ralph Wilson Stadium
, a success in attendance and television ratings. The following year's Winter Classic would become the most-watched regular season game in 34 years.
[2]
In addition to this regular season success, Game 7 of the
2009 Stanley Cup Finals
was watched by an average of 8 million viewers, the highest ratings for an NHL game in 36 years.
[3]
The NFL also returned to NBC in 2006 after an eight-year hiatus, broadcasting the league's new flagship
Sunday Night Football
game, along with select postseason games and
Super Bowls XLIII
,
XLVI
,
XLIX
,
LII
,
LVI
and
LX
.
2010s: Comcast/NBCUniversal era
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In January 2011,
Comcast
finalized its
acquisition
of a majority share in
NBC Universal
. As a result of the merger, the operations of Comcast's existing sports networks, such as
Golf Channel
and
NBCSN
, were merged into an entity known as the
NBC Sports Group
. NBC Sports' senior vice president Mike McCarley additionally became Golf Channel's new head.
[4]
NBC Sports' golf production unit was merged with Golf Channel, along with NBC's on-air staff, with that unit rebranding under the banner "
Golf Channel on NBC
", while Versus was reformatted toward a more mainstream audience, renamed the NBC Sports Network and eventually rebranded as
NBCSN
.
[5]
The merger also helped influence an extension of NBC Sports' contract with the NHL; the 10-year deal ? valued at close to $2 billion, unified the cable and broadcast television rights to the league and introduced a new "
Black Friday
"
Thanksgiving Showdown
game on NBC, along with national coverage for every game in the
Stanley Cup playoffs
.
[6]
On July 3, 2011,
ESPN
obtained the exclusive broadcast rights to
The Championships, Wimbledon
in a 12-year deal, ending NBC's television relationship with The Championships after 42 years.
[7]
From 2012 until 2015,
Major League Soccer
(MLS) games were shown on NBC and the NBC Sports Network. This included the broadcast of two regular season games, two playoff games, and two national team matches on NBC and 38 regular season games, three playoff games, and two national team matches on NBC Sports Network.
[8]
Since the 2013?14 season NBC Sports has also held the rights to televise
Premier League
soccer in English (primarily on NBCSN) and Spanish (on
Telemundo
and
Universo
), through a $250 million deal, replacing
ESPN
and
Fox Soccer
as the league's U.S. broadcasters.
[9]
NBC Sports held broadcast rights to the
Formula One
(formerly held by
Speed
and
Fox Sports
) from 2013 until 2017. The majority of its coverage (including much of the season, along with qualifying and practice sessions) aired on NBCSN, while NBC aired the Monaco Grand Prix,
Canadian Grand Prix
and the final two races of the season, which in the first year of the deal included the
United States Grand Prix
. All races were also streamed online and through the NBC Sports Live Extra
mobile app
.
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[11]
[12]
They lost the broadcast rights to
ESPN
beginning from the 2018 season.
[13]
[14]
On March 18, 2013, nearly all of the operations for NBC Sports and NBCSN began to be based out of a purpose-built facility in
Stamford, Connecticut
. The move was made mainly to take advantage of
tax credits
given by the state of
Connecticut
, which NBC has taken advantage of previously with the
tabloid talk shows
of its
NBCUniversal Television Distribution
.
[15]
Only
Football Night in America
remained in New York City, at
NBC Studios
, until September 7, 2014, when production of that program also moved to Stamford.
NASCAR returned to NBC Sports properties in 2015 under a ten-year deal, with NBC once again airing the second half of the
NASCAR Cup Series
and
NASCAR Xfinity Series
seasons. While no specific financial details were disclosed, NBC reportedly paid 50% more than
ESPN
and TNT (who took over the portion of the season previously held by NBC) combined under the previous deal.
[16]
[17]
In May 2015, NBCUniversal announced the formation of NBC Deportes (later renamed
Telemundo Deportes
), which serves as a
Spanish language
branch of NBC Sports for
Telemundo
and
NBC Universo
.
[18]
On June 7, 2015, amid its loss of rights to the
USGA
's championships to
Fox
(including the
U.S. Open
), NBC Sports and
The R&A
agreed to a twelve-year deal to televise
The Open Championship
,
Senior Open Championship
, and
Women's British Open
on NBC and Golf Channel, beginning in 2017.
[19]
Existing rightsholder ESPN opted out of its final year of its agreement for the tournaments, with the Open subsequently debuting a year early in 2016.
[20]
Universal Sports
ceased operations in November 2015. NBCUniversal acquired the rights to the content that was previously held by Universal Sports Network. Much of the programming moved to either
Universal HD
, NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra.
[21]
From 2016 until 2018, NBC Sports held the rights to
Premiership Rugby
, the top division of English
rugby union
, through a three-year deal. The contract included up to 24 regularly-scheduled games on NBCSN per-season, and up to 50 streaming. Its first live match was on March 12, 2016, when
London Irish
hosted
Saracens F.C.
at
Red Bull Arena
in
Harrison, New Jersey
.
[22]
In June 2016, NBC Sports launched
NBC Sports Gold
, a suite of sport-specific over-the-top subscription services that would included expanded and overflow coverage of its properties.
[23]
On July 15, 2017. NBCUniversal relaunched Universal HD as
Olympic Channel
, a network that would carry
Olympic sports
programming as a complement to its long-standing agreement to cover the Games.
[24]
[25]
In early 2018, it was announced that NBC Sports would renew its contract with the
IndyCar Series
(continuing a relationship with NBCSN which began in 2009 as Versus),
[26]
through 2021, and acquire the broadcast television rights previously held by
ABC
. NBC televises eight races per-season since 2019, including the series flagship
Indianapolis 500
, with the remaining races airing on NBCSN as before. An IndyCar package is also offered through NBC Sports Gold.
[27]
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Shortly after, NBC announced a six-year agreement with the
International Motor Sports Association
beginning in 2019, including the
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
, with the majority of coverage on NBCSN.
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2020s
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Following the launch of NBCUniversal's streaming service
Peacock
, NBC Sports began to migrate some of its overflow content (including the Premier League and other NBC Sports Gold services) to the service.
[30]
On June 29, 2020, Fox sold the last seven years of its contract to air USGA tournaments to NBC, regaining rights to the U.S. Open for the first time since 2015.
[31]
[32]
In January 2021, it was reported that NBCUniversal planned to shut down NBCSN by the end of the year; an internal memo cited increased competition from streaming services and the other mainstream sports networks as reasoning.
[33]
[34]
NBC's contract with the NHL expired after the
2020?21 season
, with the league signing new contracts with
ESPN
and
TNT
.
[35]
[36]
On December 31, 2021, NBCUniversal shut down NBCSN;
[37]
its remaining programming rights were moved to other NBCUniversal platforms, particularly USA Network and Peacock.
[37]
On April 6, 2022, NBC Sports announced a deal to carry a package of
Sunday afternoon MLB games
on Peacock beginning in the
2022 season
.
[38]
[39]
On July 1, 2022, NBC Sports announced that Olympic Channel would shut down as a linear channel on September 30, 2022.
[40]
[41]
On August 18, 2022, NBC Sports announced a seven-year deal to carry
Big Ten Conference
college athletics across its platforms beginning in the 2023?24 academic season. This contract will most notably include a new package of primetime Big Ten college football games on NBC beginning in the
2023 season
, as well as a package of college basketball and Olympic sports coverage on Peacock.
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Olympics
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In 1964, NBC televised the
1964 Summer Olympics
in Tokyo; in 1972, NBC televised the
1972 Winter Olympics
for the first time. 1980 would prove to be a stinging disappointment for the network; after contentious negotiations, NBC won the broadcast rights to the
1980 Summer Olympics
. After the
Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
, the United States and 64 other countries
boycotted the event
. NBC substantially scaled back its coverage and lost heavily in advertising revenue. In 1988, NBC televised the
1988 Summer Olympics
in
Seoul
. Since then, it has branded itself as "America's Olympic Network", televising every Summer Olympic Games since the Seoul event, as well as every
Winter Olympic Games
since
2002 Winter Olympics
. In total, NBC has aired 13 Summer and Winter Olympics, the most by any one U.S. network. The Olympic Games have also become an integral part of the network, despite some recurring controversy over its method of
broadcast delaying
events in part to take advantage of a wider national audience in prime time.
In 1998, Ebersol was named president of NBC Sports and Olympics.
The
2010 Winter Olympics
in Vancouver were watched by a total of 190 million viewers,
[44]
including 27.6 million viewers of the gold medal game in men's hockey.
[45]
During the
2014 Winter Olympics
in
Sochi
, Russia, over 500 hours of the games were broadcast across five NBC-owned television channels (NBC, NBCSN,
CNBC
,
MSNBC
and
USA Network
), with 1,000 hours being streamed digitally.
[46]
In January, the company announced some exclusive digital-only streaming of the 2014 Olympics via the NBCOlympics.com website and the NBC Sports Live Extra app for
Android
and
iOS
, including exclusive content such as Gold Zone, Olympic Ice and NBC's Olympic News Desk.
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Branding
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With the premiere of
Sunday Night Football
, NBCUniversal hired Troika Design Group to design an overall visual identity for its coverage, including branding, on-air graphics, and other visual elements.
[48]
Concurrent with the relaunch of Versus as NBC Sports Network on January 2, 2012, and the
2012 NHL Winter Classic
, NBC Sports also launched a comprehensive redesign of its branding, including a new on-air graphics design built around the NBC peacock, and an updated logo for the division as a whole (replacing a logo that had been in use since 1989). The new design was also intended to be modular, allowing it to be expanded for use in larger events across multiple networks (such as the
Super Bowl
and the
Olympic Games
).
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A refreshed design for on-air graphics was introduced on January 1, 2015 (in time for the
2015 NHL Winter Classic
and NFL playoffs), with a cleaner and brighter visual appearance.
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NBC began using dedicated graphics packages specifically for
Sunday Night Football
during
Super Bowl LII
, and unveiled a second redesign for the 2022 season during
Super Bowl LVI
.
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NBC similarly diverged for its Premier League coverage in 2019, adopting elements of its new British sibling
Sky Sports
.
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In 2023, NBC transitioned college football (which had continued to use the 2015 graphics) to new graphics derived from the
Sunday Night Football
graphics introduced in 2022.
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Programs throughout the years
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Current programs
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- Major League Baseball on NBC
(1947?1989, 1994?2000, 2022?present)
- MLB Sunday Leadoff
(2022?present; Peacock will broadcast these games, with NBC carrying one game per season.)
- Golf on NBC
(1954?present)
- Olympics on NBC
- Summer Olympics
(
1964
,
1980
,
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1988
,
1992
,
1996
,
2000
,
2004
,
2008
,
2012
,
2016
,
2020
,
2024
,
2028
, 2032)
- Winter Olympics
(
1972
,
2002
,
2006
,
2010
,
2014
,
2018
,
2022
,
2026
, 2030)
- Thoroughbred Racing on NBC
(1949?present)
- French Open
(
1983
?present)
- College Football on NBC Sports
(
1946
?
1965
,
1991
?present)
- College Basketball on NBC Sports
(1969?
1998
, 2022?present)
- NFL on NBC
(
1951
?
1953
,
1955
?
1964
,
1970
?
1997
,
2006
?present)
- NBC Sunday Night Football
(
2006
?present)
- NFL Wild Card playoff game (
2007
?present)
- NFL Divisional playoff game (
2015
?present)
- Super Bowl
:
I
(shared with CBS),
III
,
V
,
VII
,
IX
,
XI
,
XIII
,
XV
,
XVII
,
XX
,
XXIII
,
XXVII
,
XXVIII
,
XXX
,
XXXII
,
XLIII
,
XLVI
,
XLIX
,
LII
,
LVI
,
LX
, LXIV, and LXVIII
- Football Night in America
(
2006
?present)
- Tour de France
(
2011
?present)
- Premier League
(
2013
?present)
- Motorsport
- Olympic sports
- Rugby
- Other
Former programs
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- Major League Baseball on NBC
- World Series
(
1947
(Games 1 & 5),
1948
?
1976
,
1978
,
1980
,
1982
,
1984
,
1986
,
1988
,
1995
(Games 2, 3, & 6),
1997
,
1999
)
- Major League Baseball Game of the Week
(1956?1989)
- Major League Baseball: An Inside Look
(1979?1989)
- The Baseball Network
(1994?1995) (co-production with
ABC Sports
and
Major League Baseball
)
- NBC College Football Game of the Week
- NBA on NBC
(1954?1962;
1990
?
2002
)
- NFL on NBC
- NHL on NBC
: (
1966
,
1972
?
1975
,
1990
?
1994
(All Star Game),
2005
?
2021
)
- College Basketball on NBC
- The Championships, Wimbledon
(
1969
?
2011
)
- Sportsworld
(1978?1992)
- Champ Car World Series
(
1979
?
1990
,
1994
,
2005
?
2007
)
- WWF/E
Saturday Night's Main Event
(1985?1992, 2006?2008)
- American Le Mans Series
(
1999
?
2004
,
2007
?
2008
)
- Formula One
(
2013
?
2017
)
- Global Rallycross
(2014?2017)
- Gillette Cavalcade of Sports
(1946?1960)
- Michael Jordan Celebrity Golf Classic
(1990s)
- Soccer
- Superstars
(1985?1990)
- XFL
(2001)
- AFL on NBC
(
2003
?
2006
)
- CFL on NBC
(1954, 1982, 2012?2013)
- Professional Bowlers Association
(1984?1991)
- Association of Volleyball Professionals
(1990?2009)
- Hambletonian Stakes
(2007?2012)
- Premier Boxing Champions
(2015?17)
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- NASCAR on NBC
- Extreme Championship Wrestling
(2006?2010)
- MotoGP World Championship
(2020?2023)
- Include Moto2 and Moto3 Races
- WWE SmackDown
(2010?2019)
- Superbike World Championship
(2020?2023)
- Premier Lacrosse League
(2019?2021)
- Belmont Stakes
(1950?1952, 2001?2005, 2011?2022)
- United States Football League
(
2022
?
2023
)
Notable personalities
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Present
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Play-by-play
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- NBC Sunday Night Football
?
Cris Collinsworth
,
Todd Blackledge
,
Jason Garrett
,
Terry McAulay
- NASCAR on NBC
?
Steve Letarte
,
Jeff Burton
,
Dale Jarrett
,
Parker Kligerman
,
Brad Daugherty
- IndyCar Series on NBC
?
Townsend Bell
,
James Hinchcliffe
- IMSA on NBC
?
Calvin Fish
,
Townsend Bell
,
James Hinchcliffe
- Tennis on NBC
?
John McEnroe
,
Mary Carillo
- Golf Channel on NBC
?
Paul Azinger
,
Gary Koch
,
Justin Leonard
- Big Ten Saturday
?
Todd Blackledge
,
Jason Garrett
,
Chris Simms
,
Michael Robinson
,
Kyle Rudolph
,
Joshua Perry
,
Anthony Herron
, Terry McAulay, Reggie Smith
- Notre Dame Football on NBC
?
Jason Garrett
,
Todd Blackledge
, Terry McAulay, Reggie Smith
- Premier League on NBC
?
Lee Dixon
,
Graeme Le Saux
,
Tim Howard
,
Robbie Earle
,
Robbie Mustoe
,
Danny Higginbotham
,
Stephen Warnock
- IAAF
/
USA Track & Field
?
Ato Boldon
,
Sanya Richards-Ross
,
Craig Masback
,
Kara Goucher
,
Trey Hardee
- FINA
/
USA Swimming
/
USA Diving
?
Rowdy Gaines
,
Elizabeth Beisel
,
Michael Phelps
,
Cynthia Potter
- Tour de France
?
Bob Roll
- USFL
?
Jason Garrett
,
Michael Robinson
,
Cameron Jordan
,
Colt McCoy
,
Kyle Rudolph
,
Anthony Herron
- WWE
?
Wade Barrett
,
Corey Graves
,
Pat McAfee
,
Booker T
Reporters
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- NBC Sunday Night Football
?
Melissa Stark
,
Kathryn Tappen
,
Kaylee Hartung
- Olympics on NBC
?
Andrea Joyce
,
Heather Cox
,
Kelli Stavast
,
Trenni Kusnierek
,
Lewis Johnson
,
Steve Sands
, Tina Dixon
- MLB Sunday Leadoff
?
Ahmed Fareed
- NASCAR on NBC
? Marty Snider,
Dave Burns
,
Parker Kligerman
, Kim Coon, Dillon Welch, Matt Yocum, Kevin Lee
- IndyCar Series on NBC
? Marty Snider, Kevin Lee, Dillon Welch, Dave Burns, Georgia Henneberry
- IMSA on NBC
? Marty Snider, Dave Burns,
Parker Kligerman
, Kevin Lee,
Brian Till
, Dillon Welch, Georgia Henneberry, Matt Yocum, Hannah Newhouse
- Golf Channel on NBC
?
Roger Maltbie
,
Mark Rolfing
,
Notah Begay III
,
Kathryn Tappen
- Big Ten Saturday
?
Kathryn Tappen
, Zora Stephenson, Caroline Pineda,
Lewis Johnson
- Notre Dame Football on NBC
? Zora Stephenson,
Kathryn Tappen
,
Ahmed Fareed
,
Lewis Johnson
- World Athletics
/
USA Track & Field
?
Lewis Johnson
,
Todd Harris
- FINA
/
USA Swimming
/
USA Diving
?
Ahmed Fareed
,
Laura Wilkinson
,
- Tour de France
? Steve Porino,
Jens Voigt
- USFL
?
Corey Robinson
, Zora Stephenson, Lewis Johnson, Caroline Pineda
- WWE
-
Byron Saxton
,
Jackie Redmond
,
Kelly Kincacid
,
Sarah Schreiber
Studio hosts
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- Football Night in America
?
Maria Taylor
,
Jac Collinsworth
,
Ahmed Fareed
- Olympics on NBC
?
Mike Tirico
,
Rebecca Lowe
,
Jimmy Roberts
,
Kathryn Tappen
,
Ahmed Fareed
,
Maria Taylor
- MLB Sunday Leadoff
-
Ahmed Fareed
- NASCAR on NBC
? Marty Snider
- IndyCar Series on NBC
?
Mike Tirico
- Golf Channel on NBC
?
Jimmy Roberts
- College Countdown
?
Maria Taylor
,
Ahmed Fareed
- Premier League on NBC
?
Rebecca Lowe
,
Ahmed Fareed
,
Paul Burmeister
, Cara Banks, Anna Jackson
- National Dog Show
?
John O'Hurley
- Tour de France
?
Paul Burmeister
Studio analysts
[
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]
- Football Night in America
?
Tony Dungy
,
Jason Garrett
,
Mike Florio
,
Rodney Harrison
,
Chris Simms
,
Devin McCourty
,
Steve Kornacki
,
Matthew Berry
- NASCAR on NBC
?
Kyle Petty
,
Dale Jarrett
,
Brad Daugherty
- IndyCar Series on NBC
?
Danica Patrick
- Premier League on NBC
?
Robbie Mustoe
,
Robbie Earle
,
Tim Howard
,
Danny Higginbotham
,
Stephen Warnock
- Tour de France
-
Christian Vande Velde
,
Chris Horner
- College Countdown
?
Joshua Perry
,
Matt Cassel
,
Michael Robinson
, Nicole Auerbach
Emeritus
[
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]
Former
[
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]
Play-by-play
[
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]
- NFL on NBC
-
Dick Enberg
,
Don Criqui
,
Curt Gowdy
,
Marv Albert
,
Charlie Jones
,
Tom Hammond
,
Al Michaels
- Major League Baseball on NBC
?
Mel Allen
,
Bob Costas
,
Dick Enberg
,
Joe Garagiola
,
Curt Gowdy
,
Bryant Gumbel
,
Lindsey Nelson
,
Vin Scully
,
Bob Wolff
- NBA on NBC
-
Greg Gumbel
,
Dick Enberg
,
Don Criqui
,
Mike Breen
,
Bob Neal
,
Curt Gowdy
,
Dan Hicks
,
Paul Sunderland
,
Jim Lampley
,
Tom Hammond
,
Marv Albert
,
Bob Costas
- NHL on NBC
?
Tim Ryan
,
Mike Emrick
,
Dave Strader
,
Chris Cuthbert
,
Kenny Albert
,
Mike Tirico
,
John Forslund
,
Gord Miller
,
Brendan Burke
,
Randy Hahn
,
Rick Peckham
,
Alex Faust
- NASCAR on NBC
?
Bill Weber
,
Allen Bestwick
,
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- IndyCar Series on NBC
?
Bob Jenkins
,
Brian Till
,
Bob Varsha
- IMSA on NBC
?
Allen Bestwick
,
Bill Weber
- MLS on NBC
?
John Strong
,
Steve Cangialosi
, Richard Fleming
- Thoroughbred Racing on NBC
?
Tom Durkin
- Notre Dame Football on NBC
? Don Criqui, Dick Enberg, Tom Hammond, Dan Hicks
- SportsWorld
?
Paul Page
- The Championships, Wimbledon
? Dick Enberg
- Formula One
?
Leigh Diffey
,
Bob Varsha
- Premier League on NBC
-
Steve Bower
,
Derek Rae
,
Clive Tyldesley
,
Bill Leslie
,
Arlo White
- NFL on NBC
?
Merlin Olsen
,
Paul Maguire
,
Phil Simms
,
Bob Trumpy
,
Len Dawson
,
Al DeRogatis
- Major League Baseball on NBC
?
Joe Morgan
- NBA on NBC
?
Bill Walton
,
Matt Guokas
,
Doug Collins
,
Quinn Buckner
,
Tom Tolbert
,
Dan Issel
,
Chuck Daly
,
Cotton Fitzsimmons
,
Julius Erving
,
Steve "Snapper" Jones
- NHL on NBC
?
Ted Lindsay
,
Bill Clement
,
John Davidson
,
Eddie Olczyk
,
Pierre McGuire
,
Brian Engblom
,
Brian Hayward
,
Peter McNab
,
Joe Micheletti
,
A. J. Mleczko
,
Mike Johnson
,
Kendall Coyne Schofield
,
Peter McNab
,
Jim Fox
- NASCAR on NBC
?
Benny Parsons
,
Wally Dallenbach Jr.
,
James Hinchcliffe
,
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- IndyCar on NBC
?
Robbie Buhl
,
Jon Beekhuis
,
Wally Dallenbach Jr.
,
Dan Wheldon
,
Sam Hornish Jr.
,
David Hobbs
,
Steve Matchett
,
Anders Krohn
,
Paul Tracy
,
AJ Allmendinger
,
Jimmie Johnson
- IMSA on NBC
?
AJ Allmendinger
,
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- MLS on NBC
?
Brian Dunseth
,
Stuart Holden
,
Shep Messing
,
Robbie Russell
- Golf Channel on NBC
?
Johnny Miller
- Notre Dame Football on NBC
?
Pat Haden
,
Mike Mayock
,
Drew Brees
- College Basketball on NBC
?
Al McGuire
,
Billy Packer
- Formula One
?
David Hobbs
,
Steve Matchett
- Tour de France
?
Paul Sherwen
Reporters
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- NBC Sunday Night Football
?
Andrea Kremer
,
Alex Flanagan
,
Michele Tafoya
,
- Thursday Night Football
?
Heather Cox
- Major League Baseball on NBC
?
Bob Costas
- NBA on NBC
?
Jim Gray
- NASCAR on NBC
?
Bill Weber
,
Allen Bestwick
,
Matt Yocum
,
Mike Massaro
, Alex Hayden, Jim Noble,
Lindsay Czarniak
, Dorsey Schroeder,
Kelli Stavast
- NHL on NBC
?
Pierre McGuire
,
Brian Boucher
,
Ray Ferraro
,
Cammi Granato
,
Darren Pang
- IndyCar Series on NBC
?
Jack Arute
,
Michelle Beisner
,
Calvin Fish
, Robbie Floyd,
Gary Gerould
, Brian Hammons,
Bruce Jenner
, Sally Larvick, Cameron Steele,
Bill Stephens
,
Lindy Thackston
,
Anders Krohn
,
Robin Miller
, Kelly Stavast
- Olympics on NBC
?
Melissa Stark
,
Lesley Visser
,
Chris Wragge
,
Craig Sager
, Marty Snider
- Notre Dame Football on NBC
?
Lewis Johnson
,
Alex Flanagan
- The Championships, Wimbledon
?
Bud Collins
- French Open
?
Bud Collins
- Formula One
?
Will Buxton
,
Townsend Bell
Studio hosts
[
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- NFL on NBC
? Gayle Gardner, Bryant Gumbel, Greg Gumbel, Jim Lampley, Bob Costas
- Major League Baseball on NBC
?
Bill Macatee
- NBA on NBC
?
Bob Costas
,
Hannah Storm
- NHL on NBC
?
Bill Clement
,
Pierre McGuire
,
Bob Costas
,
Dan Patrick
,
Liam McHugh
,
Kathryn Tappen
,
Mike Tirico
,
Ahmed Fareed
,
Paul Burmeister
, Russ Thaler
- Olympics on NBC
?
Bob Costas
, Dick Enberg,
Gayle Gardner
, Curt Gowdy, Bryant Gumbel, Greg Gumbel,
Jim Lampley
,
Dan Patrick
,
Alex Flanagan
, Liam McHugh
- NASCAR on NBC
? Bill Weber,
Brian Williams
,
Krista Voda
- IndyCar Series on NBC
? Kevin Lee, Krista Voda
- MLS on NBC
? Russ Thaler
- Notre Dame Football on NBC
? Hannah Storm, Liam McHugh
- Premier League
?
Steve Bower
, Russ Thaler,
Liam McHugh
,
Derek Rae
,
Arlo White
- USFL
? Sara Perlman
Studio analyst
[
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]
- NFL on NBC
?
Ahmad Rashad
,
Cris Collinsworth
,
Mike Ditka
,
Joe Gibbs
,
Sam Wyche
,
Paul Maguire
,
Joe Montana
,
O. J. Simpson
- NHL on NBC
?
Eddie Olczyk
,
Keith Jones
,
Patrick Sharp
,
Anson Carter
,
Mike Babcock
,
Dominic Moore
,
Ryan Callahan
,
Ray Ferraro
,
Mike Milbury
,
Jeremy Roenick
,
Brett Hull
- IndyCar Series on NBC
?
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Notre Dame Football on NBC
?
Doug Flutie
,
Corey Robinson
- Premier League
?
Kyle Martino
Telemundo personalities
[
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Presidents and chairmen
[
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Main competitors
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