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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 ...

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

John Tesh's iconic song "has such a different feel from any other piece of theme music that’s out there. ... It just fits ...

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

The song has spawned a "Saturday Night Live" sketch and has its own Wikipedia page, and it's now set to make it's ...

From opening tip with ‘Roundball Rock’ on, NBA return to NBC off to a good start

The network hit almost all of the right nostalgic notes before and during its debut broadcast, a double-overtime thriller ...