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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 .
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network. Formerly "a service of NBC News " (it was spun off as a standalone operating unit by 1977), it broadcasts a diverse array of programs, including the Olympic Games , the NFL , Notre Dame football , the PGA Tour , the Triple Crown , and the French Open , among others.
Website. nbcsportsgrouppressbox .com. NBC Sports Group is a division of NBCUniversal Media Group that is responsible for NBC Sports ' media properties, encompassing the NBC television network's sports division as well as day-to-day operation of the company's sports-oriented cable networks and other properties such as NBC Sports Radio .
History Early coverage 1964 Summer Olympics. NBC televised its first Olympic Games in 1964, when it broadcast that year's Summer Olympics from Tokyo.The network originally had intended to film the events from Tokyo but the Syncom team had a 1-hour test on the Syncom 3 satellite and it was discovered that it can transmit up to two hours from the US to Japan as with signals from the West Coast.
NBC Sunday Night Football. The NFL on NBC is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that are produced by NBC Sports, and televised on the NBC television network and the Peacock streaming service in the United States. NBC had sporadically carried NFL games as early as 1939, including the championship and Pro ...
NBC Sports Radio. On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, NBC Sports Radio was granted rights to broadcast and syndicate the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals. Kenny Albert would provide the play-by-play while Joe Micheletti would serve as color commentator. This was the first neutral national broadcast since the 2008 NHL Radio broadcast. 2018 Winter Olympics
That year, USA Network had 388.5 hours of coverage. The main sports featured were swimming, track and field, diving, beach volleyball, volleyball, cycling, triathlon, team sports basketball, soccer and water polo. [12] USA Network aired a limited amount of NBC Sports's Notre Dame college football coverage in 2020.
Mike Tirico ( / tɪˈriːkoʊ /; born December 13, 1966) [1] is an American sportscaster. He is currently the NFL play-by-play announcer on NBC 's Sunday Night Football, having replaced Al Michaels in 2022. From 2006 to 2015, Tirico served as a play-by-play announcer on ESPN 's Monday Night Football. [2] Tirico has called a multitude of sports ...