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4 unusual facts about NBC Sports


Comcast Network

Comcast Network Sports, a division of NBC Sports, produces and airs more than 200 local, regional and national sports events each year.

FHWA Series fonts

It has been adopted by many companies for branding; for example, NBC used it for NBC Sports graphics packages from 1997 to 2006, and TV Guide uses the typeface on its cover.

Jersey's Talking

Leonard worked previously for CBS Sports’ The NFL Today, NBC Sports, ABC Talk Radio, WNBC-AM, WABC-AM, WNEW-TV’s Midday Live and Sports Extra, and CNBC.

The Experts Network

Cris Collinsworth is the Emmy Award-winning analyst and the lead analyst of NBC Sports Sunday Night Football and contributor to Showtime's Inside the NFL.


20 Hours in America

On May 6, 2006, NBC Sports aired a special program before the Kentucky Derby that plagiarized two passages from the speech that Sam writes for the President following the explosion of the pipe bombs in "20 Hours in America, Part II".

Bill Enis

From 1968 until his death, (of a heart attack, at the age of 39), he also called play-by-play of regional NFL and MLB games for NBC, and he worked the sidelines for the network's telecasts of Super Bowl V and Super Bowl VII.

Bob Iger

In the same year, he also re-acquired the rights to Walt Disney's first star Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBCUniversal by releasing sportscaster Al Michaels from ABC Sports to NBC Sports.

Bowling on NBC

Bowling on NBC is a television program presenting professional ten-pin bowling matches on NBC Sports.

Bruce Rowland

NBC Sports also uses some of the music from The Man from Snowy River soundtrack for their coverage of The Players Championship.

Chris Carrino

Carrino also served as a play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports coverage of Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Chris O'Dea

He studied documentary filmmaking under Russian filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya and was a production technician for NBC Sports during their coverage of the Salt Lake City, Sydney, Torino, Beijing and Athens Olympic Games.

Jay Randolph

Randolph also worked for NBC Sports television in the 1970s and '80s, announcing a wide variety of events including the National Football League, Major League Baseball, college football, college basketball, PGA Tour and LPGA golf, the Professional Bowlers Association, and three Olympic Games and the Breeders' Cup.

Mancini•Duffy

Recent high-profile projects include headquarters relocations for JPMorgan Chase, the CIT Group, Condé Nast Publications, and AOL; a headquarters build-out for Time Warner at Time Warner Center; new television studios and production facilities for NBC Sports Group in Stamford, CT; and an ongoing renovation of Bloomingdale's flagship store in Manhattan.

Mike Gorman

He has called the NCAA basketball tournament on CBS; tennis at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics with Bud Collins on NBC; the NBA Playoffs on TBS and Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Paul Burmeister

Paul Burmeister (born March 10, 1971) is an is currently Studio Host and Play by Play announcer for NFL Network and NBC Sports, hosting such shows as Path to the Draft, Around the League Live, and NFL Total Access.


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2009 Kentucky Derby

He took the lead so fast after the final turn that NBC Sports race announcer Tom Durkin didn't notice that the gelding took the lead until it had a three-length opening ahead of the pack.

Alli Sports

NBC Sports Group's senior vice president Kevin Monagha felt that in the wake of its merger with Comcast, it now had enough resources that could be leveraged to help continue Alli's growth.

Bob Roll

Roll continues to enjoy riding road and mountain bicycles for recreation, and is a member of the veteran cable television broadcasting team (along with Phil Liggett, MBE and Paul Sherwen) who serve as road cycling expert-commentators for the NBC Sports Network cable network's coverage of the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Paris–Roubaix, Tour of California, and other international cycling road races.

John Battaglia Memorial Stakes

His son, Mike Battaglia, serves as the track announcer at Turfway and is also a racing analyst for NBC Sports.

Race caller

In track and field, one of the most prominent race callers is Tom Hammond of NBC Sports, who also anchors the network's horse-racing coverage.

Randy Falco

He worked alongside NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol to secure exclusive NBC coverage for five consecutive Olympic Games: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008.