NBC Sports is a division of NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Formerly "a service of NBC News," it broadcasts a diverse array of programs, including the Olympic Games (through 2012), the NFL, the NHL, Notre Dame Football, the PGA Tour, the USGA Championships, Wimbledon, the French Open, RCA Tennis Championships, the Dew Action Sports Tour, and more. NBC News is the news division of American Television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games NBC Sunday Night Football is a weekly Television broadcast of Sunday evening National Football League games on NBC that began airing on NHL on NBC is a TV show that televises National Hockey League games on NBC and is produced by NBC Sports. Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional Golf tours in the United States. The United States Golf Association ( USGA) is the United States ' national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body The Championships Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest Tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered as the most prestigious The French Open ( Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros) is a major Tennis tournament held over
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The NBC Sports logo in the background on April 8, 1974, the night that Hank Aaron hit his record breaking 715th career home run. The 1947 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning the Series in 7 games for their first title since The 1948 World Series matched the Cleveland Indians against the Boston Braves. The 1949 World Series featured the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the Dodgers in The 1950 World Series matched the defending champion New York Yankees against the Philadelphia Phillies. The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League pennant The 1952 World Series featured the three-time defending champion New York Yankees beating the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games The 1953 World Series matched the four-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the 1952 Series. The 1954 World Series matched the National League champion New York Giants against the American League champion Cleveland Indians. The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in 7 games to capture their first championship The 1956 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the New York Yankees (representing the American League) and the defending champion The 1957 World Series featured the defending champions the New York Yankees ( American League) playing against the Milwaukee Braves ( National The 1958 World Series was a rematch of the 1957 Series, with the New York Yankees beating the defending champion Milwaukee Braves in seven games for The 1959 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers beating the American League champion Chicago White Sox, The 1960 World Series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates (NL and New York Yankees (AL from October 5 to October 13, 1960 The 1961 World Series matched the New York Yankees (109-53 against the Cincinnati Reds (93-61 with the Yankees winning in 5 games to earn their 19th championship The 1962 World Series matched the defending champion New York Yankees against the San Francisco Giants, who had won their first NL pennant since moving The 1963 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers sweeping the Series in four games The 1964 World Series pitted the National League champion St Louis Cardinals against the American League champion New York Yankees, with The 1965 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins, who The 1966 World Series matched the Baltimore Orioles against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Orioles sweeping the Series in 4 games to capture The 1967 World Series matched the St Louis Cardinals against the Boston Red Sox, with the Cardinals winning in seven games for their second championship in four The 1968 World Series featured the defending champion St Louis Cardinals against the Detroit Tigers, with the Tigers winning in 7 games for their first championship The 1969 World Series was played between the New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles, with the Mets prevailing in 5 games to accomplish one of the greatest upsets The 1970 World Series matched the American League champion Baltimore Orioles against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds, with The 1971 World Series matched the defending champion Baltimore Orioles against the Pittsburgh Pirates, with the Pirates winning in seven games The 1972 World Series matched the American League champion Oakland Athletics against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds, with The 1973 World Series matched the defending champion Oakland Athletics against the New York Mets, with the A's winning in seven games to repeat as World Champions The 1974 World Series matched the two-time defending champion Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers with the A’s winning the Series in 5 games The 1975 World Series was between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. The 1976 World Series matched the defending champion Cincinnati Reds of the National League against the New York Yankees of the American League The 1978 World Series matched the defending champion New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a rematch of the 1977 Series, with the Yankees The 1980 World Series matched the Philadelphia Phillies against the Kansas City Royals, with the Phillies winning in six games to capture the only World Series title The 1982 World Series matched the St Louis Cardinals against the Milwaukee Brewers, with the Cardinals winning in seven games The 1984 World Series began on October 9 and ended on October 14. The 1986 World Series pitted the New York Mets against the Boston Red Sox. The 1988 World Series matched the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored A's to win the Series in five The 1995 World Series matched the Atlanta Braves against the Cleveland Indians, with the Braves winning in six games to capture its third World Championship in The 1997 World Series featured the Cleveland Indians, who were playing in their second World Series in three years The 1999 World Series matched the defending champion New York Yankees against the Atlanta Braves, with the Yankees sweeping the Series in four games Major League Baseball on NBC|Major League Baseball Game of the Week Major League Baseball An Inside Look is the pregame television program for NBC's ''Game of the Week'' Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles (4-3 Willie Stargell, Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over San Francisco Giants (4-0 Dave Stewart, The NBA on NBC was a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company television network from NASCAR on NBC was a series of NASCAR races that aired on the network from 2001 - 2006. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American College football Bowl game, usually played on January 1 ( New Year's Day) at the Rose The Sugar Bowl is an annual American College football Bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana. The Orange Bowl is an annual College football game that is usually played the first week in January in the Miami Florida metro area in the United States The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips is a United States College football Bowl game played annually since 1971 The Cotton Bowl Classic is a United States College football Bowl game played annually since 1937 at the self-named stadium in Dallas Texas The Gator Bowl is an annual College football Bowl game that is played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville Florida. College basketball most often refers to the American Basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the The Arlington Million is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for Thoroughbred horses aged three years and upward The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I Thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited a company formed in 1982 The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious American Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont New York. The XFL was a professional American football league that played for one season in 2001 This page is about the Arena Football League's AFL on NBC program that started in 2003 Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades primarily for use in the Indianapolis The Firestone Indy 400 is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn Michigan. The Pocono 500 was an American Open Wheel 500-mile race held at Pocono International Raceway from 1971-1989 The Meadowlands Sports Complex is a sports and entertainment facility located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and The Grand Prix of Toronto was a Champ Car World Series race held annually from 1986 to 2007, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American television and radio Sportscaster, honored for his work Mel Allen ( February 14, 1913 – June 16, 1996) was an American Sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary Len Berman (Born June 14, 1947 in New York City) is the weekday evening sports anchor on WNBC-TV. This article is about an American Football player For the English football (soccer player of the same name see here. William H "Bill" Clement (born December 20, 1950 in Buckingham, Quebec) is a retired professional Ice hockey player and a broadcaster Arthur Worth "Bud" Collins Jr (born June 17, 1929 in Lima Ohio) is an American Journalist and television Sportscaster Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas (born March 22, 1952) is a Sportscaster, on the air for the NBC network since the early 1980s Don Criqui is an American Sportscaster, currently employed as a Play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports and ESPN. Duncan "Dick" Ebersol (born July 28, 1947 in Torrington Connecticut) is an American radio and TV manager Mike "Doc" Emrick, PhD (born August 1, 1946 in La Fontaine Indiana) is an Emmy Award - winning American Sportscaster Richard Alan "Dick" Enberg (born January 9, 1935) is an American Sportscaster. For this person's son the baseball executive see Joe Garagiola Jr Gayle Gardner (born ca 1950 is a broadcaster who once worked for NBC Sports beginning in 1987 Jim Gray is an American Sportscaster. He has previously worked as a reporter with NBC Sports and CBS Sports. John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936) is a former National Football League player a former head coach with the Oakland Raiders, a football Curtis Edward Gowdy ( July 31 1919 – February 20 2006) was an American Sportscaster, well-known as the longtime "voice" Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American Television personality for news and Sports programs Greg Gumbel (born May 3, 1946) is an American Television Sportscaster. Tom Hammond (born May 10, 1944 in Lexington Kentucky) is an American Sportscaster for NBC television John Daniel "Dan" Hicks (born on June 2, 1962 in Tucson Arizona) is an American sportscaster for NBC. Brett Andrew Hull (born August 9, 1964 in Belleville, Ontario and raised in Chicago, Winnipeg and Vancouver) is a Charles, Charlie, or Chuck Jones may refer to;Sports figures Bumpus Jones, 19th century baseball pitcher Charley Jones Anthony Christopher Kubek (born October 12, 1936, in Milwaukee Wisconsin) is a retired American Baseball player and Television Bill Macatee (b November 17, 1955 in Rome New York) is an American sports broadcaster Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American Television Sportscaster. Lindsey Nelson ( May 25, 1919 - June 10, 1995) was an American sportscaster best known for his broadcasts of College Don Ohlmeyer (born Donald Winfred Ohlemeyer Jr February 3, 1945, in New Orleans Louisiana) is an American Television producer Merlin Jay Olsen (born September 15, 1940) is a former American football player in the National Football League and an Actor. Bill Patrick (born November 12, 1955 in Columbus Ohio) is a sports anchor for The NHL on Versus and NBC Sports. Ahmad Rashād (born Robert Earl Moore November 19, 1949 in Portland, Oregon) is an Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly Jimmy Roberts (born in 1957 is a sportscaster for NBC. Roberts joined NBC in May 2000 after serving as a sports reporter for almost 12 years at ESPN, where he won Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully (born November 29, 1927 in The Bronx, New York) is an American Sportscaster, Jim Simpson (born December 29, 1927) is a retired American Sportscaster, known for his smooth delivery as a Play-by-play man and his Ed Sneed (born August 6, 1944) is an American Professional golfer, Sportscaster and course design consultant who played on the Bob Wolff is a Hall of Fame Broadcaster and the longest running broadcaster in both radio and television history who was the radio and TV voice of the Washington Senators from Orenthal James "O J" Simpson (born July 9 1947 who has also been called The Juice, is a retired American football player, See also Fox Sports (Australia and Fox Sports Net. Fox Sports is a division of the Fox Broadcasting Company (part of CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Champions Major League Baseball 1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1 Rollie Fingers Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5 1934 in Mobile Alabama) nicknamed "Hammer" "Hammerin' Hank” or "Bad Henry” is a retired This logo debuted in 1972 and lasted until NBC unveiled their NBC "N" on New Year's 1976. The NBC television network has used numerous logos at various times since the 1940s its familiar Peacock design originally introduced for color broadcasts in the |
Toy semitrailer truck sporting NBC Sports logo from 1979 to 1986. For Super Bowl XX, the font for this logo reverted to a Helvetica font. Super Bowl XX was an American football game played on January 26, 1986 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana to Helvetica is the name of a widely used Sans-serif Typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss Typeface designer Max Miedinger. |
NBC Sports logo from 1986 to 1989. This logo was often seen during the close of an NBC Sports event in a fashion similar to the logo used for entertainment programs produced by NBC. |
NBC Sports logo from 1989 to present. Used as a secondary logo in 1989-90. |
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NBC Sports logo as seen during NBC's Sunday night NFL coverage since 2006. NBC Sunday Night Football is a weekly Television broadcast of Sunday evening National Football League games on NBC that began airing on |