NBA announcer Mike Tirico addresses the truth behind Michael Jordan's, limited NBC role

NBC’s return to NBA coverage last season offered longtime basketball fans a dose of nostalgia. The venerable broadcast network regained the league’s rights as part of an 11-year media deal, reviving the iconic theme song that accompanied NBA broadcasts from 1990 to 2002.

Disney-owned ESPN and Amazon Prime Video also joined the deal, which marked the NBA’s move away from longtime broadcast partner TNT. As NBC prepared to launch its 2025-26 NBA coverage, the network announced that former Chicago...