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Roundball Rock
"Roundball Rock" is a musical score composed by John Tesh and used for '' The NBA on NBC'' from 1990 until 2002. NBC played the theme 12,000 times during their run. Tesh came up with the melody while at a hotel and called his answering machine at home to sing a preliminary version of the melody so he would not forget it. A more rock-oriented variant was introduced in 1997 to coincide with the debut of the WNBA. That theme was also used until 2002, and on NBC's WNBA telecasts only. Since 2018, it has been used as the theme song for '' CBB on FOX''. Appearances after 2002 When ABC took over broadcasting rights for the National Basketball Association (NBA) from NBC, Tesh offered them the rights to also use his theme, but they declined and chose to compose their own theme music instead. The theme is still memorable three decades later, especially because of its association with the NBA's ascendance in the 1990s. Tesh released a free MP3 version on his website to commemorate the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tesh
John Frank Tesh (born July 9, 1952) is an American pianist and composer of pop music, as well as a radio host and television presenter. He hosts the ''Intelligence for Your Life'' radio show. In addition, since 2014, he has hosted ''Intelligence for Your Life TV'' with his wife Connie Sellecca. Tesh has won six Emmys, has four gold albums, two Grammy nominations, and an Associated Press award for investigative journalism. Tesh has sold over eight million records. His live concerts have raised more than $7 million for PBS. He wrote the ''NBA on NBC'' basketball theme " Roundball Rock". He has co-hosted the television program ''Entertainment Tonight''. He has previously worked as a sportscaster and host for the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the US Open, the Tour De France, Ironman Triathlon, and as a news anchor and reporter. In 2018, Tesh was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Early life Tesh was born in Garden City, New York, on Long Island, the son of Mildred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the nineteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was held from 6 August to 21 August 2016. The preliminary and knockout round matches for men were played inside the Carioca Arena 1 in Olympic Park which seated up to 16,000 spectators. The matches for women were played at the Youth Arena. This marked the first time that the men's and women's Olympic tournaments were played in multiple/separate venues. The host country Brazil failed to make it to the quarterfinals of both the men's and women's tournaments, after being eliminated from the group stage. Three countries in both categories took all of the medals: the United States (who took both gold medals), Serbia and Spain. Competition schedule Venues Carioca Arena 1, the largest among the three Carioca Arenas, and Youth Arena, are the arenas that are being used for the basketball tournaments. The G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Sellecca
Connie Sellecca (born Concetta Sellecchia; May 25, 1955) is an American actress, producer, and former model, best known for her roles on the television series '' Flying High'', ''The Greatest American Hero'', and ''Hotel'', for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1987. Early life Sellecca was born Concetta Sellecchia in The Bronx, New York to Italian parents, Primo Sellecchia and Marianna (Acampora) Sellecchia, who were married from 1952 until Primo's death in 1987. At age 12, she moved to Pomona, Rockland County, New York, and attended Pomona Junior High School. While attending Ramapo High School in Spring Valley, she first became interested in the performing arts. Although she attended Boston College, she withdrew to pursue a career in acting. Career Sellecca first worked as a fashion model before making her acting debut in the 1978 television film ''The Bermuda Depths''. She starred in the short-lived CBS comedy- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intelligence For Your Life
John Frank Tesh (born July 9, 1952) is an American pianist and composer of pop music, as well as a radio host and television presenter. He hosts the ''Intelligence for Your Life'' radio show. In addition, since 2014, he has hosted ''Intelligence for Your Life TV'' with his wife Connie Sellecca. Tesh has won six Emmys, has four gold albums, two Grammy nominations, and an Associated Press award for investigative journalism. Tesh has sold over eight million records. His live concerts have raised more than $7 million for PBS. He wrote the ''NBA on NBC'' basketball theme "Roundball Rock". He has co-hosted the television program ''Entertainment Tonight''. He has previously worked as a sportscaster and host for the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the US Open, the Tour De France, Ironman Triathlon, and as a news anchor and reporter. In 2018, Tesh was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Early life Tesh was born in Garden City, New York, on Long Island, the son of Mildred ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. Michaels currently serves as the program's showrunner. The show premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title ''NBC's Saturday Night''. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!", properly beginning the show. In 1980, Michaels left the series to explore other opportunities. He was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballin' (The Boondocks)
The second season of the animated television series, ''The Boondocks'' originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The second season features 15 episode, it originally premiered on October 8, 2007 with " ...Or Die Trying" and ended with "The Story of Gangstalicious 2" on February 4, 2008. "The Hunger Strike" and "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show" did not initially air in the United States, due to legal reasons. These episodes aired in Canada and Latin America; and were also released in the United States on DVD and iTunes. Adult Swim eventually aired both episodes in the United States, 12 years after the original broadcast of the season and 6 years after the ending of the series, on May 29, 2020. All fifteen episodes from season two were released completely uncensored on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on June 10, 2008. The second season is also available on iTunes and has been made available for on demand streaming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boondocks (TV Series)
''The Boondocks'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Aaron McGruder for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. It is based upon his comic strip of the same name. The series premiered on November 6, 2005. The show focuses on a dysfunctional black family, the Freemans, settling into the fictional, friendly and predominantly white suburb of Woodcrest. The perspective offered by this mixture of cultures, lifestyles, social classes, stereotypes, viewpoints and racialized identities provides for much of the series' satire, comedy, and conflict. The series ended its run on June 23, 2014, with a total of 55 episodes over the course of the show's four seasons, the last of which was produced without any involvement from McGruder. The series also has aired in syndication outside the United States and has been released on various DVD sets and other forms of home media. Widely regarded as one of the greatest animated series of all time, ''The Boondocks'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweatsuit (album)
''Sweatsuit'' is a compilation album by American rapper Nelly, released on November 22, 2005. The album consists of tracks from his 2004 simultaneous album releases, ''Sweat'' and '' Suit''. The US edition of the compilation also includes four extra tracks, including the single " Grillz" featuring rappers Paul Wall and Ali & Gipp, which reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart; along with The Notorious B.I.G. single " Nasty Girl", "Tired" featuring Avery Storm, and "Fly Away" from the soundtrack of the 2005 film '' The Longest Yard.'' ''Sweatsuit'' received positive reviews from critics, for containing the highlights from both ''Sweat'' and ''Suit'', praising its material quality. Commercially, the compilation peaked at 26 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, and reached the top 40 in Australia and New Zealand. It has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of 500,000 copies. Background While recording material for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweat (Nelly Album)
''Sweat'' is the third studio album by American rapper Nelly. It was intended to be released on August 17, 2004, before being delayed and released on September 13, 2004, by Universal Records. Production was handled by several producers, including Jason "Jay E" Epperson, Midi Mafia, The Neptunes, Trife, Jazze Pha, Doe and the Alchemist. Released in conjunction with '' Suit'', Nelly intended to release a single album before conceptualizing and releasing two albums simultaneously, both which would contrast each other's themes. Nelly characterized ''Sweat'' as "more up-tempo" and "energetic" while describing ''Suit'' as more of "a grown-up and sexy vibe ..it's more melodic". Background While recording material for his third studio album, Nelly had his intention of producing one album. Songs were being recorded at a steady pace, with Nelly composing more ideas, to which he established the idea of two albums released simultaneously to house all the tracks. On April 27, 2004, Nelly' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Of A Champion (song)
''Sweat'' is the third studio album by American rapper Nelly. It was intended to be released on August 17, 2004, before being delayed and released on September 13, 2004, by Universal Records. Production was handled by several producers, including Jason "Jay E" Epperson, Midi Mafia, The Neptunes, Trife, Jazze Pha, Doe and the Alchemist. Released in conjunction with ''Suit'', Nelly intended to release a single album before conceptualizing and releasing two albums simultaneously, both which would contrast each other's themes. Nelly characterized ''Sweat'' as "more up-tempo" and "energetic" while describing ''Suit'' as more of "a grown-up and sexy vibe ..it's more melodic". Background While recording material for his third studio album, Nelly had his intention of producing one album. Songs were being recorded at a steady pace, with Nelly composing more ideas, to which he established the idea of two albums released simultaneously to house all the tracks. On April 27, 2004, Nelly's rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelly
Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur. He embarked on his music career with the hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in the year 2000, with his debut album ''Country Grammar'', of which the featured title track and the single "Ride wit Me" were top ten hits. The album peaked at number one the ''Billboard'' 200, and became Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States. His following album ''Nellyville'' produced the number-one hits "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" (featuring Kelly Rowland), along with the top five single " Air Force Ones" (featuring Murphy Lee and St. Lunatics). With the same-day dual release of ''Sweat'' and '' Suit'' (2004) and the compilation '' Sweatsuit'' (2006), Nelly continued to generate many chart-topping hits. ''Sweat'' debuted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBC Sports Group
NBC Sports Group is a division of NBCUniversal 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. Group history The unit has its origins in Comcast Sports Group, a division which oversaw Comcast's Golf Channel and Versus cable networks, as well as the regional sports network chain Comcast SportsNet. In February 2011, Comcast completed its acquisition of a majority stake in NBC Universal. Following the acquisition, plans were unveiled for the three networks to be subsumed by the NBC network's existing division NBC Sports, under the title NBC Sports Group, with Dick Ebersol as chairman. Mark Lazarus, formerly the head of Turner Entertainment Group, was named president of NBC Sports Cable Group. Comcast Sports Group president Jon Litner assumed the role of president of Comcast SportsNet and Vers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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