2025-26 NBA and NHL seasons

[Viper550 318]

Preseason has begun and we already got some scorebug changes here and there on the NHL front:

 

Victory+ has updated graphics on Dallas Stars games

 

The newly-rechristened Utah Mammoth dropped the MLB Network graphics for a custom look, and I actually like it. Kinda reminds me of MSG's (which, I must also add, finally added a shots on goal counter this year too), with the clock/period area being shaped like the state itself as a nice touch

 

Edited September 25, 2025 by Viper550

[Georgie56 3661]

The NBA on NBC is back.

 

 

[Recovering Producer 410]

2 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

The NBA on NBC is back.

 

 

 

All we need is someone to leak the updated version of Roundball Rock.

 

 

[nathannah 2792]

MSG has introduced a nicely minimalistic and left-justified design for their NBA package, including a simple and sleek bug (though I suspect by opening night that shot clock will get a bit bigger). Apologies for the 'direct from monitor' image because of DRM.

 

 

 

And then from the next morning, we have a game from China on NBA TV, which now under league control has introduced this interesting package which feels a bit odd and 2015-like?

 

Edited October 10, 2025 by nathannah

[Viper550 318]

TSN updated their scoreboard, adopting some visual elements from the CFL scoreboard they debuted this season (which went to a centered box akin to NBC and ESPN's CFB graphics). SEG Media also adopted the new Mammoth graphics for Utah Jazz games too, with a similar design but a white/silver pod for the clock/quarter rather than black.

 

 

[Georgie56 3661]

WPLG will show 12 Miami Heat games and 12 Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat G-League team) games this season.

[FiveNews 481]

Not as iconic as Roundball Rock (yet), but here is the theme for NBA on Amazon Prime. I really like it.

 

 

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

2 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

WPLG will show 12 Miami Heat games and 12 Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat G-League team) games this season.

 

This now means that all major pro sports teams in Miami (sans Inter Miami) can now be seen on brodcast OTA television, even if limited.

 

NBA: Miami Heat on WPLG (select games; via FDSN Florida/Sun)

MLB: Miami Marlins on WBFS (select games; via FDSN Florida/Sun)

NHL: Florida Panthers on WSFL (all non-national games; via Scripps Sports)

NFL: Miami Dolphins via the national networks.

[MorningNews 1711]

3 hours ago, FiveNews said:

Not as iconic as Roundball Rock (yet), but here is the theme for NBA on Amazon Prime. I really like it.

 

 

Much better than what ABC uses. 

[nickp 393]

3 hours ago, FiveNews said:

Not as iconic as Roundball Rock (yet), but here is the theme for NBA on Amazon Prime. I really like it.

 

 

NBA is getting good network theme songs again

[MorningNews 1711]

This is really incredible.

[nathannah 2792]

The league feels like an event again, they really got this right so much. ESPN has always felt RSN-equivalent in production and 720p does not do the product justice; finally having a basketball broadcaster in 1080i/p, it's always felt so different than the former. And they managed to get an overtime, so it'll be a dream launch night for them.

[Georgie56 3661]

Have to say, having NBC back in the fold has made the NBA more engaging to watch; they’re clearly using the SNF/NFL playbook for their coverage. Their coverage tonight has outclassed anything ESPN/ABC did in the last two decades. The league needed this in the worst way.

 

It’s a shame Disney paid enough to keep the Finals exclusively on ABC. I was hoping to see them and NBC alternate them yearly. But at least we’ll finally have Inside the NBA at the Finals, something NBA fans have been wanting for years now.

Edited October 22, 2025 by Georgie56

[Georgie56 3661]

As for Inside the NBA, as promised, nothing has changed about the show except for ESPN logos replacing the TNT logos.

 

 

[ThunderJay27 49]

19 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

Have to say, having NBC back in the fold has made the NBA more engaging to watch; they’re clearly using the SNF/NFL playbook for their coverage. Their coverage tonight has outclassed anything ESPN/ABC did in the last two decades. The league needed this in the worst way.

 

It’s a shame Disney paid enough to keep the Finals exclusively on ABC. I was hoping to see them and NBC alternate them yearly. But at least we’ll finally have Inside the NBA at the Finals, something NBA fans have been wanting for years now.

 

1,000% @Georgie56

[atlnews2 631]

3 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

As for Inside the NBA, as promised, nothing has changed about the show except for ESPN logos replacing the TNT logos.

 

 

man it looks so weird how they replaced the TNT logo in the graphics on on set with the ESPN logo. 

[nathannah 2792]

From last night, Amazon previewed their new permanent sports set (mainly for NBA coverage) during TNF;

 

 

[Viper550 318]

The New Orleans Pelicans have also dropped the stock (W)NBA scorebug in favor of a new one: this, specifically, is a new standard graphics package for Gray's sports broadcasts, which originally debuted during their Atlanta Braves spring training package from earlier this year. 

 

It's not bad and feels like an evolution of one of the old Raycom Sports packages from back in the day.

 

 

Edited October 27, 2025 by Viper550

[Megatron81 343]

Great to see the NBA back on NBC yeah, I also wish that they got the NBA finals every other year and not just ABC.

[NYTV 138]

Bob Costas with the introduction of Knicks/Bucks and Warriors/Clippers for “Coast 2 Coast Tuesday”

https://x.com/nbaonnbc/status/1983305692854595847?s=46

 

[hfiles 105]

Tonight's Bruins-Panthers game ran long, AEW was on TBS, and College Basketball was on TruTV, so when the late NHL game started where did they turn?

Yes, that's right. They turned to HLN, which erroneously showed the "CNN on HLN LIVE" bug and at one point after a commercial break aired the wrong game. I think you're technically watching "NHL on TNT Sports on CNN on HLN."

 

[nickp 393]

7 hours ago, hfiles said:

Tonight's Bruins-Panthers game ran long, AEW was on TBS, and College Basketball was on TruTV, so when the late NHL game started where did they turn?

Yes, that's right. They turned to HLN, which erroneously showed the "CNN on HLN LIVE" bug and at one point after a commercial break aired the wrong game. I think you're technically watching "NHL on TNT Sports on CNN on HLN."

 

I don’t think I would’ve ever guessed HLN would be TNT’s backup channel for NHL games

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

Well, once the current NBA and NHL seasons go away, so will FDSN. By mid-April 2026, FDSN will cease to exist, and a good chunk of RSNs as a result will be gone. All left are NBC's RSNs and several indies, including MASN and CHSN.

 

https://www.thestreet.com/entertainment/fanduel-sports-network-is-shutting-down-leaving-fans-scrambling

[J.W. Rodriguez 28]

13 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

Well, once the current NBA and NHL seasons go away, so will FDSN. By mid-April 2026, FDSN will cease to exist, and a good chunk of RSNs as a result will be gone. All left are NBC's RSNs and several indies, including MASN and CHSN.

 

https://www.thestreet.com/entertainment/fanduel-sports-network-is-shutting-down-leaving-fans-scrambling

Obviously, an enormous blow to the RSN business. You have to wonder what the future holds for the NBC RSNs and the independents. I know a few of them, including SportsNet Pittsburgh, NESN, and Space City Home Network, have DTC apps, which are pretty pricey.

[Georgie56 3661]

NBA on NBC is having a reunion broadcast with Bob Costas, Doug Collins, Mike Fratello, Jim Gray, Hannah Storm, Isiah Thomas and P.J. Carlesimo on March 3rd.