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"One movie cannot contain him," wrote Roger Ebert as Shrek premiered in U.S. theaters on May 18, 2001, and for 25 years the world's most popular ogre has borne out that prediction. Winning the first-ever Oscar® for Best Animated Feature at the 74th Academy Awards®, Shrek went on to inspire a…
NBCUniversal celebrated National Bring Your Kids to Work Day by welcoming kids into our offices for a behind-the-scenes look at media and entertainment. Seventeen different NBCUniversal campuses nationwide participated, including New York's 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the Universal Studios Lot in California, NBC Sports' headquarters in Stamford, and Telemundo's headquarters in Miami, among many…
NBC Sports presents coverage of the 152nd Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock this Saturday, May 2, at 2:30 p.m. ET live from iconic Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The 2026 “Run for the Roses” marks NBC Sports’ 26th presentation of the Kentucky Derby – a show which has grown markedly since NBC’s initial 90-minute broadcast 25 years ago in 2001.
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Mike Tomlin, the Super Bowl‑winning former head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and one of the NFL’s most respected leaders, is joining NBC Sports’ Football Night in America as a studio analyst.
From the preseason to the postseason, Tomlin will draw on his 19‑year head coaching career and just-off-the-sideline perspective to react to the day’s games,…
With the conclusion of its regular-season schedule and with the 2026 NBA Playoffs beginning next week, NBC Sports is looking back at some of the innovations, nostalgia, and milestones of its first NBA regular season since the 2001-2002 season.
Below is a recap of NBC Sports’ 2025-26 NBA regular-season coverage:
Innovations
- “On the Bench”…
NBCUniversal Local’s NBC- and Telemundo-owned stations today launched Our 250 (Nuestros 250), a comprehensive multiplatform campaign commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States' independence. The 100-day celebration culminates on July 4 with NBCUniversal News Group's six hours of exclusive live coverage of Sail4th 250…
NBCUniversal earned 25 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2025, highlighted by nominations for its coverage of Sunday Night Football, Super Bowl LX, the 151st Kentucky Derby, NBA, and more. For the third consecutive year, NBCUniversal’s NFL…
The First Major League Baseball Broadcast on NBC
In 1939, NBC's experimental television station W2XBS – the precursor to WNBC-TV – aired the first-ever Major League Baseball broadcast, a Cincinnati Reds-Brooklyn Dodgers doubleheader, with Red Barber calling the action and introducing the national pastime to a new medium.
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This February, NBCUniversal brought audiences together around the biggest moments in sports for Legendary February – a single, connected cultural moment spanning the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, Super Bowl LX, and NBA All-Star Weekend. Across…