After decades of iconic moments, tons of laughs, and legendary comradery and commentary, NBA on TNT has officially checked out of the game. The network aired its final basketball broadcast, closing ...
On Saturday, the final remnants of TNT”s stake in the previous NBA media rights deal, its partnership with NBA TV, came to a close with the broadcast of the 2025 Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ...
Nostalgia is a mug’s game, especially when it comes to the sports media. Sure, we celebrate beloved broadcasters retiring (shoutout, Hubie Brown) and the famed players they highlighted, but those ...
TNT was home to the NBA for 36 seasons—the longest-running sports program in the network’s history—and it ended exactly the way fans would’ve wanted: with the iconic “Inside the NBA” crew of Shaquille ...
There has been a weird subplot to the season-long goodbye to the NBA on TNT in that most of the attention to its swan song has been about the one element of its presentation that isn’t going anywhere.
One of the big questions around TNT Sports no longer having NBA rights is what would happen with NBA TV, which is owned by the NBA itself, but operated by TNT Sports. And while the sides did come to ...
Chants of “TNT” from the assembled Indiana Pacers fans following Charles Barkley’s final sign-off on “Inside the NBA” was a stark reminder: The NBA on TNT is no more. Although, thanks to the NBA’s ...
Before I say anything else, I want to commend TNT for its pioneering as an NBA broadcast leader. I consider Ernie Johnson, who has hosted Inside the NBA for over three decades, to be synonymous with ...