3-19-95 Michael Jordan returns NBA on NBC (BEST AUDIO) (Intro only)

BEST AUDIO QUALITY(First 3 minutes only)
For the Jordan fans! The NBA on NBC pregame intro (from my vhs) of Michael Jordan's first game back after retirement. Start of the greatest comeback in sports history March 19, 1995! This was one of the happiest moments in sports history for me.

[@kohlmanthompson5143]

That little intro before the song starts was the universal sign for "get yo ass in the living room, basketball is coming on"

[@louisj4645]

Exactly 💯 💯

[@jclemons121384]

Goosebumps still.

[@jclemons121384]

Goosebumps still.

[@dominiquepreston9517]

You know this was HUGE when both Marv Albert and Bob Costas are on the same game set LoL

[@REXX399]

The all-time greatest NBA commentary A team

[@AJ42K]

"The Best In The World Is Back" -Bob Costas. Thank You Legend.

[@chrisanderson7984]

I skipped Church to watch this even my mom who was the head deaconess said I understand lol

[@Kevo1993]

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@Daniel86cole]

Chris Anderson I couldn’t wait to leave church everybody hurried home this day!

[@shredville111]

I think we all went to church this day when we watched MJ return

[@si.campos548]

My mom made me go to church i was devastated. But my mom made the right call God comes first:) but I did recorded it and I watched every game televised live after that 😊

[@bradleyboyer9979]

Dude! My mom wouldn't let me skip Sunday School, and I remember my Sunday School teacher being like "let's dismiss early today for Brad." One of the greatest days of my life. I was 10.

[@allister9147]

Jordan never claimed to be the best in the world the announcers knew that already Supreme 🐐

[@christiansoldier77]

Little kids today will never understand how great a moment this was 26 years ago

[@lake-turno8482]

Yep, I still remember that day.

[@InDzienInTampa]

This was the GOLDEN era of NBA! This song makes me thing ONLY of Da Bulls!

[@jasonelliott7977]

I remember this day too and it was great seeing him come back.

[@perottosson5127]

True story: 17 year old me shed a tear when MJ returned.

[@BeaWalsh]

I miss the man always

[@sportstalk23]

This felt like Christmas morning😁

[@SergioGomez-li6eb]

God damn right

[@zpacify]

Fookin yeah

[@AJ42K]

Literally.

[@ChristopherWright_souljah]

What an intro for the GOAT by Bob Costas! Legendary!

[@ifamilymoments1965]

The NBA on NBC intro was unique and still brings chills. Those were the days when sports were played by real professionals.

[@8644mec]

LOL, the older people in the 90's used to hate the pro athletes from that era for being "unprofessional, overpaid, primadonnas, didnt care about winning, etc, etc". Face it, every single generation thinks that their younger days were "better".

[@marcuscook2460]

I would give anything to have it back on NBC and Mike Breen gone. I am one of the few that cannot stand his ass. BANG! BANG! Always kissing the refs asses. I remember him calling New Jersey high school games in the 80s. Not sure how he got this NBA gig. lol

[@Kevo1993]

@@marcuscook2460It’s been reported that NBC is trying to get it back! If so I hope they keep this same theme music!

[@fernandocarrazzoni]

Marv Albert & Bob Costas sharing the screen. Epic.

[@Edlouis564]

It's "supreme artist" perfect words by Costa.

[@jamstarent21]

11 yr old me was super happy he came back. MJ was like a super hero to me

[@nathanmckenzie904]

You and millions of others

[@Kevo1993]

I remember me and the fellas in front of my television watching this game like it was the Super Bowl!!

[@MrBigsock]

*black screen* crowd starts roaring, three spot lights focus on NBC Sports, and "NBA" comes down on top....GOOSEBUMPS!!!

[@MrBigsock]

EVERY TIME!!!!!!

[@hfl6654]

Before my time mad I didn’t get to witness this

[@JQUiK84]

NBA on NBC is the best of all time I wish they do that on nba2k

[@Erix7810]

So thankful I grew up during the NBA on NBC era. Legendary sports coverage.

[@ballybrad504]

I was 10 yrs old me & my older brother who was 16 at the time we’re excited this was like nothing I’ve ever seen before or since...Growing up in the Jordan era was something truly special that impact that dude had was unreal & you would’ve had to have grew up in that era to know what I’m talking about...

[@zacharykeller7243]

This is amazing. NBA on NBC, starting with the first bulls 3peat, and ending with the lakers 3peat, was fantastic. Young people don't know what they missed.

[@Adamwinters]

Costas really could read an intro like nobody else to make the simple things feel special. I never wanted to miss one!

[@donaldhavrejr8283]

Let's hope for intros like these when it returns

[@demetriusjones9350]

On this day of March 19th 1995 Michael Jordan returned to NBA basketball

[@350mack]

God this make me sad but happy 😢😊closing in on 30yrs. Crazy

[@MrCHITOWN247]

NBC is like yay!!! Our ratings about to go up again. One of the few times the NBA had a better rating than March Madness head to head.

[@MIKEDOMO]

I enjoyed that moment and watched him for those years: 1995-1998.

[@bigceesthebusinessman814]

Priceless

[@jhd4576]

He came back... and he still was the GOAT 🐐

[@johnsmithsonian4712]

“Michael Jordan is back!”

[@REXX399]

Lol god dammit you just can't make this shit up LOL it's so good

[@RKO859]

MJ easily the GOAT. Lebron cannot match his aura.

[@johnc7709]

Amen to that

[@jonathanmenjivar18]

The GOAT

[@thomassmart821]

Jordan was the best

[@TheMybulls1990]

I'll never forget this in my life we recorded the whole thing and everything about Jordan and bulls on VHS tapes about those championship games thank God for KZbin to experience this again

[@DOLLAMAC190]

I miss that old NBA NBC theme song. It's ironic and legendary. Wish they would play it nowadays.

[@Kevo1993]

This theme is the best ever!!!

[@REXX399]

The music in the background is Bob Costas is talking is so breathtakingly emotional and then the vision of Jordan just concentrating on free throws with Bob Costas using words like artists and supreme and canvas it's like Michelangelo painting the Sistine chapel even with his immense talent still trying to get every bit of himself out of every stroke..... Jesus Christ you had to have been there...❤

[@sstar202]

Bob Costas was there when Michael Jordan returned to the NBA. And it was blessing in disguise that he was the one who eventually called Michael Jordan's last hurrah as a member of the Chicago Bulls during the 97-98 season better known as "The Last Dance".

[@wilnerolivier7971]

That was because Marv was busy biting women & wearing panties!!

[@emailaccount7013]

THE BEST EVER.....

[@bullcubs]

i was at this game

[@KOTJ412]

NBC had best NBA coverage back in the day period! Theme, intro, & w/Marv Albert it definitely was unmatched.

[@chaunseybillings5381]

I will never forget this brings tears to my eyes

[@FOXAMG63]

One of the happiest moments of my life at the time, as a die hard Bulls fan.

[@exalted-onion2390]

Damn, this is my childhood. So nostalgic. I truly miss the NBA on NBC. I will always remember this moment. I was a 5 year old child. But my older brother was six years older. I knew the game through my brother. This was one of my fondest memories of him. MJ coming back was like a holiday in my house. We truly loved him. I will never forget that. It was one of the greatest moments. I was lucky as a young kid to witness his airness. The second run will always bring about tremendous memories. Thank you Michael Jordan!

[@daviddepillo7988]

Well said 👍🏼

[@BeaWalsh]

Mj made us so happy and the rest that follows can't touch that. Never again. The impact is none like other

[@cabalenproductions6480]

Dang I remember that when the NBA was more exciting than even the Olympics in 2021! I remember every Chicago Bulls game in the 1990's was treated like it was a gold medal event and I don't mean just the NBA Finals part but even regular season games with the Bulls was hyped up like the Olympics.

[@BeaWalsh]

This is true

[@jclemons121384]

Man, I remember this. I was 11, and so hyped. Can't be believe this was 25 years ago.

[@vargas218]

Glad I was able to witness this 😊

[@acecutler6929]

TOP NOTCH NARRATION

[@r2b2sw25]

Greatest moment of my childhood.

[@daviddepillo7988]

Same

[@megagalvatron281]

What a loser

[@MichaelPhilipMaunes]

It was also sampled by Nelly for his song "Heart of a Champion" with the Lincoln University Vocal Ensemble from Nelly's album "Sweat."

[@duckman23]

I was 19 years old watching this game and I remember telling all my friends I told you he was coming back. Nobody believed me when he retired I said trust me one day he'll be back I knew it was a challenge for him which makes him the ultimate greatest to be able to walk away even become a decent baseball player AAA batting 245 and coming back and winning three titles amazing simply amazing

[@MichaelPhilipMaunes]

One of my favorite theme songs for any sports coverage, "Roundball Rock," composed by John Tesh as the theme song of NBA on NBC which aired from 1991 to 2002; and also used when Michael Jordan won six championships with the Chicago Bulls. Doing a good job playing that theme song, especially when I used to watch classic 90s NBA games...

[@sotiriosdrokalos]

I hope we can make young fans feel what a moment for the world that was and what incredible enthusiasm it brought everywhere. You could see newspapers and TV news here in Europe that never opened with sports news, and certainly not with the NBA, suddenly put basketball on their first pages. Kids going crazy in the schools. It was like a global explosion of excitement and anticipation, the best in the world was back, as Bob Costas said in this awesome intro.

[@thomassmart821]

The moments beauty

[@WisdomOnWheels]

Great storytelling, best theme, huge moment.

[@serge014]

Jordan>>>>>LeBron

[@crazypackersfan]

The way MJ played, it probably wasn't even 21 *hours* since he last played competitive basketball.

[@allister9147]

This dude practice for 3 hours dedication jordan is back !!!

[@larrycunningham9171]

I remember that morning watching sports center while ironing my shirt for church and talking to my girlfriend on the phone. Then I heard those two words "I'm back". Yada yada yada shirt and suit went back into the closet

[@TheRacingGenius88]

Jordan: "I'm Back."

[@jeffhobbs9279]

You don't have to thank me but I broke a wishbone in my grandma's kitchen wishing for Jordan to return to the nba. Then MJ returned. I think I'm ready to break another wishbone because the nba hasn't been the same since he retired.

[@juliansmith4352]

When Michael Jordan came out of retirement in 1995 I went completely nuts when that news broke cause his wizardtly belonged on the hardwood not a baseball clubhouse plus those omg shots that was completely out of this world

[@GoldBlueDude]

Those 4 words I waited for 2 years to hear... Michael Jordan is back

[@megagalvatron281]

1 year and half

[@tyrusblack3766]

Awesome!

[@countkilroygraf8816]

Get a 3-peat. Retire for two years. Come back. 3-peat again. GOAT.

[@chrisj62489]

If you got to grow up in this era of basketball with this theme song, you’re so damn lucky.

[@marcuscook2460]

Watched this live and still have it on VHS.

[@aledaandytaylor2613]

Honestly Jordan is not only the greatest nba player of all time but he is the greatest athlete of all time because of his come back he completely dominated the sport and I think he was better before he retired the first time.

[@johnsmithsonian4712]

0:35-1:22 gave me chills

[@cmoney9830]

GOOSEBUMPS

[@zerimar26]

I remember fans and the media were treating this game like the NBA Finals because of Jordan's return. Of course we were all surprised that he struggled in his return.

[@j.j.4228]

I was there....Tony Gwynn and his son sat in front of me.

[@megagalvatron281]

Sure you were

[@johnobrien1759]

In my grandparents basement, in Oak Lawn, IL.was out of church, but I was about to see a god. Everyone I saw this game with is dead, but I remember it like yesterday.

[@richardc9074]

nba on nbc nothing like this classic intro

[@5facetstv703]

I see kobe at that free throw line... 100% copy of Jordan

[@thomassmart821]

This is why drawn to sports

[@metsfanatic6270]

I was at the game they played at MSG

[@Birdman31942]

Costas just described what's wrong with the current state of the league. All the money, and no one who just captivates the entire fanbase.

[@jamieking007]

NEVER CARED ABOUT INDIVIDUAL SELFISH STATS IF SO HE NEVER WOULD HAVE RETIRED TWICE..SO ALL THE PEOPLE YALL COMPARE PLAYED LONGER BUT DOESNT MEAN UR BETTER..MJ>

[@lifraumeni662]

What song is playing in the arena at the very end of the video? The last few seconds?

[@daviddepillo7988]

Wild Night by John Mellencamp

[@jonathan_tong93]

©1995 Republic Broadcasting System, Inc., Television and Production Exponents, Inc., SilverStar Communications, Inc., and NBA Properties LLC

[@lifraumeni662]

What's the song playing at 0:45?

[@daviddepillo7988]

Run Forrest Run from Forrest Gump soundtrack by Alan Silvestri

[@ThaSpeedsterZ]

@@daviddepillo7988 thanks!!!

[@JoshGilchristJr]

Here after Kendrick announced his new album

[@TheBlackKakashi]

Judging from the comments, everybody was getting ready for church or didn’t go to at all 😂

[@CALLMEMIAMI]

whats the song playing in the background OMG

[@Lorenzo-sg6oy]

Crimson gump

[@kennybegeske8824]

David Desrosiers Should Rejoin Simple Plan Just like Michael Jordan Rejoin Chicago Bulls

[@Paul-wu7xd]

The time MJ came back.....because he had to do another 3 peat

[@billgoldberg4847]

that rag on marv's head isn't fooling anyone

[@ratinhoverde4227]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGTCqIR_mrOHa7c gets me teared up every time...

[@geldofpunk32]

He had to serve his secret suspension

[@beasley10]

Lebron could never

[@allister9147]

This is why jordan is better than lebron you hear the narration intro michael jordan is back !!!!

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

Wilt Chamberlain would have destroyed him!

[@mazenelmusa4742]

That year the bulls didn’t win when Michael Jordan returned it was the year after cause Michael Jordan lost his edge for going to play baseball it made him not play as great he did I still remember those days the bulls without Michael they lost

[@johnbrowntheprophet]

He didn’t lose his edge. His timing was off.

[@mazenelmusa4742]

@@johnbrowntheprophet you don’t know what it’s like when you stop doing something for a very long time then go back after a year it’s not the same as 1 weak one month when your going to play for MLB instead of NBA you can’t practice on both he forgot everything about basketball the day he started playing baseball his fault not the his teams fault

[@Suhadisgood]

When Michael Jordan returned back the bulls didn’t win Michael Jordan wasn’t that great that’s what happens when you stop playing for a long time I remember these days that’s why the bulls aren’t 8 champions only 6 time 3 years and then lost 2 years cause Michael Jackson left when he returned he wasn’t the same then lost again

[@daviddepillo7988]

I’ve read this comment 15 times and still have no idea what I’m reading

[@samamir8765]

@@daviddepillo7988 you read it 15 times and don’t know what’s the person saying maybe you didn’t watch the bulls in 1990’s to why you don’t know what’s the person talking about first go watch all the games you missed then comeback and reply to this comment

[@mikegazanchyan2423]

And the bulls lost

[@davinalopez-oz1ez]

Corny music

[@koriescott7227]

Corny??? This is what made NBA on NBC so good. ESPN doesn’t do this.

[@davinalopez-oz1ez]

@@koriescott7227 Corny. Period

[@koriescott7227]

Naw, these are the classic times.

[@davinalopez-oz1ez]

@@koriescott7227 yea corny

[@markgates6425]

Bob Costas is the greatest of all times

[@mexicanoorgullo-wm8td]

Gacho. La mafia le mato al padre..pobre MJ.. 🇲🇽