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NBC Sports is the programming division of the American broadcast network NBC, owned by the NBCUniversal Television Group division of NBCUniversal, that is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its dedicated national sports cable channels.

Formerly operating as "a service of NBC News", it broadcasts a diverse array of sports events, including the Olympic Games, the NFL, NASCAR, the NHL, Notre Dame football, the PGA Tour, the IndyCar Series, the Premier League and the Triple Crown, among others.

Other programming from outside producers – such as coverage of the Ironman Triathlon – is also presented on the network through NBC Sports.

With Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal, its own cable sports networks were aligned with NBC Sports into a part of the division known as the NBC Sports Group.

Basketball is a non-contact team sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of five players each.

The objective is to a ball through a hoop in diameter and high that is mounted to a backboard at each end of the court.

The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of the most successful programs in the game's history.

Softball is a variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field.

It was invented in 1887 in Chicago as an indoor game.

It was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground, softball, kitten ball, and because it was also played by women, ladies' baseball.

The name softball was given to the game in 1926 because the ball used to be soft.

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each, who take turns batting and fielding.

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies making it the world's most popular sport.

The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end.

The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal.