Dick Ebersol helped change comedy and late-night television when he teamed up with Lorne Michaels to create “Saturday Night Live” in 1975. When it comes to sports television, Ebersol’s creation of “Sunday Night Football” on NBC in 2006 also has had a significant impact.

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Are football fans ready for it? Ahead of Sunday Night Football’s return to NBC, the broadcast gave Us a Taylor Swift-worthy teaser. “We’re back in our primetime era,” a Sunday Instagram post read. “13 days till the album drop

Emotions boiled over during a tense exchange between Travis Kelce and Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid on Sunday Night Football.  Kelce, 35, and Reid, 67, bumped chests and got in each other’s faces during the Chiefs’ game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.

During the team’s Sept. 21 “Sunday Night Football” road game at the New York Giants, the Giants showed a “Taylor cam,” while Swift’s song “Welcome to New York” played, setting the stage for a legion of fooled fans.

It promoted NBC’s opening night doubleheader on Oct. 21 when MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder play host to Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets, followed by Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors visiting LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers.