In December, in an NFL game televised by NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” San Diego Charger Darrell Stuckey scooped up a fumble by the New England Patriots and took it 53 yards for a touchdown.

After the extra point was kicked, the broadcast segued to a commercial with replays of the fumble and Mr. Stuckey celebrating with a kiss to the heavens. Those images were accompanied by an interesting bit of background music: the rock riff that opens “Cryin’,” a 1993 hit by the Boston-bred band Aerosmith.

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