+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        permalink, video_id = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
+        permalink = 'http' + permalink
+        video_data = self._download_json(
+            'https://api.nbc.com/v3/videos', video_id, query={
+                'filter[permalink]': permalink,
+            })['data'][0]['attributes']
+        query = {
+            'mbr': 'true',
+            'manifest': 'm3u',
+        }
+        video_id = video_data['guid']
+        title = video_data['title']
+        if video_data.get('entitlement') == 'auth':
+            resource = self._get_mvpd_resource(
+                'nbcentertainment', title, video_id,
+                video_data.get('vChipRating'))
+            query['auth'] = self._extract_mvpd_auth(
+                url, video_id, 'nbcentertainment', resource)
+        theplatform_url = smuggle_url(update_url_query(
+            'http://link.theplatform.com/s/NnzsPC/media/guid/2410887629/' + video_id,
+            query), {'force_smil_url': True})
+        return {
+            '_type': 'url_transparent',
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'url': theplatform_url,
+            'description': video_data.get('description'),
+            'keywords': video_data.get('keywords'),
+            'season_number': int_or_none(video_data.get('seasonNumber')),
+            'episode_number': int_or_none(video_data.get('episodeNumber')),
+            'series': video_data.get('showName'),
+            'ie_key': 'ThePlatform',
+        }
+
+
+class NBCSportsVPlayerIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://vplayer\.nbcsports\.com/(?:[^/]+/)+(?P<id>[0-9a-zA-Z_]+)'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://vplayer.nbcsports.com/p/BxmELC/nbcsports_embed/select/9CsDKds0kvHI',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '9CsDKds0kvHI',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'description': 'md5:df390f70a9ba7c95ff1daace988f0d8d',
+            'title': 'Tyler Kalinoski hits buzzer-beater to lift Davidson',
+            'timestamp': 1426270238,
+            'upload_date': '20150313',
+            'uploader': 'NBCU-SPORTS',
+        }
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://vplayer.nbcsports.com/p/BxmELC/nbcsports_embed/select/media/_hqLjQ95yx8Z',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _extract_url(webpage):
+        iframe_m = re.search(
+            r'<iframe[^>]+src="(?P<url>https?://vplayer\.nbcsports\.com/[^"]+)"', webpage)
+        if iframe_m:
+            return iframe_m.group('url')
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        theplatform_url = self._og_search_video_url(webpage).replace(
+            'vplayer.nbcsports.com', 'player.theplatform.com')
+        return self.url_result(theplatform_url, 'ThePlatform')
+
+
+class NBCSportsIE(InfoExtractor):
+    # Does not include https because its certificate is invalid
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?nbcsports\.com//?(?:[^/]+/)+(?P<id>[0-9a-z-]+)'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.nbcsports.com//college-basketball/ncaab/tom-izzo-michigan-st-has-so-much-respect-duke',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'PHJSaFWbrTY9',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'title': 'Tom Izzo, Michigan St. has \'so much respect\' for Duke',
+            'description': 'md5:ecb459c9d59e0766ac9c7d5d0eda8113',
+            'uploader': 'NBCU-SPORTS',
+            'upload_date': '20150330',
+            'timestamp': 1427726529,
+        }
+    }
+