Grant Napear

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Grant Napear is a broadcaster for the Sacramento Kings. Napear is the play-by-play announcer for the Kings and also co-hosts an afternoon sports-talk program, Sportsline 1140, with Mike Lamb on Sports 1140 in Sacramento. This sports-talk program runs from 4-7 P.M. PST from Monday through Friday.

Napear is a native of Syosset, New York and pursued a degree in broadcast journalism from Bowling Green University. During his stint at the school, Napear played collegiate lacrosse.^[1]

Napear is on the board of the Future Foundation of Sacramento, a foundation providing college scholarships for disadvantaged youth. He's hosted a benefit golf tournament for the foundation since 1995. He currently lives in El Dorado Hills, California with his wife Sheri and their sons Trent and Chase.

Some of his trademark phrases include:

"Put it in the book and send'em to the line!"
"If you don't like that, you don't like NBA basketball!"^[2]

"Oh boy!"
"Turn the sprinkler system on, because [player's name] is on fire!"

1 Broadcast History
2 References
3 External links
4 Article Notices

Broadcast History

1998 - Present: Sacramento Kings play-by-play television announcer
(unknown): play-by-play announcer for the San Jose Sabercats
(unknown): fill-in play-by-play announcer for the San Jose Sharks
2003-present: Oakland Raiders preseason television announcer
1995-1998: Sacramento Kings play-by-play radio announcer (KHTK)
1992-1994: Play-by-play announcer for the Sacramento Gold Miners
1987-1995: Sports director for KRBK-TV/KPWB (now KMAX-TV) Channel 31, Sacramento California
1985-1987: Weekend sports anchor, WAND, Deactur, IL^[1]
1977-1981: Football, basketball and hockey play-by-play announcer for Bowling Green University