Grant Napear (born June 18, 1959) is an American radio personality who currently hosts his own

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br>''If You Don't Like That With Grant Napear''
Before this he hosted ''The Grant Napear Show'', at

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Sports 1140 in

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where he was fired for

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"all lives matter" during the George Floyd protest. He was also the play-by-play

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for the

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of the

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(NBA), but resigned. He has been a

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on ''

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''. A section of Napear's radio show was "Grant's Rant", in which he furiously exclaims into the microphone about everyday things that irritate him, such as obese passengers on airplanes, stop lights at freeway on-ramps, and people asking him if he's ready for Christmas during the holidays. His signature phrase "If you don't like that, you don't like NBA basketball” became a household reference among Kings fans, and NBA fans in general.

Early life

Born in Syosset, New York, Napear graduated from

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in 1977 and earned his academic degree in

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from

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, where he also played lacrosse.

Broadcasting history

* 1977–1981: Football, basketball and hockey play-by-play announcer for

* 1985–1987: Weekend sports anchor,

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, Decatur, IL (No Contract) * 1987–1995: Sports director for KRBK-TV/KPWB (now KMAX-TV) Channel 31, Sacramento California (Fired) * 1988–2020:

play-by-play television announcer (Resigned) * 1992–1994: Play-by-play announcer for the

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(Contract Ended) * 1995–1998:

play-by-play radio announcer (

) (Fired) * 2000–2015: play-by-play announcer for the

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(Contract Expired) * 2003: Oakland Raiders preseason television announcer (Fired) * 2011–2012:

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play-by-play announce
Source
(Contract Expired) * 2020–present
If You Don't Like That With Grant Napear

Views on race

Napear has been accused of racism by former players for the Sacramento Kings and has come under fire for defending

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, the former owner of the

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banned from the NBA after making racist remarks. On May 31, 2020, after the start of the

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, Napear was placed on leave by KHTK after he responded on

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to former Kings' player

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' question regarding

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with the phrase " All lives matter". Two days later, the station announced that they had fired Napear, and he announced he had resigned from his TV position with the Kings.

References

External links

Sacramento Kings Broadcasters Bios
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