Gary Gerould, nicknamed “The G-Man”, is an American sportscaster, best known as the radio voice of the NBA's

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since 1985. The

renewed his radio broadcaster contract for 4 years on September 15, 2017. He is also a motorsports reporter for ABC and

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and served as a pit lane reporter for the

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and

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for

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. Gerould was born in

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and got his start in broadcasting at the age of 15 on a local telegraph station.The Voice of the Sacramento Kings: Gary Gerould
, Central Valley Chronicle, February 13, 2003 He later attended Anderson University in

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and upon graduation went to

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work for KHSL Radio, later moving to KCRA-AM and KCRA TV, as a sports reporter before finally coming to

and

, specializing in coverage of the motorsports. He also called play-by-play for NBC's NFL coverage in the early 1980s, and had the opportunity to cover the

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for the network. In 1985 as the Kansas City Kings moved to Sacramento, Gerould was tabbed as their radio play-by-play announcer. During the 2010–11 season, Gerould completed his 2,000 Kings broadcast, ranking fifth among active NBA announcers. In the 1980s and 1990s, he also worked for the motorsports program

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. Gerould continues to serve as the Kings' radio play-by-play voice, and worked with

and

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serving as a pit reporter for

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and CART/Champ Car (now defunct) races, including the

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. He covered the

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series for ESPN. He made a comeback into pit reporting for ABC's coverage of the IndyCar race at the

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in August 2011. In October 2015, Gerould announced his retirement from television sportscasting; However, it was announced on June 25, 2020 that Gerould would briefly return as the TV play-by-play announcer for the Kings during the resumption of the suspended NBA season following the resignation of Grant Napear. Gerould runs his own public relations outfit. His son

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is also a sports broadcaster.

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