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Tom Tolbert
Thomas Byron Tolbert Jr. (born October 16, 1965) is an American sports broadcaster and former professional basketball player. He played a total of seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After retiring from basketball, Tolbert became a radio show co-host on KNBR in San Francisco and NBA commentator for the television networks NBC, ESPN, and ABC. Early life Tolbert graduated from Artesia High School in Lakewood, California in 1983. College career Following high school, he played college basketball at the University of California, Irvine (1983–1985), Cerritos College (1985–86), and the University of Arizona (1986–1988). While at Arizona, Tolbert played under coach Lute Olson, helping the team to an appearance in the 1988 Final Four. At Arizona, Tolbert was a teammate of five-time NBA champion and future Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr. Professional career In 1988, he was a second-round draft pick (9th pick, 34th overall) of the Charlotte Hornet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter city, Long Beach is the List of cities and towns in California, 7th-most populous city in California, the List of cities in Los Angeles County, California, 2nd-most populous city in Los Angeles County, and the largest city in California that is not a county seat. Incorporated in 1897, Long Beach lies in Southern California, in the southern part of Los Angeles County. Long Beach is approximately south of downtown Los Angeles, and is part of the Gateway Cities region. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports. The city is over Long Beach Oil Field, an oilfield with minor wells both directly beneath the city as well as offshore. The city is known for its wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KNBR (AM)
KNBR (680 kHz, "KNBR 680 and 104.5 The Sports Leader") is an AM radio, AM radio station in San Francisco, California, broadcasting on a Clear-channel stations, clear channel from transmitting facilities in Redwood City, California. KNBR's non-directional 50,000-watt List of broadcast station classes, class-A signal can be heard throughout much of the western United States and as far west as the Hawaiian Islands at night. For several decades, KNBR enjoyed a long history as the flagship station of NBC's West Coast radio operations. Two other stations also use the KNBR brand. KNBR-FM (104.5 FM broadcasting, FM) in San Francisco has been a full-time simulcast of KNBR's programming since September 6, 2019. KTCT (1050 kHz) is licensed to San Mateo, California, with a transmitter located near Hayward, California. It carried a separate sports format known as ''The Ticket'' but was rebranded as a second KNBR in 2003. ''The Sports Leader'' is the on-air branding used by all three sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Color Commentator
A color commentator or expert commentator is a sports commentator who assists the main (play-by-play) commentator, typically by filling in when play is not in progress. The person may also be referred to as a summariser (outside North America) or analyst (a term used throughout the English-speaking world). The color analyst and main commentator will often exchange comments freely throughout the broadcast, when the main commentator is not describing the action. The color commentator provides expert analysis and background information, such as statistics, strategy, and injury reports on the teams and athletes, and occasionally anecdotes or light humor. Color commentators are often former athletes or coaches of the sport being broadcast. The term ''color'' refers to levity and insight provided by a secondary announcer. A sports color commentator customarily works alongside the play-by-play broadcaster. United States and Canada Commentary teams typically feature one professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Ratto
Ray Ratto has been a San Francisco Bay Area sportswriter since the 1970s and a sports columnist since the 1980s. A lifelong resident of Alameda, California, Ratto was a Senior Insider for the TV station ''NBC Sports Bay Area'' (''formerly Comcast Sportsnet Bay Area'') from 2010 to 2019, and wrote columns for their website. He has also written national columns for espn.com as well as CBS' sportsline.com. Beginning his column-writing career for two now-defunct newspapers, '' The National'' and the '' Peninsula Times Tribune'', Ratto later became a staff writer then a columnist for the ''San Francisco Examiner'' and then the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' before moving to TV. He has also co-hosted radio shows on both KNBR and KGMZ-FM. Ratto was a regular on the NBC Sports Bay Area show "The Happy Hour" before his termination from NBCSBA in late 2018. In 2019 he was a contributor at ''Deadspin'' and wrote columns for the ''San Jose Mercury News''. Ratto is one of 60 sportswriters wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Chronicle
The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and M. H. de Young, Michael H. de Young. The paper is owned by the Hearst Corporation, which bought it from the de Young family in 2000. It is the only major daily paper covering the city and county of San Francisco. The paper benefited from the growth of San Francisco and had the largest newspaper circulation on the West Coast of the United States by 1880. Like other newspapers, it experienced a rapid fall in circulation in the early 21st century and was ranked 18th nationally by circulation in the first quarter of 2021. In 1994, the newspaper launched the ''SFGate'' website, with a soft launch in March and an official launch on November 3, 1994, including both content from the newspaper and other sources. "The Gate", as it was known at launch, was the first large ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Barbieri
Ralph Louis Barbieri (October 28, 1945August 3, 2020) was an American sports radio personality from San Francisco, California. Along with former NBA player Tom Tolbert, Barbieri hosted the afternoon sports radio show ''The Razor and Mr. T'' on KNBR (AM) from 1996 to 2012. With Barbieri, the show was the highest-rated show in the Bay Area for the 25–54 male demographic since 2000. Early life and education Barbieri was born in San Francisco to Louis J. and Gloria Barbieri. He grew up in Millbrae, California. Barbieri earned a bachelor's degree in 1967 from the University of San Francisco, having studied political science with a minor in philosophy. He proceeded to obtain a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. After completing his studies, he spent one-and-a-half years in New York, where he found employment in advertising. He subsequently returned to San Francisco. Career Barbieri was a stringer Stringer may refer to: Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a List of regions of California, region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, San Jose. The Association of Bay Area Governments defines the Bay Area as including the nine counties that border the estuary, estuaries of San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and Suisun Bay: Alameda County, California, Alameda, Contra Costa County, California, Contra Costa, Marin County, California, Marin, Napa County, California, Napa, San Mateo County, California, San Mateo, Santa Clara County, California, Santa Clara, Solano County, California, Solano, Sonoma County, California, Sonoma, and San Francisco County, California, San Francisco. Other definitions may be either smaller or larger, and may include neighboring counties which are not officially part of the San Francisco Bay Area, such as the Central Coast (California), Central Coast c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the List of California cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population, 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the County statistics of the United States, fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Francisco Bay Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994–95 NBA Season
The 1994–95 NBA season was the 49th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season ended with the Houston Rockets defeating the Orlando Magic 4–0 in the NBA Finals to be crowned champions. Notable occurrences *The Houston Rockets became the lowest seeded team to ever win the NBA Finals, winning as the sixth seed in the Western Conference. The Rockets also became the first team to defeat four opponents who had 50 or more wins en route to a title (Utah, Phoenix, San Antonio and Orlando); the only other team ever to accomplish that feat was the 2000–01 Los Angeles Lakers. *The 1995 NBA All-Star Game was played at America West Arena (now known as PHX Arena) in Phoenix, Arizona, with the West defeating the East 139–112. Mitch Richmond of the Sacramento Kings was named the game's MVP (Most Valuable Player). *Late in the season, Michael Jordan returned to the Chicago Bulls after an attempt at a minor-league baseball career. His announcement consisted of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Kerr
Stephen Douglas Kerr (born September 27, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the United States men's national basketball team, U.S. national team. He is known as one of the most accurate three-point field goal, three-point shooters in NBA history and holds the record for List of NBA career 3-point field goal percentage leaders, highest career three-point percentage. Kerr is also a nine-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player and four as head coach of the Warriors. He was named one of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History. Kerr played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball, Arizona Wildcats. He was a two-time first-team List of All-Pac-12 Conference men's basketball teams, all-conference player in the Pac-10 (now known as the Pac-12 Conference, Pac-12) and earned NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, All-America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Four
In sports, the final four is the last four teams remaining in a playoffs, playoff tournament. Usually the final four compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final (penultimate) round. Of these teams, the two who win in the semi-final round play another single-elimination game whose winner is the tournament champion. In some tournaments, the two teams that lose in the semi-final round compete for third place in a third place playoff, consolation game. History The term "final four" is most often used in the United States and in sports heavily influenced by that country; elsewhere, only the term "semi-finals" is in common use. Previously, it was believed that the phrase "final four" first appeared in print in a 1975 article for the ''Official Collegiate Basketball Guide'', whose author Ed Chay was a sportswriter for the ''The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Plain Dealer''. Chay stated that the Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball, Marquette basketball team "wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lute Olson
Robert Luther "Lute" Olson (September 22, 1934 – August 27, 2020) was an American basketball coach, who was inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. He was the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball, Arizona Wildcats men's team for 25 years. He was also head coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball, Iowa Hawkeyes for nine years and Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball, Long Beach State 49ers for one season. Known for player development and great recruiting, many of his former players have gone on to have impressive careers in the NBA. On October 23, 2008, Olson announced his retirement from coaching. Olson died on August 27, 2020, in Tucson, Arizona. He was 85 years old. Biography Early life Olson was born on a farm outside Mayville, North Dakota on September 22, 1934, and was of Norwegian-American parentage. In 1939, Olson's father, Albert died of a stroke at age 47. There are mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
