Grant Napear

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Grant Napear
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Napear in 2010
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Grant Harrington Napear

(1959-06-18) June 18, 1959 (age 64)
Other namesPeaches
Occupation Sportscaster
SpouseStarr Napear
Children2

Grant Harrington Napear [1] (born June 18, 1959) is an American radio personality who currently hosts his own podcast If You Don't Like That With Grant Napear. Before this he hosted The Grant Napear Show, at KHTK Sports 1140 in Sacramento, California where he was fired for tweeting "All lives matter, Every Single One" during the George Floyd protest. He was also the play-by-play announcer for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA), but resigned. He has been a guest host on The Jim Rome Show .

Contents

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.[ citation needed ] His signature phrase is "If you don't like that, you don't like NBA basketball". [2]

Early life

Born in Syosset, New York, Napear graduated from Syosset High School in 1977 and earned his academic degree in broadcast journalism from Bowling Green University, where he also played lacrosse. [3]

Broadcasting history

Views on race

Napear has been accused of racism by former players for the Sacramento Kings and has come under fire for defending Donald Sterling, the former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers banned from the NBA after making racist remarks. [5] On May 31, 2020, after the start of the George Floyd protests, Napear was placed on leave by KHTK after he responded on Twitter to former Kings' player DeMarcus Cousins' question regarding Black Lives Matter with the phrase "All lives matter, Every Single One." Two days later, the station announced that they had fired Napear, and he announced he had resigned from his TV position with the Kings. [6]

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