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WNBA On Prime Video
''NBA on Prime Video'' is the upcoming branding used for broadcasts of National Basketball Association (NBA) games on the subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service Amazon Prime Video. Since 2021, Prime Video has also aired the ''WNBA on Prime Video''. Overview WNBA coverage In May 2021, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced a three-year rights agreement with Amazon Prime Video. As part of the agreement, Prime Video acquired the exclusive global rights (excluding China, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Finland, and Germany) to 16 WNBA games per season along with the WNBA Commissioner's Cup final. The agreement marked the first time Prime Video acquired the exclusive global rights to a women's professional sports league. In April 2024, the WNBA and Prime Video announced a two-year extension of the agreement. The extension increases Prime Video's exclusive regular season games from 16 to 20. Prime Video will continue to ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world. The league is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. The NBA was created on August 3, 1949, with the merger of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League (NBL). The league later adopted the BAA's history and considers its founding on June 6, 1946, as its own. In 1976, the NBA and the American Basketball Association (ABA) ABA–NBA merger, merged, adding four franchises to the NBA. The NBA's regular season runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. The NBA playoffs, league's playoff tournament extends into June, culminating with the NBA Finals championship series. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrecking Amendment
Wrecker, The Wrecker or Wrecking may refer to: * Tow truck, the most common form of recovery vehicle * Wrecking, a synonym for demolition * A person who participates in sabotage * Wrecking (Soviet Union), a crime of industrial or economic sabotage * Wrecking (shipwreck), hauling away valuables from a shipwreck * Crane (rail) Film and television * Wrecker (film), ''Wrecker'' (film), a 2015 film * The Wrecker (1929 film), ''The Wrecker'' (1929 film), based on Ridley's play * The Wrecker (1933 film), ''The Wrecker'' (1933 film) * The Wrecker (upcoming film), ''The Wrecker'' (upcoming film) * "Wrecker", a clone trooper in the ''Star Wars'' series * Wreckers (film), ''Wreckers'' (film), a 2011 film * Wreckers (Transformers), a sub-team of Autobots in the fictional Transformers Universe * ''Thee Wreckers'', characters in Thee Wreckers Tetralogy by artist filmmaker ''Rosto'' Literature * Wrecker (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain * The Wrecker (Cussler novel), ''The Wrecker'' (Cuss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassidy Hubbarth
Cassidy Hubbarth (born September 19, 1984) is an American television anchor. Hubbarth formerly hosted ESPN2's ''NBA Tonight'' and also anchored ESPN's ''SportsCenter and College Football Live.'' Early life Hubbarth was born in the Chicago area to Emmeline and Gerry Hubbarth. Hubbarth is of Filipino descent from her mother Emmeline's side and of German and Irish descent from her father Gerry's side. Hubbarth is a native of Evanston, Illinois. She graduated from Evanston Township High School in 2003, where she was a three-sport athlete for four years. Hubbarth was a part of the 2002 ETHS State Championship high school soccer team. She attended the University of Illinois for one year before receiving her Bachelor of Science degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Career Hubbarth was a host and reporter for the Big Ten Network and Fox Sports South, prior to working for the ESPN. She won a Southeast Emmy for Interactivity for her work on ''SEC Gridiron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986), nicknamed "Ace", is an American former professional basketball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time, she was selected as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She spent 13 seasons on the Sparks, two seasons with the Chicago Sky, and one season with the Las Vegas Aces, winning a championship with each team. A versatile player, Parker mainly played the forward and center positions. In high school, Parker won the 2003 and 2004 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year awards, becoming just the second junior and the only woman to receive a Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year award twice. As a college player for Tennessee, she led the team to two consecutive national championships (2007, 2008), was named the Final Four's most outstanding player in both occasions and was a two-time consensus national player of the year. As a redshirt freshman, she bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Nash
Stephen John Nash (born 7 February 1974) is a Canadian professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 18 seasons in the NBA, where he was an eight-time All-Star, a seven-time All-NBA selection, and a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player. He ranks as one of the top players in NBA history in career three-point shooting, free-throw shooting, total assists, and assists per game. In 2018, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Nash grew up playing several sports, and after a successful high school basketball career in British Columbia, earned a scholarship to Santa Clara University in California. In his four seasons with the Broncos, the team appeared in three NCAA tournaments, and he was twice named the West Coast Conference (WCC) Player of the Year. Nash graduated from Santa Clara as the team's all-time leader in assists. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. ( or , born January 17, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently the co-owner of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. He is also currently the host of the American adaptation of ''The Cube (British game show), The Cube''. Widely regarded as one of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history, he spent the majority of his 16-year career playing for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and won three NBA Finals, NBA championships, was a 13-time NBA All-Star, an eight-time member of the All-NBA Team, and a three-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team, All-Defensive Team. Wade is also Miami's all-time leader in points, games played, assists, steals, shots made, and shots taken. After a successful college basketball career with the Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball, Marquette Golden Eagles, including leading the team to the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dell Curry
Wardell Stephen Curry Sr. (born June 25, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 until 2002 and retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929). Curry currently works as a color commentator, alongside Eric Collins, on Charlotte Hornets television broadcasts. He is the father of NBA players Stephen Curry and Seth Curry. Early life Born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Curry was raised in Grottoes and played high school basketball at Fort Defiance, where he used his coach's barn to practice shooting daily. He finished as the all-time leading scorer in school history, and was named a McDonald's All-American in 1982. Curry also played baseball, and won state championships in both sports; he was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 1982 Major League Baseball draft. College career Curry was a four-year starter at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Barry
Brent Robert Barry (born December 31, 1971), also known by the nickname "Bones", is an American basketball coach, executive, broadcaster and former player. He is the assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The shooting guard played professionally in the NBA, winning two league championships with the Spurs in 2005 and 2007, and also won the Slam Dunk Contest in 1996. He is the son of Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry. After retiring, Barry worked as a sports commentator for the ''NBA on TNT'' and was a studio host for the NBA TV show ''NBA Gametime''. In 2018, he returned to the Spurs as an executive. He is also a commentator of the ''NBA 2K'' series and has been a commentator since the release of '' NBA 2K21''. Early life Barry was born on December 31, 1971, in Hempstead, New York. He is the son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry. He attended De La Salle High School in Concord, California. College career Barry played four years on the Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Van Gundy
Stanley Alan Van Gundy (born August 26, 1959) is an American former basketball coach who is a television commentator for ''NBA on TNT'' and '' College Basketball on CBS''. Prior to TNT, he was most recently the head coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA. He also served as the head coach and president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons from 2014 to 2018. From 2003 to 2005, he was the head coach of the Miami Heat but resigned in 2005 mid-season, returning the job over to Pat Riley. Van Gundy then coached the Orlando Magic for five seasons from 2007 to 2012, leading them to the 2009 NBA Finals. He is the older brother of former New York Knicks and Houston Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy. Playing career Van Gundy was a starting guard at Alhambra High School in Martinez, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. After his senior year, he played for an all-county team that also included Kenny Carter, whose coaching career was the basis for '' Coach Carter'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Collins
Eric Collins (born June 16, 1969) is an American play-by-play sports announcer, currently the voice of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets on FanDuel Sports Network Southeast. Education Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Collins is a graduate of St. Lawrence University. He earned a master's degree from Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1992. Career In 2002, Collins filled in for Mike Tirico on College Football on ABC along with analyst Irving Fryar. From 2009 through 2013, Collins served as the part-time television voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, taking over the duties of Dodger radio voice Charley Steiner, who was the team's play-by-play announcer on road telecasts calling games east of Phoenix. Collins' broadcasting experience also includes play-by-play for NBC Sports' coverage of the USA Baseball team during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as calling ESPN's coverage of college football, college basketball, and college baseball and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Harlan
Kevin Robert Harlan (born June 21, 1960) is an American television and radio sports announcer, and a 3 time National Sportscaster of Year as voted by his peers. The son of former Green Bay Packers President and CEO Bob Harlan, he broadcasts NFL and college basketball games on CBS and the NBA on TNT. 2024 was his 40th consecutive season doing NFL play-by-play, and 2024–25 is his 38th year doing NBA play-by-play. He is also the lead NFL radio voice nationally for Westwood One and '' Monday Night Football'' since 2009. On that platform, he has broadcast 15 consecutive Super Bowls, the most in radio or television history. Overall, he is third all time in the total number of network television sports broadcasts doing play-by-play for one of the four major sports. Harlan has also broadcast more than 500 NFL games on network TV, top 10 all time joining names like Al Michaels and Pat Summerall for play-by-play. Until 2008, Harlan was the voice of Westwood One Radio's Final F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Eagle
Ian Eagle ( ; born February 9, 1969) is an American sports announcer. He calls NBA, NFL, and college basketball games on CBS, TNT, and TBS, as well as Brooklyn Nets games on the YES Network and French Open tennis for Tennis Channel. Other announcing experiences include Army–Navy football games, boxing, and NCAA track and field for CBS. Early life and education Eagle was born in Miami to entertainers Jack Eagle and Monica Maris. Jack, a Jewish former " Catskills comedian" and commercial actor, was best known for portraying "Brother Dominic" and "Mr. Cholesterol" in Xerox and Fleischmann's margarine television commercials respectively in the 1970s. Maris was a singer. Eagle graduated from Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1990. He was in the Alpha Epsilon Pi, a traditionally Jewish fraternity. Career Early career While at Syracuse, Eagle joined WJPZ his freshman year and announced women's basketball games at the Carrier Dome. In hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
