Episode 285: Giving Thanks Part III

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Grant Napear

Football, Basketball, Sports

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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On today's episode I reflect back on some of my fondest memories that don't involve the Kings. I start off talking about doing mock play-by-play back in junior high school. All the students would chant my name at class assemblies if the program ran short and I would go on stage and do a game. Doing high school football and basketball games gave me tremendous experiences early in my career as well. This business is about reps. Perhaps the thing I reflect back on the most was working at ESPN Radio back in the late 90's. Going to the ESPN headquarters back in Bristol, Ct was a thrill! The people I met and the friendships that developed from that experience was life changing. I then talk about filling in for the legendary Jim Rome on his show. Those 15 years or so was a tremendous experience! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now Grand Napier! And hi again everybody I hope that you are doing well as the holidays are officially upon us
0:23.7	Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror and I continue my
0:27.3	series on giving thanks but I first want to tell you that today's show
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1:04.0	Two weeks ago I was at the airport and I had a couple come up to me and they said they were
1:09.8	big fans of mine and we talked for about 15 minutes and they asked me a question that I get very often and that is what is my favorite moment of doing the Kings games?
1:21.0	But I rarely get asked what are my other favorite moments during my career.
1:27.6	And I thought on this season of giving thanks and reflecting and spending more time with loved ones the
1:34.7	holidays and you know reflecting on the year that we had with now one month
1:40.0	remaining before we celebrate a new year and turn the calendar to 2024. It made me think
1:45.7	about some of the real great memories that I have had being a broadcaster, which started at a very early age for me. I used to announce games and play games when I was on the school ground as a kid.
1:58.0	I've shared this story very often, but if you are new to the podcast, or if you have not heard this, when I was in junior
2:06.0	high school, which was seventh, eighth, and ninth grades, Southwoods junior high school in
2:11.4	Siacet, New York. One day we were having a assembly and it was all the students
2:20.6	in the middle school. So we were in the big auditorium and it ended early and all of us
2:26.7	had to wait until the bell rung before we went on to our next class, whatever that may have been. And all of a sudden, a couple of the friends of
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