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IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT WITH GRANT NAPEAR

Episode 286: Giving Thanks Part IV

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT WITH GRANT NAPEAR

Grant Napear

Football, Basketball, Sports

4.7944 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode I continue to give thanks for the great things that have happened in my career. I begin talking about my love for hockey and how it led to me calling some Sharks games on TV. One of the games I announced involved Wayne Gretzky and the LA Kings. To this day, that was a great thrill for me. I also talk about working for the Raiders and being their TV announcer for the preseason. I had tremendous experiences including being around the legendary Al Davis. I share some stories of being in Al's presence which often was very nerve-racking, due to his iconic stature. I have been blessed to have so many great experiences in my career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

And now, Grand Napier! And hi everybody and welcome to another episode of if you don't like that my series continues on giving

0:25.8

thanks during this holiday season but first I want to tell you that we are

0:29.2

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0:36.4

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0:45.0

And remember, if you have an emergency

0:46.6

in the middle of the night, New Works will be there

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with their 24-7 service.

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0:54.9

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1:03.0

Very often, it will only take one individual

1:08.0

to make your dream come true

1:10.0

when you're talking about your career.

1:12.8

Now, in my previous episodes,

1:15.2

I've talked about a few people that have had a profound impact

1:19.1

on my career.

1:20.3

And then in the last podcast, I said that I ran into someone recently at an airport a couple and they were talking about my show and my doing the games and they were big fans and we had a nice chat and then they asked me what was you know my favorite moment of an ounce in the Kings but I have so many other moments that have nothing to do with the Kings and I shared some of those on my last podcast. I've been very blessed to not

1:46.4

only have done the NBA for 32 years but my real dream when I was coming out of

1:52.2

college was to announce National Hockey League games.

1:55.8

And when I look back on my career and I look back at some of the highlights, well,

2:01.0

announcing the National Hockey League for a couple of games is right near the top of the list.

2:06.0

So it was back in the mid 90s, 1994, 95.

2:12.0

Matter of fact, 94, I had gone to games 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the Stanley Cup finals between the Rangers and the Canucks and I knew the Vancouver

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