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Bookmark or Share- Chick Hearn - WikipediaFrancis Dayle "Chick" Hearn (November 27, 1916 – August 5, 2002) was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 41 years, as well as the team's assistant general manager for seven years beginning in 1972.
- The Lakers' Legendary Voice - Los Angeles TimesChick Hearn, the legendary broadcaster who provided the lively soundtrack to more than four decades of Los Angeles Laker basketball, inventing a new vocabulary along the way, died Monday. He...
- Lakers Announcer Chick Hearn Dead at 85 - The New York TimesChick Hearn, who made phrases like "slam dunk" and "air ball" common basketball expressions during his 42-year broadcasting career with the Lakers, died on Monday night.
- The Legend of Chick Hearn - NBA.comChick found his rhythm from the bounce of a basketball — and even when the players faulted, he somehow never missed a beat. Hearn called a record 3,338 consecutive Lakers games starting on ...
- Francis D. "Chick" Hearn - Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of FameFrancis “Chick” Hearn turned the seemingly simple task of broadcasting a sporting event into an art form, and in the process became an icon and a celebrity. Hearn’s first broadcast words were uttered in Manila where he was stationed after World War II.
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