Unlike most Lakers fans, I did not grow up listening to Chick Hearn. My husband, Dick, and I moved to Los Angeles from Washington DC in 1972. Dick became the new Executive Producer at KTTV.

non-call by an official when significant contact has occurred. A dunk with authority, also Chick was the first to use the phrase "slam dunk". The Lakers are playing terribly.

Hearn had been the Lakers' broadcaster since 1961. Though the late Bill Brundige occasionally appeared alongside him, Chick was known to be an individual who liked to run the show alone.

The Lakers will conduct their annual Chick Hearn Night on Saturday, honoring their late longtime broadcaster at the game against the Denver Nuggets at Crypto.com Arena. Since Hearn's death in 2002 ...

Since Hearn’s death in 2002, the Lakers have designated their home game closest to the Nov. 27 anniversary of his birth in 1916 as Chick Hearn Night. Hearn was the Lakers’ play-by-play ...

joining Chick Hearn in the booth. While Riley was in his third season in front of the mic, little did he know that his life would take a complete turn. As the Lakers sought to acquire Jerry ...

Since Hearn’s death in 2002, the Lakers have designated their home game closest to the Nov. 27 anniversary of his birth in 1916 as Chick Hearn Night. Hearn was the Lakers’ play-by-play ...

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