Ainge calls it quits for spot as TNT analyst
Danny Ainge, the fiery, long-shooting sparkplug who has spent the last three seasons as a Phoenix Sun guard, officially ended his 14-year National Basketball Association career Sunday to become a television analyst for Turner Sports.
Ainge fills a slot vacated by Doug Collins, who left TNT to become the coach and general manager of the Detroit Pistons. This will be a third career for Ainge, who played baseball briefly for the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Grizzlies, Prime Sports team up for TV deal
The Utah Grizzlies announced Wednesday that they will be teaming up with Prime Sports for 10 live telecasts of the defending Turner Cup champions 1995-96 IHL games.
Utah also recently announced that KAPN 860 AM, of the Citadel Communication Corporation, has agreed to cover 82 live games and postseason play for the Grizz.
Kyle Schultz, the voice of the Grizzlies, will be on the air with a pregame show 15 minutes prior to every game. The first broadcast will be on Friday, Sept. 29, starting at 6:50 p.m. when the Grizz travel to Phoenix to open the IHL season against the Roadrunners.
Utah's first televised contest will be on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 5:30 p.m. (MST) against the Michigan K-Wings in Kalamazoo. PSP will show six games on the road and four from the Delta Center.
The away games are at Detroit, Dec. 10, 5 p.m.; at Cincinnati, Dec. 31, 4 p.m.; at Atlanta, March 23, 11 p.m.; at Peoria, March 31, 5 p.m.; and at Phoenix, April 12, 6 p.m.
The Grizz will face Houston in their first televised home contest on Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. Other home TV games are against Las Vegas, Feb. 14, 7 p.m.; Milwaukee, Feb. 21, 7 p.m.; and Detroit, March 4, 7 p.m.