Dominique Wilkins Joins FSN South, SportSouth
NBA Hall of Famer Added To Analyst Lineup
By Multi Channel News Staff -- Multichannel News, 9/30/2008 9:14:00 AM
Former Atlanta Hawks star and NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins has taken an analyst gig with FSN South and SportSouth for the upcoming basketball season.
Wilkins joins play-by-play announcer Bob Rathbun for 75 Hawks telecasts on FSN South and SportSouth during the 2008-09 NBA season.
“Dominique served as our analyst on the Hawks LIVE post-game show last season and demonstrated an exceptional natural talent as a broadcaster and game analyst,” Jeff Genthner, senior vice president and general manager of FSN South and SportSouth, said in a statement. “When the opportunity arose to move Dominique courtside, there was no doubt that he was the right person for the position and ready to move into the game broadcaster role.”
The ninth all-time leading scorer in NBA history, Wilkins has been the face of the Atlanta Hawks since he joined the team out of the University of Georgia in 1982. Dubbed the “Human Highlight Film,” Wilkins finished his career as the Hawks all-time leading scorer and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Wilkins served as the Hawks LIVE analyst for FSN South and SportSouth during the 2007-08 NBA season and currently serves as the vice president of basketball for the Hawks.
FSN South, the nation’s largest regional sports network, is available in approximately 12.4 million households in seven states in the Southeast, while SportSouth reaches more than 9 million cable and satellite homes across a six-state region.
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