Chick Hearn

Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn (27 November 1916 - 5 August 2002) was an American sportscaster. Known primarily as the longtime play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, Hearn is remembered for coining the phrases "slam dunk", "air ball", and "no harm, no foul"; and for broadcasting 3,338 consecutive Lakers games starting in 1965. Of note is that most of the games in the television era were simulcast on both radio and television, even after most teams chose to use different announcers for the different media.

Nicknames for Laker players

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Cap, The Captain, Big Fella
• Cedric Ceballos: Garbage Man
• Michael Cooper: Secretary of Defense
• Gail Goodrich: Stumpy (because of his height)
• Magic Johnson: Buck
• Kurt Rambis: Blue-collar Kurt, Clark Kent (because of his safety glasses)
• Jerry West: Mr. Clutch
• James Worthy: Big Game James
• Nick Van Exel: Nick the Quick, Nick Van Excellent
• Sedale Threatt: Thief of Baghdad
• Eddie Jones: Fast Eddie