Barnes played a total of 122 games with the Lakers over two seasons. He averaged 8.8 points and 6.5 rebounds over a seven-year career with five different NBA franchises.

NBA fans’ viewing experience will look different later this year, but there will also be a touch of nostalgia. Last summer, Comcast/NBC Universal closed an 11-year agreement for the rights to ...

NBC Sports will use an AI-generated version of legendary announcer Jim Fagan’s voice in its upcoming NBA coverage The re-creation will appear in intros and promos with the approval of Fagan's ...

NBC announced this week that it will use AI to recreate the voice of Jim Fagan, the voiceover artist whose narrations on NBA on NBC segments became an integral part of the broadcast in the 1990s.

Many people remember the late Jim Fagan as the rugged voice that proudly informed 1990s and early-2000s basketball fans that they were watching the NBA on NBC. Fagan died in 2017 at age 72 after ...

The late Jim Fagan's iconic voice defined National Basketball Association (NBA) promos throughout the 1990s and early 2000s — and now, NBC is bringing that voice back from the dead using AI.

When the NBA returns to NBC next season, one of the network's signature voices will be back – sort of. NBC announced former narrator Jim Fagan will be used as part of its coverage and promotion ...

“For many basketball fans, Jim’s unique and recognizable voice immediately conjures a deep sense of nostalgia for a special time in NBA history,” NBC Sports president Rick Cordella said in a ...

Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. NBC’s upcoming NBA coverage will include the AI-generated voice of Jim Fagan, a longtime sports narrator who died in 2017. In an announcement on ...