NBA Fastbreak
Encyclopedia
NBA Fastbreak is a National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

 studio program that airs on ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

. The program used to air as part of ESPN's The Trifecta
The Trifecta
The Trifecta was a one-hour programming block on ESPN of three twenty-minute sports news and information shows.-Format:The block, which originally consisted of Outside the Lines Nightly and two sport-specific programs, aired from April 5, 2005, to late in 2006 between midnight and 1 a.m. Eastern time...

. Formerly known as NBA 2Night, the program, hosted by various ESPN personalities, provides highlights, analysis and updates from the night's NBA games. Segments include "3Ds", which looks at the night's top dunks, defense and dimes (assists).

Current

  • Jon Barry
    Jon Barry
    Jon Alan Barry is an American former basketball player and current television analyst for ABC and ESPN.-Biography:Barry is the son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry, and has three brothers: Scooter, Drew, and Brent, all of whom are also basketball players. Jon played his high school basketball at De La...

     (analyst, 2006–present)
  • Bruce Bowen
    Bruce Bowen
    Bruce Bowen Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'7", 200-lb. Bowen played small forward and graduated from Edison High School and Cal State Fullerton...

     (analyst)
  • Chris Broussard
    Chris Broussard
    Chris Broussard is an American sports analyst for ESPN who mainly covers the NBA. He also is a columnist for ESPN Magazine and ESPN.com...

     (reporter)
  • Ric Bucher
    Ric Bucher
    Ric Bucher is an NBA analyst for ESPN and ESPN.com. Bucher is also a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and a columnist for ESPN.com.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Bucher is a 1983 graduate of Dartmouth College, where he played four years on the varsity soccer team. Bucher has covered the NBA since...

     (reporter)
  • Tim Legler
    Tim Legler
    Timothy Eugene Legler is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. He is currently an ESPN basketball analyst.-La Salle:...

     (analyst)
  • Jamal Mashburn
    Jamal Mashburn
    Jamal Mashburn is a retired American professional basketball player. A small forward, Mashburn was a prolific scorer in his 12 seasons in the league, with a career scoring average of 19.1 points per game...

     (analyst, 2006–present)
  • Jalen Rose
    Jalen Rose
    Jalen Anthony Rose is a retired American professional basketball player, who currently works as a sports analyst for the sports television network ESPN...

     (analyst)
  • Marc Stein
    Marc Stein
    Marc Stein is a sports reporter. He began writing for ESPN.com in 2000 and signed on full-time in 2002 to serve as the site's senior National Basketball Association writer...

     (analyst)
  • Kevin Connors
    Kevin Connors
    Kevin Connors is a sports television journalist for ESPN. He is a host of ESPN SportsCenter. For the 2010-11 NBA Season, he served as the network's primary host for NBA Coast to Coast and NBA Fastbreak in addition to other NBA programming duties. He is also a fill-in host, for NFL Live and...

     (host)
  • Robert Flores
    Robert Flores
    Robert Flores is a sports journalist for ESPN. Joining the network in 2005, Flores is currently an anchor for ESPNEWS and for ESPN's SportsCenter . Robert provides a Taco Bell Studio Update during each game of ABC College Football, and Saturday Night Football. He also serves as a substitute...

     (host)
  • Jonathan Coachman
    Jonathan Coachman
    Jonathan William Coachman , also known as "The Coach", is a former professional wrestling color commentator and authority figure. He is also a former college basketball player, and football play-by-play announcer...

     (host)

Former

  • Greg Anthony
    Greg Anthony
    Gregory Carlton Anthony is an American former National Basketball Association basketball player and former personality on the ESPN family of networks. He is currently an analyst for CBS's college basketball coverage...

     (analyst)
  • B.J. Armstrong (analyst)
  • Dee Brown (analyst)
  • Swin Cash
    Swin Cash
    Swintayla Marie Cash , better known as Swin Cash, is an American WNBA player who plays for the Seattle Storm. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the University of Connecticut women's basketball team to national titles in 2000 and 2002...

     (analyst)
  • Sean Elliott
    Sean Elliott
    Sean Michael Elliott is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.‎-Early life:Elliott was born in Tucson, Arizona and was youngest of three boys. He was a very intelligent boy growing up and attended the G.A.T.E. program at Toleson Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona...

     (analyst)
  • Kevin Frazier
    Kevin Frazier
    Kevin Timothy Frazier is currently host of The Insider. Formerly, Frazier worked as an anchor at Fox Sports Net, later ESPN, where he hosted SportsCenter as well as a multitude of NBA themed programming and from 2004–2011, was a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight as well as...

     (host)
  • Allan Houston
    Allan Houston
    Allan Wade Houston is a retired American professional basketball player for the NBA, and currently the Assistant General Manager for the New York Knicks. He was one of the top 3-point shooters in the NBA until a knee injury forced him to retire...

     (analyst)
  • Mark Jackson
    Mark Jackson (basketball)
    Mark A. Jackson is a retired American professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Golden State Warriors. He played point guard for the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz, and Houston Rockets in the NBA in a career...

     (analyst)
  • Nancy Lieberman
    Nancy Lieberman
    Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman , nicknamed "Lady Magic", is a former professional basketball player who played and coached in the WNBA.Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in women's basketball....

     (analyst)
  • Paul Silas
    Paul Silas
    Paul Theron Silas is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats. He attended Creighton University, where he set an NCAA record for the most rebounds in three seasons and averaged 20.6 rebounds per game in 1963...

     (analyst)
  • Jason Jackson
    Jason Jackson
    Jason Jackson is an American sportscaster and writer. He worked for ESPN from 1995 until 2002, best known as the host of NBA 2Night. Jackson was fired from ESPN in May 2002 for violating company policy...

     (host)
  • Mark Morgan
    Mark Morgan
    Mark Morgan is an American score composer for video games, television and films. He is well-known for his work in Fallout, Fallout 2 and Planescape: Torment.-Video games:* Zork Nemesis * Dark Seed II...

     (host)
  • Matt Winer
    Matt Winer
    Matthew Ward Winer is an American television personality for Turner Sports and formerly with ESPN.-Career:Turner Sports signed Winer in 2010 to contribute to coverage of sports across its networks. He became the primary studio host for Major League Baseball on TBS, replacing Ernie Johnson Jr., who...

    (host)
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK