Rick Kamla
Encyclopedia
Rick Kamla is a television personality for NBA TV
.
Rick Kamla has been a studio commentator for the nba since January 2003. Currently, Kamla hosts Game Time, NBATV Real Training Camp, Fantasy Insider, and NBA D-League Central. Kamla also contributes play-by-play to NBA, NBADL, WNBA, USA Basketball
, Summer League
and Euroleague
games.
in suburban Minneapolis before graduating from the University of Minnesota
in 1992 with a degree in History, and a minor in Speech-Communication. While attending the University of Minnesota
, Kamla covered the Golden Gophers on the student-run radio station WMMR
, where he announced over 100 games in the four major sports.
blossomed into a website covering every conceivable fantasy sport. By 1998, Kamla was the full-time senior editor for both Fantasy Football (American)
and basketball
on fanball.com.
Despite getting into the sports industry as a football writer, it was Kamla's basketball columns that caught the eye of NBA TV
director Bryan Meyers. Kamla was eventually hired to host the groundbreaking fantasy show "Virtual GM", and he's been on NBA TV
ever since. In a 2009 NBA TV Broadcast, Kamla made a controversial remark, which he later apologized for.
NBA TV
NBA TV is a television specialty channel that is dedicated to showcasing the sport of basketball in the United States. The network is financially backed by the National Basketball Association , which also uses NBA TV as a way of advertising their out of market package NBA League Pass, and partner...
.
Rick Kamla has been a studio commentator for the nba since January 2003. Currently, Kamla hosts Game Time, NBATV Real Training Camp, Fantasy Insider, and NBA D-League Central. Kamla also contributes play-by-play to NBA, NBADL, WNBA, USA Basketball
USA Basketball
USA Basketball is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States Olympic Committee...
, Summer League
Summer league
-See also:*:Category:Summer baseball leagues*:Category:Summer association football leagues...
and Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
games.
Early life
Kamla attended Edina High SchoolEdina High School
Edina High School is a three-year public high school located in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. The school was founded in 1949 and is the main high school in the Edina School District....
in suburban Minneapolis before graduating from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
in 1992 with a degree in History, and a minor in Speech-Communication. While attending the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
, Kamla covered the Golden Gophers on the student-run radio station WMMR
WMMR
WMMR is an active rock radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, broadcasting at 93.3 MHz FM. The station is owned by Greater Media....
, where he announced over 100 games in the four major sports.
Professional career
In 1994, Kamla started his sports journalism career as a part-time writer for Fantasy Football Weekly, which was based in Minneapolis. What started as a regional newsletter devoted to Fantasy Football (American)Fantasy football (American)
Fantasy football is an interactive, virtual competition in which people manage professional football players versus one another and that allows people to act as general managers of a pseudo-football team. The players that an individual is able to manage are professional American Football players...
blossomed into a website covering every conceivable fantasy sport. By 1998, Kamla was the full-time senior editor for both Fantasy Football (American)
Fantasy football (American)
Fantasy football is an interactive, virtual competition in which people manage professional football players versus one another and that allows people to act as general managers of a pseudo-football team. The players that an individual is able to manage are professional American Football players...
and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
on fanball.com.
Despite getting into the sports industry as a football writer, it was Kamla's basketball columns that caught the eye of NBA TV
NBA TV
NBA TV is a television specialty channel that is dedicated to showcasing the sport of basketball in the United States. The network is financially backed by the National Basketball Association , which also uses NBA TV as a way of advertising their out of market package NBA League Pass, and partner...
director Bryan Meyers. Kamla was eventually hired to host the groundbreaking fantasy show "Virtual GM", and he's been on NBA TV
NBA TV
NBA TV is a television specialty channel that is dedicated to showcasing the sport of basketball in the United States. The network is financially backed by the National Basketball Association , which also uses NBA TV as a way of advertising their out of market package NBA League Pass, and partner...
ever since. In a 2009 NBA TV Broadcast, Kamla made a controversial remark, which he later apologized for.