James Thomas 'Ace' Donovan (born July 8, in San Mateo

San Mateo, California

San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...

, California

California

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) is an American

United States

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 radio and television personality as well as a professional card player.

Donovan is a sportscaster

Sportscaster

In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...

 whose career has seen him on the airwaves in San Francisco, Denver, Detroit, Tucson and Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

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. He has covered Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 and the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

, but is best known for his knowledge of the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

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.

Donovan's career began at KNBR

KNBR

KNBR, The Sports Leader, is the on-air branding used by two AM radio stations in the San Francisco, California, area broadcasting a sports radio format, owned by Cumulus Media....

 radio in San Francisco, California and has most recently seen him as the host of The Big Show with Jim Donovan in Arizona.

He is also a tournament blackjack

Blackjack

Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...

 and poker player. Ace Donovan recently finished 4th in one of the Ultimate Blackjack Tour

Ultimate Blackjack Tour

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's events held in St. Kitts in October 2006 and final tabling the UBT Barona event in June 2007.