NBA Action
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NBA Action is a weekly show with news and highlights of the NBA
. The show first premiered in 1990 on ESPN
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,and Sega Saturn
with the name NBA Action.
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...
. The show first premiered in 1990 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....
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Features (In Chronological Order)
- Western Conference Team of the Week
- Instant Replay (Weekly NBA News)
- Timeout (Player Features)
- Eastern Conference Team of the Week
- Spotlight (Special features on players, teams or great moments in the NBA)
- Sounds of the Game
- Courtside Countdown (Top 10 Plays of the Week)
Hosts
- Jim Fagan (1990–2004)
- Ian EagleIan EagleIan Eagle is an American sports announcer calling National Football League games on CBS, New Jersey Nets games on the YES Network and hosts Full Court Press, a basketball talk show with former player Kenny Smith on Sirius Satellite Radio...
(2004–Present) - Rich Ackerman (2003–present; occasional host)
Video game
There was a small series of video games released by Sega Sports for the Sega Genesis, Sega Game GearSega Game Gear
The was Sega's first handheld game console. It was the third commercially available color handheld console, after the Atari Lynx and the TurboExpress....
,and Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
with the name NBA Action.
- NBA Action '94 (Genesis)
- NBA Action '95 (Game Gear and Genesis)
- NBA Action (Saturn)
- NBA Action '98 (Saturn)