SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In celebration of Black History Month, FSN Bay Area has produced 10 separate Black History Month television vignettes highlighting the achievements of influential African-Americans. The vignettes will air during FSN Bay Area’s Golden State Warriors telecasts in the month of February. Former Warriors Al Attles and Nate Thurmond narrate the segments.
Subjects/Telecast Schedule
Bill Russell – First African American NBA head coach
Earl Lloyd – First African American to play in NBA
Don Barksdale – First African American to play in an NBA All-Star game
John Thompson – First African American head coach to win NCAA tournament
Robert Johnson – First African American to own an NBA franchise
Ida Jackson – First African American high school teacher in California
Martin Luther King – American clergyman and civil-rights leader
Oakland Larks – A west coast Negro league baseball team from the 1940s
Artie Wilson – First African American to play for Oakland Oaks, a PCL team
Condoleezza Rice – First African American woman to be Secretary of State
| Wednesday, February 2 | Sacramento Kings vs. Warriors | 7:30 PM |
| Friday, February 4 | New Orleans Hornets vs. Warriors | 7:30 PM |
| Saturday, February 5 | Warriors @ Denver Nuggets | 6:00 PM |
| Monday, February 7 | Warriors @ Miami Heat | 4:30 PM |
| Tuesday, February 8 | Warriors @ Orlando Magic | 4:00 PM |
| Friday, February 11 | Warriors @ New Orleans Hornets | 5:00 PM |
| Sunday, February 13 | Phoenix Suns vs. Warriors | 6:00 PM |
| Tuesday, February 15 | Dallas Mavericks vs. Warriors | 7:30 PM |
| Wednesday, February 23 | Atlanta Hawks vs. Warriors | 7:30 PM |
| Sunday, February 27 | Detroit Pistons vs. Warriors | 6:00 PM |
FSN Bay Area reaches more than 3.6 million households in Northern California and Northern Nevada. FSN Bay Area’s programming includes Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants baseball, Golden State Warriors basketball, San Jose Sharks hockey, San Jose Earthquakes soccer, San Jose Stealth lacrosse, San Jose Saber Cats football, The Best Damn Sports Show Period, The Sports List, FSN Across America, Beyond the Glory, and NASCAR related shows. FSN Bay Area is managed by Rainbow Sports Networks.
Rainbow Sports Networks is a division of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC). FSN reaches more than 82 million households nationwide and is a service of National Sports Partners, equally owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. and Fox Entertainment Group. Rainbow Sports Networks incorporates Rainbow’s 50% ownership of FSN and Fox Sports National Advertising and the ownership and management of FSN regional networks in five of the nation’s largest markets: Chicago, Florida, New England, Ohio and San Francisco.