27 Nov 1916: Sportscaster Chick Hearn born, Aurora, Illinois. He was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers for 41 years (1961-2002), including a streak of 3,338 consecutive broadcasts without missing a game. Hearn started the now common practice of estimating the distance of shots taken, and coined such now familiar basketball terms as slam dunk and air ball. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn
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