Smith, Kenny, 1965 March 8-

LC control no.	n 96044891
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Personal name heading	Smith, Kenny, 1965 March 8- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Smith, Kenneth, 1965 March 8- Smith, Kenny, 1965 Mar. 8-
Birth date	19650308
Found in	Kenny Smith, 1996: CIP t.p. (Kenny Smith) galley (Kenneth Smith; b. 3/8/65) Talk of champions, 2023: ECIP title page (Kenny Smith) Summary ("A riveting memoir from Kenny Smith ("Kenny the Jet")-superstar basketball commentator, host of top-rated Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion. Smith reveals his thoughtful views on race, the NBA, his upbringing, and an abundance of poignant, colorful inside stories about the star players, coaches, and mentors who taught and inspired him along the way. In his playing career, Kenny Smith was a star at the University of North Carolina before beginning a storied NBA run, playing for six teams and winning two championships with the Houston Rockets. But his tremendous popularity skyrocketed when in 1998 he joined the new TNT show, Inside the NBA-which, for the last twenty-four years, has gone on to be the nation's top-rated basketball commentary show, winning multiple Grammy awards and gaining enormous acclaim for the humor, insight, social commentary, and unrivaled basketball coverage from Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, and host Ernie Johnson, Jr.)