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One of the NBA's most recognizable and decorated play-by-play announcers, Bob Rathbun enters his 6th season as the television play-by-play voice for the Atlanta Dream! Rathbun has earned a variety of significant broadcasting awards during his career. In 2012, he earned Georgia Sportscaster of the Year honors from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA). Rathbun has won nine Southeast Regional Emmy Awards, including one in 2009 for the broadcast of the Hawks-Celtics game six playoff contest from 2008. His basketball work has touched nearly all of the major broadcast outlets. His NBA work has earned him opportunities to call games for TNT and NBA-TV, after a collegiate resume that includes stints with CBS (NCAA basketball tournament), ABC, and ESPN (college basketball plus college football and the College World Series). With an extensive sports background, Rathbun's broadcasting career has earned him eight Sportscaster of the Year honors (Virginia: 1980-82, 1985, 1988-89; Georgia 1998, 2012), a Distinguished Service Award from the ACC (1994), and a Distinguished Alumni Award from Catawba College (1988). He was inducted into his alma mater's Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Rathbun, who graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in speech from Catawba College (1976), and his wife Marybeth have two children, Court and Grace. |
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A 2009 recipient of the Atlanta Dream Women of Inspiration award, LaChina Robinson has recently jumpstarted a career in broadcasting and is heading into her sixth season serving as color analyst for the WNBA's Atlanta Dream. After stints as analyst on radio for both Georgia Tech Women’s Basketball and the Dream in its inaugural season, Robinson’s television broadcasting career has skyrocketed and she can be seen working for networks like ESPN, Fox, NBA TV (Turner) and CSS. During the NCAA women’s basketball season, Robinson can be seen on the ESPN family of networks as well as FOX Sports South and CSS. She was chosen by ESPN to serve as an analyst for the 2010 NCAA Women’s Tournament during her first full year on the television circuit. During the WNBA season, LaChina serves as a WNBA guest analyst in the studio on NBA Gametime and WNBA Playoff coverage in addition to her post alongside Bob Rathbun as the color analyst for Atlanta Dream for all home contests on FOX Sports South and SportSouth. As a reporter, Robinson has interviewed the likes of some of the most influential figures in women’s basketball including Pat Summitt, Robin Roberts, Teresa Edwards, and Lisa Leslie. In her spare time, Robinson enjoys serving in the community and can been seen at events such as the 2 Day Walk for Breast Cancer, and serving in various capacities for Go Girl Go including their Grant Allocations Committee. Robinson has also recently launched her own consulting company called “Stretch Beyond” where she implements student-athlete development and teambuilding strategies for collegiate sports team and serves as a motivational speaker. |
