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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Media Relations <mediarelations@positionsports.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 12:09 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Media Relations <mediarelations@positionsports.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Enshrinement Ceremony to be Televised Live by ESPN on Saturday, May 15</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Enshrinement Ceremony to be Televised Live by ESPN on Saturday,
May 15</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday’s Press Conference Available on NBA TV, Followed by Awards Gala on ESPN</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Springfield, Mass. (May 11, 2021) —
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame confirmed today the television schedule for the highly anticipated 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement being held May 14-15, 2021,
at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. The television broadcast schedule is as follows (all times eastern and subject to change):
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Friday, May 14</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Class of 2020 Press Conference</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2:00 - 3:30 PM Live on NBA TV </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In a press conference
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">style format, host Marc Spears of ESPN’s The Undefeated will facilitate a conversation with each inductee (or a representative for those honored posthumously) in the Class of 2020.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Saturday, May 15</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hall of Fame Awards Celebration & Gala</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">3:30 - 5:30 PM on ESPN (Tape delayed from Friday, May 14)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Hall of Fame Awards Celebration and Gala will recognize Hall of Fame Award winners from 2020 including
<b>John W.</b> <b>Bunn Lifetime Achievement</b> recipient Tim Nugent, <b>Curt Gowdy Media Award</b> recipients Michael Wilbon, Mike Breen, Jim Gray and TNT’s Inside the NBA, as well as
<b>Mannie Jackson Human Spirit Award</b> recipients Wayne Embry, Bill Russell and George Raveling. The Class of 2020 will also be presented
<span style="color:black">with their official Hall of Fame Class Jackets and Rings. The show will be hosted by ESPN’s Lisa Salters.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Class of 2020 Enshrinement Ceremony</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">5:30 - 8:00 PM Live on ESPN</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Class of 2020 inductees are longtime FIBA executive<b> Patrick Baumann,</b> 18-time NBA All-Star and five-time NBA champion
<b>Kobe Bryant</b>, 10-time WNBA All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist <b>
Tamika Catchings</b>,15-time NBA All-Star and three-time NBA Finals MVP <b>Tim Duncan,
</b>15-time NBA All-Star and nine-time NBA All-Defensive First Team selection <b>
Kevin Garnett</b>, three-time NCAA National Championship Coach <b>Kim Mulkey</b>, five-time Division II National Coach of the Year
<b>Barbara Stevens, </b>four-time collegiate National Coach of the Year <b>Eddie Sutton</b> and two-time NBA Champion coach<b> Rudy Tomjanovich</b>. The show will be hosted by Ahmad Rashad and feature a special performance by multi-Grammy award-winning artist
Ne-Yo.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As the health and safety of Hall of Famers, fans and staff is of the utmost importance, the Basketball Hall of Fame is working with the Mohegan Tribal Health Department to monitor the COVID-19
situation closely and provide appropriate health and safety measures for all events. For more information, visit
<a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoophall.com%2FEnshrinement&data=04%7C01%7Ckyle_robarts%40baylor.edu%7C04bb535959ef4ba0c14908d9149f8667%7C22d2fb35256a459bbcf4dc23d42dc0a4%7C0%7C0%7C637563497657013026%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=sa0NZICthm2SVudOHve8lvCs6eqv4b4kepBdI8R%2BAFw%3D&reserved=0">
www.hoophall.com/Enshrinement</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">About the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
<span style="color:black">Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was born, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting, preserving and celebrating the game
of basketball at every level – men and women, amateur and professional players, coaches and contributors, both domestically and internationally. <span style="letter-spacing:.3pt">The Hall of Fame museum is home to more than 400 inductees and over 40,000 square
feet of basketball history. Nearly 200,000 people visit the Hall of Fame museum each year to learn about the game, experience the interactive exhibits and test their skills on the Jerry Colangelo "Court of Dreams." Best known for its annual marquee Enshrinement
Ceremony honoring the game’s elite, the Hall of Fame also operates over 70 high school and collegiate competitions annually throughout the country and abroad. For more information on the Basketball Hall of Fame organization, its museum and events, visit
</span></span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoophall.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ckyle_robarts%40baylor.edu%7C04bb535959ef4ba0c14908d9149f8667%7C22d2fb35256a459bbcf4dc23d42dc0a4%7C0%7C0%7C637563497657013026%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=f09QI2XnRyy4QFEZb904p6It7YXIjr%2BLNe07lDC94PE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;letter-spacing:.3pt">www.hoophall.com</span></a><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:.3pt">,
follow <b>@hoophall </b>and<b> #20HoopClass</b> or call 1-877-4HOOPLA.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Basketball Hall of Fame Media Contact</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nicole Taylor,<b>
</b>Position Sports<span class="gmail-msohyperlink"> // </span><a href="mailto:mediarelations@positionsports.com"><span style="color:windowtext">mediarelations@positionsports.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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