ATLANTA – Bally Sports Southeast welcomes Tabitha Turner as its new reporter for Atlanta Hawks telecasts in 2023-24.
“Atlanta has been home to me for over a decade, from playing my college ball at Georgia Tech, to rooting my life here and embracing the CULTURE of this city,” said Turner. “I couldn’t be more excited to tell the stories of the Atlanta Hawks organization and highlight these incredibly talented athletes on and off the court.”
Turner has been an analyst and reporter for the networks’ Atlanta Dream coverage over the last three years and five years total going back to 2017. She was also an analyst and sideline reporter for ACC women’s basketball games on the regional sports network from 2019-23.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Tabitha to our Atlanta Hawks coverage,” said Jamie Shapiro, Executive Producer at Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Southeast. “As a high-level player herself, she brings a unique perspective to the reporter role and we’re excited for her to share those insights.”
Turner has been very active as a broadcaster in Atlanta, including several roles calling basketball games in the area. She was a sideline reporter for the Hawks’ G-League team, the College Park Skyhawks, on Peachtree TV in 2021-22, a color analyst for Georgia Tech men’s and women’s basketball games on ACC Network/ESPN since 2018, a color analyst for Kennesaw State women’s basketball games on ESPN3 in 2021-22 and as a radio color analyst for Georgia Tech women’s basketball games on WREK 91.1 FM from 2016-19.
Other Atlanta roles include working as a sideline reporter and interim arena host for the Georgia Swarm on CW69 and Bleacher Report Live since December, 2016. She has been a sideline reporter for high school football games on Georgia Public Broadcasting since November, 2021, as…
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