Grant Napear’s Fox Sports Sacramento show canceled after eight months

Former Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear

Grant Napear’s return to Sacramento radio has ended after just eight months.

The former Sacramento Kings broadcaster announced Monday on social media that his weekday afternoon show on Fox Sports Radio Sacramento has been canceled. The program had been airing from 3 to 6 p.m. on iHeartMedia’s Fox Sports Sacramento since launching in September 2025, marking his first return to the Sacramento airwaves since losing both his jobs in the span of 48 hours back in June 2020.

Napear had been the television voice of the Sacramento Kings since 1988, and a dominant presence in the Sacramento radio market on KHTK before a June 2020 Twitter exchange with former Kings player DeMarcus Cousins ended both careers almost simultaneously. Cousins had asked Napear for his thoughts on Black Lives Matter, and Napear responded by tweeting “ALL LIVES MATTER…EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!”

In the ensuing backlash, former Kings players — including Chris Webber and Matt Barnes — publicly called him out, NBC Sports California distanced itself from his comments, the Kings announced his resignation, and KHTK announced on air that he had been fired. Napear of his tweet, and a against KHTK was dismissed.