Growing up, Nate Checketts had a big advantage over his friends, at least those that were big sports fans.
Checketts has been around sports his whole life. His father, Dave Checketts, was named general manager of the Utah Jazz at the age of 28, becoming the youngest chief executive in NBA history. From there, he became the president of the Knicks and then president and CEO of Madison Square Garden.
Not a bad life for a kid to grow up in.
“It was amazing,” Nate Checketts told WFAN.com recently. “In a lot of ways it was everything that you can imagine being able to go to games, talk about sports, and to have in-depth knowledge of the players.