Revisiting Dave King’s Vision: Bright Side Night and its lasting impact

John Voita is the Managing Editor of Bright Side of the Sun, co-host of the Suns JAM Session Podcast, and has been a credentialed member of the Phoenix media since 2023.

Dave King’s Bright Side Night is rapidly approaching. You know, the night where, after receiving donations from readers like YOU, we send underprivileged kids to a Phoenix Suns game. This season it’s January 9, 2025, against the Atlanta Hawks. But it is something we’ve been doing at Bright Side for quite some time.

I was trying to think of words to convey the “what” and the “why”. What is it? Why is it important? In doing so, I searched the back channels of Bright Side of the Suns’ publishing application...and I found…