{"id":1343594,"date":"2021-03-29T20:24:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T00:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1343594"},"modified":"2021-03-29T20:24:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T00:24:24","slug":"gus-johnson-hasnt-made-same-announcing-mistake-in-nearly-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/gus-johnson-hasnt-made-same-announcing-mistake-in-nearly-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Gus Johnson Hasn't Made the Same Announcing Mistake in Nearly 25 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If there\u2019s anything you can count on from Gus Johnson, it\u2019s that he\u2019s going to bring the enthusiasm and the volume to any game he\u2019s broadcasting for Fox Sports<\/a>. The sports media<\/a> landscape is full of big personalities, but few match Johnson\u2019s intensity for two hours of a college basketball game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s been a time or two \u2013 and maybe just two \u2013 when Johnson has made a conscious effort to turn it down a notch. One such instance was because of the drama of the moment. The other was an entire game, for which he faults longtime broadcast partner Bill Raftery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College baseball was Gus Johnson\u2019s ticket to broadcasting<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gus Johnson says the worst hangover he's had came the day he called a college basketball game between Arizona and Coppin State in 1997. | Mitchell Layton\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Gus Johnson is the voice of college basketball and football on Fox Sports, but college baseball was his ticket to Howard University. He graduated in 1990 with a degree in political science, but the Detroit native used his time there playing baseball and learning the radio business. Upon graduating, he landed a string of TV jobs in southern states before becoming a weekend anchor in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson\u2019s first network job came at CBS, where he was a basketball play-by-play announcer, including NCAA Tournament<\/a> action from 1996-2011. He worked simultaneously for MSG Network as the radio voice for New York Knicks games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson left CBS in 2011 when the sides could not agree on a new contract. But he landed at Fox Sports immediately afterward, leading to a reunion on basketball games with Bill Raftery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson also picked up assignments covering college football, where the telecasts can stretch out to close to four hours. Johnson brought his trademark calls, but also showed the ability to pace himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the 2015 Stanford-Notre Dame game on Thanksgiving weekend ended with a game-winning field goal by the Cardinal, Johnson went silent as the celebration over the 38-36 victory erupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople weren\u2019t expecting that, and it was funny reading Twitter,\u201d producer Chuck McDonald told sbnation.com<\/a>. \u201cThere were a lot of people like, \u2018What the heck was that? Where was the crazy call?\u2019 He and I talked about it, and he told me, \u2018What was I going to say that was better than that?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has a great chemistry and relationship with Bill Raftery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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