It’s not quite the San Jose Earthquakes, but Gus Johnson is going back to calling professional sports. For the 2015 season, Johnson will be returning to his roots and calling local NBA games in addition to his work for Fox Sports and Big Ten Network.
Johnson’s team might be one you would not expect. The bombastic play by play man will call 20 games this year for the up and coming Milwaukee Bucks as part of an alternate broadcast team with new analyst Marques Johnson.
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Sports Illustrated:
Rise and fire, Milwaukee Bucks fans, Gus Johnson is heading your way.
The Fox Sports announcer has been hired by the NBA franchise (and Fox Sports Wisconsin) to call 20 Bucks games during the 2015-16 NBA regular season. As of yet, Johnson does not know the specific games he will call, but he said in an interview on Monday afternoon that they’ll be a mix of home and away games. Johnson will call the NBA games in between his college football and college basketball assignments for Fox Sports 1.
Johnson said he has spent a lot of time in Wisconsin during his broadcasting career calling college football for Fox and the Big Ten Network, as well as stops in Milwaukee during his time as a Knicks radio and television announcer for MSG Networks from 1997 to 2010.
