Few faces are more ubiquitous in the lives of basketball fans than that of Ernie Johnson, the host of TNT’s inimitable Inside the NBA. This is good for us (he’s consistently excellent), but it’s a pretty good deal for Johnson, too. Sitting at a desk talking basketball—or “hoop,” as he calls it—with Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith affords him a front row seat to not only the greatest sports talk show on the air, but also to some gut-busting laughs. Johnson, 67, has been at this... Read this story
