Gus Johnson
Knicks Radio Play-By-Play

Since joining MSG in 1994, Gus Johnson has served in a variety of roles and has excelled in each of them. Currently, Johnson calls the Knicks games on radio with broadcasting veteran John Andariese and serves as a back up broadcast play-by-play announcer for the Knicks. He is also a regular contributor to MSG’s “Aéropostale College Basketball Weekly” show.

In addition to his work with MSG, Johnson serves in various roles for CBS Sports, including calling play-by-play for the NFL.

During Johnson’s time at MSG, the versatile announcer has called play-by-play for high school basketball, Golden Gloves boxing and WNBA’s New York Liberty. Additionally, he has also served as a fill-in host for “Rangers GameNight,” “Knicks GameNight,” and “MSG SportsDesk” (now “MSG, NY”). In 2004, Johnson was named the blow-by-blow announcer for the “Broadway Boxing” series that aired on MSG.

Throughout the 1998-1999 season, Johnson chimed in with the play-by-play duties for MLB’s Detroit Tigers and served as the play-by-play announcer in 1996 for NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves, both on Midwest SportsChannel. Earlier in his career, Johnson served as host of “Black College Sports Today” for ESPN, and had brief stints as an on-air personality with KXXV-TV in Waco, Texas, WAAY-TV in Huntsville, Alabama, Channel 12 in Greensboro, North Carolina, and WTTG-TV, Washington’s FOX affiliate, where he worked as a weekend anchor.

Johnson’s other assignments have included calling play-by-play for Big East basketball on the Big East Network, including the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, calling college hoops for ESPN, calling play-by-play for select Canadian Football League games on ESPN2 as well as calling play-by-play for college hockey games for NCAA Productions.

In 1998, Johnson was a part of the New York Liberty production team that was nominated for a New York Emmy award in the category of “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage.”

A graduate from Howard University with a degree in political science in 1990, Johnson was a four-year letter winner on the school’s baseball team. In high school, he was an honorable mention All-State point guard and an All-Catholic League defensive back.