Students are invited to join this Frank Center “Lunch and Learn” with Gus Johnson, lead college football and basketball play-by-play announcer at FOX Sports. Andrew Burkey, student host of Illini Sports Night, will also lead a Q&A.
Prior to joining FOX Sports, Johnson was one of CBS’s top college basketball play-by-play voices from 1996 to 2011. Clips of his dramatic, enthusiastic calls in the deciding moments of NCAA Tournament games became part of the fabric of the events and were the foundation of Johnson’s rise as a YouTube sensation.
Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Colleen King, clinical assistant professor of journalism and director of the Frank Center, at cck@illinois.edu.