Milwaukee’s own Ernie Johnson, Jr. of TNT Sports and his basketball-talented colleagues have become celebrities this week as they broadcast the NBA Eastern Conference Finals live from Fiserv Forum.
With the return of the award-winning son to Enderis Park and the Brew City, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett stole Shaquille O’Neal’s chair (only a major political executive can usually pull that off) and shared a special message for Johnson.
.@MayorOfMKE officially proclaims May 17th as @TurnerSportsEJ Day in Milwaukee! pic.twitter.com/WLLbBlX3Zv
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 17, 2019
The Mayor also got grilled by TNT journalist and former Milwaukee adversary, but now much friendlier Charles Barkley.
Charles asking Mayor Barrett how many times he’s used the word “homeboy” in his life.
Dead.#FearTheDeer
— Amy Ufnowski (@amyuf) May 17, 2019