ERNIE JOHNSON

Sportscaster, Television Voice and Studio Host, Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation

Ernie Johnson was a Major League Baseball player who later became a television sports commentator. Known as "E.J.", Johnson works as the studio host for TNT's coverage of the NBA, including pregame and halftime shows, and the network's famous postgame studio show that airs after each NBA doubleheader, Inside the NBA. He has hosted the show since 1990. In 2003, Johnson was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but continued his work through June 2006, when he began treatment.