In one of the coolest sports moments you’re likely to see this week, TNT broadcaster Ernie Johnson got surprised with some major news by a close pal.
While Johnson broadcasted 2023’s iteration of The Match, his longtime co-worker and good friend Charles Barkley informed him out of nowhere that he was being inducted into the 2023 Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
Johnson looked a bit awestruck and was deeply moved by the news, as Barkley said he was honored to tell his good friend about this career achievement.
The new inductee took a second to process the news before sharing his gratitude at the achievement in what made for an incredibly wholesome moment of sports television.
Ernie Johnson learns that he's a 2023 Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee. Charles Barkley delivers the news. 📺🎙️👏 pic.twitter.com/HbAfduZsUL
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) June 29, 2023
Johnson has always seemed like one of the sports broadcasting world’s true class acts, and it’s great to see him honored in such a way.
While he probably just thought he was showing up to set to talk about golf, Johnson instead got quite a wonderful surprise about his three-plus decades in the field. It’s one of those really sweet moments you can’t plan.
