Luke Johnson

Nickname: Loco del Luke, L.J.

Favorite Sports: College Basketball, Pro Baseball, Men’s Professional Tennis, Female swim suit modeling

Favorite Sports Team: California (Anaheim) Angels

Favorite Sports Announcers: Bill Rafferty, Joe Morgan, Bob Uecker as Harry Doyle from the movie Major League, Dan Patrick from “Dan Patrick
Live”

Favorite Sports Moment: Game 5, 1987 Eastern Conference Finals…..”There’s a steeaaaalll by Bird!” Game 2, 1991 NBA Finals, when Jordan went up and under with a switch hand layup. The moment was followed with Marv Albert’s, “What a spectacular move by Michael Jordan.” Game 5, 1997 NBA Finals, when Jordan dropped thirty eight on the Jazz throwing up on the sidelines. Arguably the most heroic moment in sports history. Game 6, 2002 World Series, with the Angels down 5-0 to the Giants, and 3-2 in the series. Scott Spezio hit a three run homerun after an eight pitch at bat that swayed momentum in the Angels favor, and a 6-5 win. They went on to win Game 7, and their first series in franchise history.

Biography: Luke Johnson was born and raised in Cayucos, CA, where he further graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a degree in History. He is passionate about college athletics, because of their ability to de-ghettoize regions of the inner city, by building diverse settings of different ethnicities under a simple love of a sport. He is a published poet, and can be found in various journals back east, some of which, that are featured in the Brown University library, and in the New York public library.  A born “stat” machine, Johnson is passionate about column writing, and sport reporting. He loves to delve into topical subjects that take like- comparisons, and arrange the arguments with humor, and wit. It is the humorist in Johnson, that develops his pieces and makes the sports world both dynamic and fun. As a die hard Angel fan, Johnson resents the new age Angel fan. He argues you can define the difference between the two, by asking them who their favorite Angel of all-time. 95% of the time, according to Johnson, the answer will be Vladimir Guerrero, which is a sure sign that the fan hopped on after the 02′ World Series title. Johnson’s favorite player of all-time is Wally Joyner. His second, Chuck Finley. He really likes Siamese cats, and believes March Madness is the greatest thing since Jesus.