Marist School

• Two-time Emmy® award-winner Ernie Johnson will serve as a studio host for Turner and CBS’ NCAA Division I Men’s Championship coverage.
• Johnson is in his 21st year as the studio host for Turner’s NBA telecasts, hosting TNT's Emmy® award-winning Inside the NBA studio show with analysts Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith.
• Johnson is also the studio host for NBA TV’s acclaimed Fan Night every Tuesday, working alongside analysts Chris Webber and Kevin McHale. Each week, fans can vote on NBA.com for the NBA match-up they most want to see televised on the network the following Tuesday.
• In 2010, Johnson served as a game analyst for TBS’ exclusive coverage of the 2010 MLB Division Series and American League Championship Series. He also served as a play-by-play announcer for select “Sunday MLB on TBS” games and for the Atlanta Braves on Turner-owned Peachtree TV in Atlanta.
• Johnson served as TBS’ studio host for the network’s Postseason coverage from 2007-09. He was also the studio host of TBS’ exclusive coverage of the MLB All-Star Selection Show from 2007-09.
• From 1999-2005 and 2007-10, Johnson served as host and play-by-play announcer for TNT’s coverage of professional golf, including the PGA Championship, British Open, President’s Cup and the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.
• From 2001-2005 Johnson hosted TBS Saturday Night College Football. He was also the studio host for TNT’s NFL coverage from 1990-1994 and an on-site game host for the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
• Johnson hosted TNT's coverage of the Wimbledon Championships from 2000-02.
• Johnson worked in various roles for the 2001 Goodwill Games from Brisbane, Australia, the 1998 Goodwill Games from New York, the 1994 Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia, the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway.

• Johnson called Atlanta Braves games on SportSouth from 1993-96 with his dad, Ernie Johnson, Sr.
• He began his career while attending the University of Georgia as news and sports director for WAGQ-FM, Athens, Ga. (1977-78). Following graduation, Johnson joined WMAZ-TV, Macon, Ga. as news anchor (1979-81). In 1981, he served as news reporter for WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, S.C. and from 1983-89 he worked for WSB-TV in Atlanta as a weekend sports anchor and reporter.

• In 2007 Johnson was presented with the first ever honorary “John Wooden Keys to Life Award,” presented by Athletes in Action, which is awarded to individuals who exemplify Wooden’s Seven Keys to Life including character, integrity and faith.
• Johnson was the recipient of an Emmy® for Best Studio Host/Personality in 2006 and 2001. With Johnson at the helm, TNT’s Inside the NBA has won three Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Studio Show-Daily. Johnson was also awarded the 1989 Georgia-area Emmy® for Outstanding Achievement-Television News Excellence/Sports Reporting and received a prestigious Georgia Associated Press Award for sports reporting in 1988. In 1984, he received a United Press International Award for Sportscasting.
• A graduate of Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, he was named Outstanding Young Alumnus in 1986.

Brooks Anthony (Tony) Nicholson was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tony entered Marist College from St. Anthony's grammar school in 1954.  He played football ('54-'58), basketball ('54-'58), and ran track ('57-'58).  Tony was quarterback on the state ranked team in 1957 and was awarded the trophy for most improved player in the same year.

Tony attended UGA and was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity.  He graduated from UGA with a BBA in Marketing in 1963.
Tony was a member of the U.S. Army and its reserves from 1963-69.  During this time he married Norma Wigley (1964).

An active sales team member for E.R. Squibb & Sons, Tony earned the "Go Getter Sales Award."  Tony moved on to working as a new home builder and remodelr for more than 40 years.  Tony worked in Atlanta, Cobb, Dekalb, Dawson, and Gwinnett Counties.    He is a past member of the Home Builders Association and Remodelers Council.

Tony and Norma have three daughters, Cici Nicholson Peoples '83, Caroline Nicholson Iwanchuk '87 and Brooks Reilly.  Their family includes four grandchildren, including Emily Peoples '15.  The Nicholsons have been members of Our Lady of the Assumption Church for 45 years.  Tony has served OLA on the Parish Council, Building Committee, as a Eucharistic Minister, and Treasurer of St. Vincent de Paul for 20 years.

Tony's love for sports includes being a volunteer football coach for the Murphy Candler Atlanta Colts and as a member of the "Chain Gang" during Marist School football seasons.  Tony is active with the Alumni Association working on phone-a-thons, '58 Ivy Street Representative, Alumni Executive Board member, Marist Way and Alumni retreat participant.