A Shot On Ehlo

A Shot On Ehlo

"Reporting live from the United Center" — An interview with K.C. Johnson

From ball boy for MJ to Johnny Bach's watercolors, K.C.'s career hits the high marks.

Jack M Silverstein
Mar 31, 2025
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K.C. Johnson interviewing former Bulls head coach Phil Jackson in May 2013. (YouTube screenshot)

In the fall of 1985, when K.C. Johnson was a freshman basketball player at Beloit College, the Bulls held training camp at Beloit, with the Beloit players serving as ball boys for a team that included reigning Rookie of the Year Michael Jordan.

Like any hoops …

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