Chicago Bulls broadcaster Johnny "Red" Kerr honored Tuesday at United Center
Johnny "Red" Kerr's 35 years of broadcasting is paying off Tuesday. The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced Johnny Kerr as the 2009 recipient of the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award.
The award, originated in 1973, is the Hall's most prestigious honor outside of enshrinement. Many longtime basketball experts have bemoaned Kerr's exclusion from the Hall.
"There are few people who have committed their lifetime to the game as Johnny has done," said John L. Doleva, Hall of Fame president and CEO. "He has touched every facet of basketball and has done so with an unmatched passion, dedication, professionalism and respect for the game he loves."
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