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12 unusual facts about Kevin Johnson


1990 NBA Playoffs

Game 5 @ Salt Palace, Salt Lake City (May 6): Phoenix 104, Utah 102 (Kevin Johnson hits the series-winning shot with 8 tenths left)

1993 NBA Playoffs

Game 6 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (June 20): Chicago 99, Phoenix 98 (John Paxson hits the title-winning 3 with 3.9 seconds left, then Horace Grant blocks Kevin Johnson at the buzzer)

1994 NBA Playoffs

Game 4 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (May 15): Houston 107, Phoenix 96 (Kevin Johnson's famous dunk on Hakeem Olajuwon)

Bruce Seldon

Seldon launched a second comeback in 2007, now into his 40's, and knocked out a series of journeymen before being knocked out himself by ranked contenders Kevin Johnson and Fres Oquendo.

Cafe Antarsia Ensemble

The CD was recorded in the summer of 2006 in the sanctuary of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, produced by Kevin Johnson after Nikos Brisco and Ruth Margraff returned from a four month Fulbright “New Opera” fellowship in Athens, Thessaloniki, Paros and Crete (Greece).

California Golden Bears men's basketball

The next quarter-century would mostly be a dreary one for the program, despite having players such as Kevin Johnson.

Heather Fargo

She was sworn in as Mayor in November 2000, replacing Jimmie Yee, and served until December 2008, when she was replaced by Kevin Johnson.

Lauren Hammond

Hammond backed incumbent mayor Heather Fargo in her unsuccessful reelection bid against St. HOPE director and former NBA star Kevin Johnson.

Kevin Johnson who is now the mayor of Sacramento and a former NBA star was mentioned as a potential candidate but he ultimately decided not to run.

Robert Fong

The race that garnered a significant amount of attention in Sacramento was the mayoral race between Heather Fargo and Kevin Johnson.

With regards to charter schools, the primary issue was the closure of Sacramento High School, the city's oldest high school and letting St. HOPE, an organization run by Kevin Johnson a former NBA star who is now Sacramento's mayor take it over.

Sacramento City Unified School District

They then issued a charter to St. Hope, a not-for-profit community development corporation founded by former NBA player Kevin Johnson.