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Crenshaw’s Johnson will play at Tuskegee University

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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I typed ‘Moriah Johnson Tuskegee’ into a Google search, leading to some interesting results.

The top item was a WikiAnswers.com page in which someone posted the question ‘Where is Moriah Johnson going to play basketball?’

Someone posted the answer ‘some D3 school hopefully,’ with a corrected edit reflecting that the former Crenshaw forward is actually at Tuskegee University in Alabama.

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I received a text message from Johnson earlier this evening confirming that he will play basketball for the Division II Golden Tigers. Johnson, who is also a standout high jumper, said he would consider competing in track but he is primarily focusing on basketball.

He’s also no longer participating in the BET reality show ‘Baldwin Hills,’ in which he was given top billing.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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