Biography

Opens upscale Beverly Hills restaurant Reign. The menu features southern/soul food such as fried chicken, smothered pork chops and red beans and rice. (June 1999)

Member of the Super Bowl XXXVII-winning Tampa Bay Buccaneers

De-activated for the remainder of the season, by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, following an argument with head coach Jon Gruden.

Lettered in football and track at Dorsey High School (Los Angeles), earning first-team all-state football honors as a senior.

Tradeed to Tampa Bay for two first-round draft picks. Johnson immediately signs an six-year, $52 million contract extension with the Buccaneers, making him the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL. (12 April 2000)

Just give me the damn ball.

Comparing Wayne Chrebet to me is like comparing a flashlight to a star, flashlights only last so long, and a star is in the sky, forever.

Ronde Barber is an Uncle Tom.

I'm free from a horrible situation and, in a couple of months, I'll be one of the two hottest receivers on the free-agent market, along with Terrell Owens. That means I'm going to get a nice payday and play for a team that wants me. I'm stunned and disappointed by what happened, but honestly, I'm relieved.

It's all the guys that are in TV, especially the ones that don't have rings... We were laughing, listening to those guys on ESPN, average guys who have television jobs. They were journeymen when they played, and they get an opportunity to pop off.