Shams Charania

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Shams Charania
Born (1994-04-01) April 1, 1994 (age 27)
EducationLoyola University Chicago
OccupationSports reporter

Shams Charania (born April 1, 1994) is an American sports reporter for The Athletic and Stadium covering the NBA.

Early life[]

Charania is from Wilmette, Illinois and attended New Trier High School. He graduated from Loyola University Chicago.[citation needed]

Career[]

He began his sportswriting career at age 17 covering the Chicago Bulls for ChicagoNow, a subsidiary of the Chicago Tribune. In 2012, Charania began writing for RealGM, and established himself by reporting small transactions around the league.[citation needed]

After several years of breaking increasingly significant scoops, Charania caught the attention of Adrian Wojnarowski, then working for Yahoo Sports, who described Charania as "the best young reporter in [the] business."[1] After joining Yahoo, Charania began to break significant deals in the NBA. He was the first to break a number of high-profile signings in the summer of 2016,[2] including Dwight Howard's move to the Atlanta Hawks, DeMar DeRozan's re-signing with the Toronto Raptors, Luol Deng's signing with the Los Angeles Lakers, and Jamal Crawford's signing with the Los Angeles Clippers.[3] This set off a friendly rivalry between Wojnarowski and Charania.[4] In 2017, Charania broke signings by Stephen Curry, Blake Griffin, Jeff Teague, and Paul Millsap.[5]

On August 14, 2018, Shams announced via his Twitter account he would be leaving Yahoo Sports for The Athletic and Stadium at the end of the month.[6]

On March 11, 2020, Charania was the first to reveal that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, which led to the suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season.[7]

On October 2, 2020, Charania was the first to reveal that then-U.S. President Donald Trump and then-First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Wojnarowski, Adrian (January 6, 2014). "Big-time story break by the best young reporter in business, @ShamsCharania. This kid is still in school. He's a Parker-Wiggins combo". @wojespn. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  2. ^ Russell, Jake (June 25, 2016). "'The Vertical' NBA draft show live stream was a huge hit with fans. Sorry, ESPN". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "Meet Shams Charania, the College Senior Breaking NBA News in Class". Complex. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Adrian Wojnarowski And Shams Charania Now Do Battle For NBA Scoops". UPROXX. July 13, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  5. ^ "Has Adrian Wojnarowski lost his title as king of NBA Twitter?". Sporting News. July 3, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  6. ^ "Twitter". August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  7. ^ Inside the Night the NBA Shut Down, Bleacher Report, July 20, 2020, retrieved August 30, 2021
  8. ^ "Shams Charania Scooped Everyone on Donald Trump's Positive COVID-19 Test". www.msn.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
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