Shams Charania
Shams Charania | |
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Born | April 1, 1994 |
Education | Loyola University Chicago |
Occupation | Sports 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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Meet Shams Charania, the College Senior Breaking NBA News in Class". Complex. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ "Adrian Wojnarowski And Shams Charania Now Do Battle For NBA Scoops". UPROXX. July 13, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ "Has Adrian Wojnarowski lost his title as king of NBA Twitter?". Sporting News. July 3, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ "Twitter". August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ Inside the Night the NBA Shut Down, Bleacher Report, July 20, 2020, retrieved August 30, 2021
- ^ "Shams Charania Scooped Everyone on Donald Trump's Positive COVID-19 Test". www.msn.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- 1990s births
- American reporters and correspondents
- American sports journalists
- Living people
- Loyola University Chicago alumni
- People from Chicago