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Shams Charania ( SHAHMZ; born April 1, 1994) is an American sports reporter for ESPN, where he covers the National Basketball Association. He previously worked for The Athletic, Stadium, and FanDuel TV.
Charania’s success has been attributed to his persistent networking while sports reporting shifted away from long-form columns toward viral scoops.
Charania attended New Trier High School and graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications in 2017.
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 reporting small transactions around the league. In 2015, Charania was hired by Adrian Wojnarowski to work for Yahoo Sports.
After joining Yahoo, Charania began to break news of deals and high-profile signings in the summer of 2016, 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. This set off a friendly rivalry between Wojnarowski and Charania…
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