Charania's job won't change at ESPN. He'll still try to be a scoop machine, even if he doesn't have his challenger-in-crime breathing down his neck anymore.
A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Sport newsletter with Alex Sherman, which brings you the biggest news and exclusive interviews from the worlds of sports business and media. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The man of the week is Shams Charania . Just weeks after ESPN basketball reporter Adrian Wojnarowski shocked the sports world by announcing his retirement from journalism, ESPN scooped up Woj's main rival and one-time protege, Charania.
The Shams vs. Woj rivalry has come to define NBA reporting and was a major piece of the league's fan culture. I wrotein early 2022. Two men, battling for scoops, with the Twitter universe rooting them on or dunking on the reporter that failed to be first. They worked together atSports before becoming rivals, only for Charania to eventually take over for Wojnarowski at ESPN.
"We worked together for two years. I'm forever honored and cherished to have been a part of that Vertical staff ," Charania said. "It's a very competitive business. It's a very, very competitive space. Over the last several years, I have just tried to just hone in on what aspects I can control on a daily basis, and that's how I treat people and my work ethic.
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