Brian Windhorst Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Brian Windhorst, also known as "Windy" or "Scoop", (born January 29, 1978) is an American sportswriter for ESPN.com who covers the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the Cleveland Cavaliers beat writer for the Akron Beacon Journal from 2003 through the summer of 2008, and began to work for Cleveland newspaper The Plain Dealer in October 2008. He moved to ESPN in 2010 after LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat.He picked up the nickname Scoop at the Beacon Journal when he was working as a part-timer. He would bring in news items on local high schools, eventually earning the nickname Scoop.Windhorst attended high school in Akron, Ohio at St. Vincent - St. Mary High School, the same school that James would later attend, and graduated from Kent State University with a degree in journalism in 2000. Windhorst began covering James during his high school playing career, and began covering the Cavaliers in 2003, the year that James was drafted. While James was the youngest player in the NBA, Windhorst was the youngest traveling NBA beat writer. In 2007 he co-wrote The Franchise: LeBron James and the Remaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers with renowned sports columnist Terry Pluto. His writing at The Plain Dealer was honored by the United States Basketball Writers Association for Best Game Story in 2009, and by the Associated Press.In 2010, Windhorst left the Plain Dealer for ESPN to cover James' new team, the Miami Heat. Prior to leaving The Plain Dealer, he contributed columns to ESPN.com and made appearances on ESPN First Take. In an interview, Windhorst stated that "obviously LeBron's a huge factor" in his decision to join ESPN, but that the Cavaliers "need to move on" without James.
Net Worth
$400,000
Date Of Birth
1978-01-29
Profession
American sportswriter
Nicknames
Brian Windhorst, Windhorst, Brian
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Basketball writer/columnist with the Akron Beacon (2003-2008) and Cleveland Plain Dealer (2008-present), covering the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Title
Year
Status
Character
Mike & Mike
2010-2017
TV Series
Himself - ESPN NBA Insider / Himself - Telephone Interviewee / Himself - ESPN.com Basketball Writer / ...
SportsCenter
2015-2017
TV Series
Himself - NBA Reporter
The Jump
2017
TV Series
Himself - NBA Insider
30 for 30
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself - NBA Writer
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Mike & Mike (2010-2017) as Himself - ESPN NBA Insider / Himself - Telephone I
SportsCenter (2015-2017) as Himself - NBA Reporter
