Brian Windhorst was born on January 29,1978 and is an American sportswriter for ESPN.
10 Facts About Brian Windhorst
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Brian Windhorst 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.
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Brian Windhorst moved to ESPN in 2010 after LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat.
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Brian Windhorst began covering James during his high school playing career, and began covering the Cavaliers in 2003, the year that James was drafted.
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Brian Windhorst's 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.
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In 2010, Brian Windhorst left The Plain Dealer for ESPN to cover James' new team, the Miami Heat.
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On October 10,2014, it was announced that Brian Windhorst would join ESPN Cleveland on WKNR AM 850 in Cleveland to be their Cavaliers beat reporter and analyst, as well as host his own weekly program on sister station WWGK AM 1540.
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On February 10,2022, Brian Windhorst received significant acclaim for besting one of the premier NBA reporters, Adrian Wojnarowski, on James Harden's 2022 trade from the Brooklyn Nets to the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Wojnarowski had publicly refuted Brian Windhorst's reporting on trade talks occurring between the two teams.
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Brian Windhorst was proven correct the following day when Harden was traded for Ben Simmons in a blockbuster trade.