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  1. Shams Charania is an American sports reporter for ESPN, where he covers the NBA. He previously worked for The Athletic, Stadium and FanDuel TV. Charania was born in Chicago to Pakistani Ismaili Muslim parents who had immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980s. He was raised in Wilmette, Illinois and attended New Trier High School. He graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 2017.
    BornApril 1, 1994 · Chicago, Illinois, US
    OccupationSports reporter
    Early life

    Charania was born in Chicago to Pakistani Ismaili Muslim parents who had immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980s. He was raised in Wilmette, Illinois and attended New Trier High School. He graduated from Loyola University … See more

    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 reporting small transactions around the league. Aft… See more

     
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