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Loyola Alum Charania Takes Break From NBA for Final Four Broadcast

Shams Charania is known for breaking NBA news for Yahoo! Sports. Everything from trades to free-agent signings to coach firings, Charania and ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski are the two names fans turn to for breaking news about their favorite teams.

One little-known fact about Charania is he’s a proud graduate of Loyola.

Charania, 24, walked across the stage in 2017 with a degree in communications. He rose to fame in 2015 when he joined Yahoo! Sports to cover the NBA alongside Wojnarowski after covering the NBA for RealGM. He said without his time at RealGM, he wouldn’t be in the position he’s in today with Yahoo!