- Brian Windhorst
Brian Windhorst is an American sportswriter currently covering the
Cleveland Cavaliers for the "Cleveland Plain Dealer ". He was the Cavaliers beat writer for the "Akron Beacon Journal " from2003 through the summer of2008 , and began work for the "Plain Dealer" inOctober , 2008. Windhorst also frequently contributes columns toESPN.com cite web|url=http://www.cavsnews.com/20070629-617.php|title=Q&A with Brian Windhorst|accessdate=2008-10-08|author=Tariq Ali] and has made many appearances onESPN First Take .Windhorst attended high school at
St. Vincent - St. Mary High School inAkron cite web|url=http://www.cavsnews.com/20070629-617.php|title=Q&A with Brian Windhorst|accessdate=2008-10-08|author=Tariq Ali] and his career has to some degree paralleled that of St. V-M's most famous alumnus,LeBron James . Windhorst began covering the Cavaliers in 2003, the year that James was drafted and became the team's star.cite web|url=http://www.cavsnews.com/20070629-617.php|title=Q&A with Brian Windhorst|accessdate=2008-10-08|author=Tariq Ali] While James was the youngest player in the NBA, Windhorst was the youngest traveling NBA beat writer.cite web|url=http://thebiglead.com/?p=4187|title=An Interview with Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon Journal|accessdate=2008-10-08|author=McIntyre/Lessa] He also covered James's high-school career,cite web|url=http://thebiglead.com/?p=4187|title=An Interview with Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon Journal|accessdate=2008-10-08|author=McIntyre/Lessa] and in2007 he co-wrote "The Franchise: LeBron James and the Remaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers" with renowned sports columnistTerry Pluto . While James was winning over Cleveland fans with unexpectedly precocious play on the basketball court, Windhorst was also winning them over with knowledgeable, detail-oriented reporting and insightful analysis.cite web|url=http://mvn.com/nba-cavaliers/brian-windhorst-interview/|title=Cavalier Attitude|accessdate=2008-10-08|author=Amar Panchmatia] cite web|url=http://www.pike27.net/rfn/?p=966|title=Sad News About ABJ's Brian Windhorst|accessdate=2008-10-08|author=David Purcell]Windhorst attended
Kent State University and graduated with a degree injournalism in 2000. His writing has been honored by theUnited States Basketball Writers Association and by theAssociated Press .cite web|url=http://www.grayco.com/cleveland/authors/windhorst-brian/author.shtml|title=About Brian Windhorst|accessdate=2008-10-08|author=Gray & Co.]
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