Even presidential candidates wanted Wojbom.
Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign enlists former ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski to break the news that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has been selected as his running mate in the 2024 presidential election. I was thinking about it. Sports Illustrated reveals It's on the profile of the new general manager of St. Bonaventure's men's basketball team.
“Consider this: Representatives from Kamala Harris' presidential campaign reached out in August,” SI reported Thursday morning. “They had decided on a running mate and were hoping Woj would break it. Unfortunately, another outlet scooped him before he could.”
The fact that the vice president wanted a sports reporter to cover the story shows that Wojnarowski had established himself among national reporters and had influence on that platform before leaving journalism. There is.
Wojnarowski has 6.4 million X followers and gained notoriety for his scoops called Wojj Bombs.
NBA fans always knew to follow Wojnarowski during free agency and the trade deadline, as he could tweet a franchise-altering move at any time.
But not many expected Wojnarowski to break political news.
Wojnarowski once made political headlines when he was suspended by ESPN after responding to Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley's press release about the NBA's ties to China with “fk you.”
Breaking the news of the vice president's announcement (it's unclear which publications broke the news before it was officially announced on Aug. 6) was a big Woj, before his shocking departure from ESPN in September. It would have been one of the Bombs.
Chasing scoops for long hours, regardless of the size, eventually became too taxing, so he now works at his alma mater.
Wojnarowski also revealed in his SI profile that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March and that factored into his decision.
He said the prognosis was “good.”
“Cancer didn't force him out, Woj insists. But it did bring some clarity,” writes Chris Mannix. “'I didn't want to spend another day of my life waiting for someone's MRI or punching an agent at 1 a.m. about a sprained ankle,'” he says.
