Brian Windhorst is an American sportswriter who currently works for ESPN.com, covering the National Basketball Association (NBA). Earlier, he worked as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat writer for the Akron Beacon Journal and Cleveland newspaper The Plain Dealer.
Akron, Ohio native, Brian Windhorst, was born on January 29, 1978, under the star sign Aquarius. The forty-two-year-old is an American by nationality and is of a White Ethnic background.
Brian Windhorst is blissfully married to Maureen Ellen Fulton. The couple exchanged vows in an outdoor ceremony at Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha in 2012. The couple shares a son, Dane.
Brian Windhorst and his wife, Maureen Ellen Fulton SOURCE: The New York Times His wife, Maureen is a daughter of Mary P. Fulton and Rick L. Fulton of Omaha. She graduated from the University of Missouri and received a law degree from Ohio State. Unlike other Wags, Maureen has maintained a low-key personal life.
A professional since 2003, Brian Windhorst has earned a decent sum of money through his sports writing career. As of 2020, Brian Windhorst has an estimated net worth of $1 million. The player is enjoying his luxurious life with his family.
As reported, writers at ESPN earn $85,000 annually, or $41 per hour, which is 76 percent higher than the national average for all Reporters at $38,000 annually and 27 percent higher than the national salary average for all working Americans.
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Brian Windhorst was born to Todd E. Windhorst and Merrylou Windhorst. He enrolled at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, the same school that Lebron James would later attend. After graduation, he enrolled at Kent State University, earning a degree in journalism in 2000.
In 2003, Brian started covering the Cleveland Cavaliers, the same year LeBron James was drafted. There he worked until the summer of 2008, where he notably co-wrote The Franchise: LeBron James and the Remaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers with sports columnist Terry Pluto. Then he started to work for the Cleveland newspaper The Plain Dealer in October 2008. In 2010, he moved to ESPN to cover James' new team Miami Heat.
In an interview, Windhorst cleared that "obviously LeBron's a huge factor" to join ESPN. After James re-signed with the Cavaliers in 2014, Brian joined ESPN Cleveland on WKNR AM 850 in Cleveland as a beat reporter and analyst and hosted his weekly program on sister station WWGK AM 1540 on October 10, 2014, In addition to writing for ESPN, Windhorst hosts the popular Hoop Collective podcast.
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