There is a big news in the NBA today and it doesn't involve the players or the team. It is about the announcement of one of the most prominent figures in the league to retire.
Adrian Wojnarowski, who is known as an NBA insider, Twitter newsbreaker, draft pick revealer and ESPN personality, then his final Woj Bomb — as his true but out-of-nowhere reports became famously known, has just informed his followers last 18 Setember that he is retiring.
Wojnarowski, 55, tweeted out that he was retiring from sports journalism, walking away from a lucrative and powerful spot at ESPN as the most powerful and famous reporter in the NBA.
The chaser: he is leaving to become the general manager of his beloved alma mater, St. Bonaventure University. There he will lead the recruiting and NIL efforts to help his good friend coach Mark Schmidt keep the proud Bonnie program relevant and eventually return to the NCAA Tournament.
"I’m thrilled and humbled to return to St. Bonaventure with an opportunity to serve the university," Wojnarowski said in a statement.
Again, a guy at the peak of his reporting and news breaking powers, with the dream job and salary of any sports journalist in the country, is stepping down voluntarily, with three more years on his deal, and choosing to run a mid-major college hoops program in a small town in the snow belt of Western New York.
With his contacts and experience, if Wojnarowski wanted to leave journalism for the competitive side of the business, he could have easily joined a sports agency or an NBA front office. At least one other major college program, upon hearing rumors of Woj’s move, offered him a similar spot with them and the lure of trying to win a national title.
He said no.
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