Shams Charania leaving The Athletic for ESPN

Shams Charania is taking his talents to Bristol. 🔜;

The♎ NBA news-breaker has finalized a deal to go to ESPN, The Post has🌜 learned.

Charania, 30, replaces his former mentor-turned-rival Adrian Wojnaroswki as the network’s lead news-breaker, and is the youngest lead news breaker in ESPN history.

Wojnarowski retired from NBA coverage in September to become the general manager of his alma mater St. Bonaventure’s men’s basketball program. 

Charania, 30🅷, most recently wrote for The Athletic and was an on-air talent at Stadium and FanDuel TV. 

Prior to that, he wrote for Yahoo Sports.

Ch��arania and ESPN did not immediately re🌸spond for comment.

Charania had a big booster in Pat McAfee; the NBA reporter has been a frequent guest over the years on the former NFL punter’s eponymous show, and McAfee both publicly and privately lobbied ESPN brass to bring in Charania following Wojnarowski’s stunning retirement. 

Charania has over 3 million foll🅠🐻owers across social media channels.

Front Office🐓 Sports previously reported that Charania and ESPN had had preliminary talks.