Name: ESPN's Senior NBA Reporter, Brian Windhorst
Start: 2026-02-19T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-19T13:30:00-05:00
Location: 135 S. Broadway, Akron, OH, United States, Ohio 44223

ESPN's Senior NBA Reporter, Brian Windhorst

Brian Windhorst
Senior NBA Reporter, ESPN
NOON • THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 19, 2026
At the QUAKER STATION
Presentation Title: There’s Always Time: Lessons learned after two decades immersed in the NBA
About the Presentation: What’s the difference between your child’s eighth grade rec league basketball team and an NBA team? Take away the hundreds of millions, celebrity status plus national television and the answer is…absolutely nothing! Behind the scenes, the world of professional basketball will stun you every day with both its intricate complexity and its head-slapping simplicity. Take it from someone with 23 seasons worth of examples.
In addition to the speaker’s remarks, the event will include time for networking, luncheon, and Q&A. The cost to attend is $30. Go to akronroundtable.org to learn more and make a reservation.
About Our Speaker: Brian Windhorst is in his 16th year covering the National Basketball Association for ESPN. Overall, he has worked on the NBA for 23 years including seven years as a beat reporter on the Cleveland Cavaliers and two years on the Miami Heat. He started working in media at age 16 at the Akron Beacon Journal and worked there for 14 years followed by two years at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He is a core member of Countdown, ESPN’s flagship NBA pregame show and NBA Today, ESPN’s daily NBA show. He often appears on Get Up, First Take, Pardon the Interruption and SportsCenter on the network. He has been writing for ESPN.com since 2006. For the last 10 years, he has hosted The Hoop Collective, ESPN’s signature podcast that was recently acquired by Payton and Eli Manning’s Omaha Productions.
Brian is the author of four books about the career of LeBron James, two of which have been New York Times Bestsellers.
A 1996 graduate of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School and 2000 graduate of Kent State University. During his career he has lived in Cleveland, Miami and New York City. He now calls Omaha, NE, home.