Brian Windhorst joins ESPN

Brian Windhorst, who covered LeBrson James as a spoztswriter for the Beacon Journal and Plain Dealer and wrote two books about the former Cleveland Cavaliers and Akron St. Vincent High School star, has joined ESPN to move to Miami and do the same thing for a new ESPN website, "The Heat Index."

"I've interviewed with the New York Times, I've interviewed at Yahoo! and other internet sites, but I really can't say for sure I would have taken any other job offered to me besides the offer to join ESPN," the Cleveland Scene quotes Windhorst as saying.

He also told Cleveland Scene: "I have a lot of family in South Florida and I've had real estate in South Florida for the last four years."

Brian's dad, Todd Windhorst, once worked with newsroom retiree Tom Moore at former BJ sports editor Tom Giffen's Roy Hobbs Baseball World Series for older players in Fort Myers, Florida.

Windhorst, like LeBron, is a St. V graduate. He was at the BJ for 12 years before moving north to the PD in 2008.

Windhorst returned last month from a 30-day around the world tour with friend Jon Wiles. They did a week in Europe, a safari in South Africa, a beach resort in Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Las Vegas, where they joined friends to celebrate Jon's 30th birthday.

Click on the headline to read the Cleveland Scene interview of Windhorst.