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Alex Schiffer

Sports Reporter

Alex Schiffer is a sports reporter for The Washington Sun.

He previously covered the business of basketball at Front Office Sports, the Brooklyn Nets for The Athletic, and the Missouri Tigers for the Kansas City Star. He was honored by the Professional Basketball Writers Association in 2025 for his exclusive story on Cavaliers star James Harden’s massive NIL donation to Arizona State, his alma mater, and the NBA players who are and aren’t following his lead with their own schools. A New Jersey native, Alex attended the University of Missouri where he majored in journalism and minored in business. His work has also appeared in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and GQ.

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