ESPN baseball insider Jeff Passan is a top candidate for the job, along with Charania, according to a new report from The Athletic on Saturday. The report cited six sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The report about top candidates to replace Wojnarowski follows news this week that ESPN laid off NBA writer Zach Lowe.

Jeff Passan has emerged as a candidate, along with The Athletic's Shams Charania, to switch sports and replace Adrian Wojnarowski at ESPN.

As ESPN looks for a successor to Adrian Wojnarowski on the NBA beat following his surprise retirement, the network has reportedly targeted Shams Charania

NBA insider Shams Charania's stance on replacing his one-time mentor and retiring Adrian Wojranowski at ESPN has been made clear, with the hottest media free agent more interested in competing with the sports juggernaut.

ESPN is “likely” to talk to fellow NBA insiders Shams Charania and Chris Haynes about a potential role, sources told Front Office Sports, following Wojnarowski’s stunning decision Wednesday to retire from ESPN and the news industry to become the general manager for alma mater St. Bonaventure’s men’s basketball team.

Shams and Woj are considered by many in the sports world to have the only "real" rivalry in sports journalism.

With Adrian Wojnarowski retiring from ESPN, Pat McAfee thinks current Athletic reporter Shams Charania is the perfect replacement.

Following ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski's departure from the company to take over as the general manager of St. Bonaventure's men's basketball program,

ESPN's senior NFL insider reportedly is a candidate to succeed Wojnarowski as the network's NBA insider in a dual role.