NBA insider Shams Charania announced Monday that he is moving to ESPN.

Charania announced his move to the network weeks after his former mentor, rival and longtime NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski stepped down from his role at ESPN to become general manager of the basketball program at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure.

Charania is leaving The Athletic for ESPN. Wojnarowski and Charania previously worked as colleagues at Yahoo Sports, where Wojnarowski oversaw Charania.

As rivals, Charania and Wojnarowski were the two frontrunners in NBA breaking news, and each of them amassed huge social media followings from fans who wanted to stay up to date on the breaking news. With Wojnarowski’s retirement from the industry, Charania joins ESPN as the leading voice in basketball breaking news.

ESPN’s MLB insider Jeff Passan was also reportedly a candidate to replace Wojnarowski. He responded on social media to Charania’s announcement Monday that “baseball is better anyway.”

Wojnarowski announced his decision to leave ESPN for his alma mater on September 18. Wojnarowski graduated from St. Bonaventure in 1991 before beginning a career as a journalist.

Andrew Marchand of The Athletic reported at the time that Wojnarowski was coming off a roughly $20 million contract with ESPN. Terms of the deal between Charania and ESPN were not immediately disclosed.