Ramona Shelburne

Ramona Leor Shelburne (born July 19, 1979) is an American sportswriter and NBA Insider for ESPN. She is also a former softball player; in high school, she was the 1997 L.A. City Softball Co-Player of the Year, and in college she played outfield for Stanford Cardinal for four years.

Early life Shelburne is the daughter of James and Jeanette Shelburne, and is Jewish. She grew up in the West Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. There, she was a four-time All-City Selection in softball, four-time member of Los Angeles Times All-Area team, and the 1997 L.A. City Softball Co-Player of the Year. At Stanford from 1998 to 2001, Shelburne was a three-time Academic All-American athlete in softball, and made appearances in both the NCAA tournament in the 1998 season and the Women's College World Series in the 2001 season.

Career Prior to joining ESPN, Shelburne spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News as a reporter and columnist from 2002-2009. On February 14, 2016, Shelburne made her radio debut in a national radio show called Beadle & Shelburne which she co-hosts with ESPN SportsNation host Michelle Beadle.

Since the mid 2010s, Shelburne has been a Senior Writer at ESPN. She also regularly contributes to the network’s NBA coverage on NBA Today, ESPN Radio and SportsCenter.

Honors

In 2016 she was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Shelburne has been married to her former Los Angeles Daily News co-worker Nevin Barich since 2009. On October 2, 2018, the couple announced the birth of their first child, son Daniel Charlie Barich. On June 8, 2022, Shelburne gave birth to the couple's second child, son Jacob Bryan Barich.