Ernest Leo Hernandez is a sports journalist who covers NBA at Sportskeeda and had a two-year stint covering MMA. As a former college basketball player with over 13 years of experience as a writer, Ernest's connection to the sport is deeply rooted.

In addition to writing, Ernest is an established sports radio personality and has been a sports commentator for various sports in the Philippines. He holds a BSBA in Marketing Management, owns the YouTube channel 'Sports On Air,' which has over 100k subscribers.

His favorite NBA team, the Detroit Pistons, embodies the gritty and tenacious approach to basketball that he admires. He loved how they ended the Shaq/Kobe Era through an underdog mentality and with no NBA All-Stars in 2004.

Ernest has conducted interviews with numerous basketball personalities like Paul George, Dwight Howard, Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, Lamar Odom, Muggsy Bogues, Ray Allen, James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Bruce Brown, George Hill, Frank Vogel, Steven Adams, Gary Payton, Jeremy Lin, Kevin McHale, Matthew Dellavedova, Rip Hamilton, the late NBA Commissioner David Stern, to name a few.

Ernest strives to make reading easily digestible by deep research and ensuring that the information presented is verified.

In his free time, he does sports commentary and radio broadcasting on the side. A dog parent who considers them like his own kids.

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