Who is Trish Christakis? Miami Heat reporter goes viral for responding to Dave Portnoy’s comment

During the Miami Heat's first-round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, sideline reporter Trish Christakis went viral after catching the eye of NBA fans around the league.

Now, amid her newfound popularity, Christakis has caught the attention of Barstool Sports fans as well after responding to a post of Barstool founder Dave Portnoy's viral dog, Miss Peaches.

In response to a post of Portnoy's dog alongside a case of Lucky One lemonade, a new vodka lemonade drink from the makers of High Noon, with whom Barstool has long been partnered with, Christakis wrote:

"Peachy!!!! I need to do a follow up story on her now."

The situation comes on the heels of Christakis doing a report on Portnoy and Miss Peaches for CBS News Miami back in May of 2024.

Given that Christakis had already gone viral after catching the attention of Miami Heat fans, now, more NBA fans are wondering, "Who is Trish Christakis?"

The Miami Heat sideline reporter has been with the team since 2022. According to her LinkedIn profile, before joining the Heat, she attended college at the University of Illinos Urbana-Champaign, where she earned a degree in journalism.

Despite growing up in the Chicagoland area, Christakis, who has a Greek flag in her Instagram bio, indicative of her Hellenic roots, she then made the transition to Miami, where her career has taken off.

According to her CBS News bio, she's covered the NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, March Madness tournament, and the MLB draft.

Looking at the viral post from Trish Christakis that caught the attention of NBA fans

For Miami Heat fans, the team's first-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers was incredibly disappointing. Despite fighting their way through the play-in tournament, the team wound up getting swept in four games.

After a 138-83 loss in Game 4, Trish Christakis shared a picture on X, formerly known as Twitter, of her handling sideline reporter duties, along with the caption:

"Year 3! What a season for the Miami Heat, thankful. Thank you, Aaron Visions for snapping this pic during my last live shot this season!"

At the time of publication, the post has received eight million views, along with 95,000 likes.

The post was then picked up by Daily Loud, with the outlet's post receiving another six million views, and 65,000 likes.

Currently, she also has 49,000 followers on X and another 30,000 followers on Instagram.