{"id":182271,"date":"2026-04-01T15:51:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/182271\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:51:39","slug":"mikaela-shiffrin-works-the-sidelines-as-nba-photographer-for-brooklyn-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/182271\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikaela Shiffrin Works The Sidelines As NBA Photographer For Brooklyn Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn, New York \u2014 Coming off her gold medal win at the Olympics and 6th overall World Cup title, American alpine ski racer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikaelashiffrin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikaela Shiffrin<\/a> was in the Big Apple yesterday where she swapped roles with members of the sports media that covers her every move and got behind the lens of a camera for a game between Brooklyn Nets and Charlotte Hornets. Shiffrin had court side access as snapped photos throughout the first quarter of the game at Barclays Center.<\/p>\n<p>Mikaela got some great pictures and may well have a future in sports photography when she decides to hang up her skis. Make sure to swipe through to check out her selects.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the photography gig, the Brooklyn Nets honored Shiffrin for her gold winning performance at the Olympics and World Cup title with a personalized jersey presented to her at center court. <\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t noticed, top flight athletes picking up a camera is becoming a bit of trend after former Seahawks\u00a0star Marshawn Lynch has became credentialed sideline photographer for the NFL. Recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/caitlinclark22\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caitlin Clark <\/a>took on the role of photographer at a Los Angeles Lakers vs Indiana Pacers game and came away with some amazing images. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unofficialnetworks.com\/author\/mcdudek\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89f33e47742f0692e031303d8deadc65be88ae2271b892e60561fd77f4962441.png\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89f33e47742f0692e031303d8deadc65be88ae2271b892e60561fd77f4962441.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tFrancis Xavier is a seasoned writer for Unofficial Networks, bringing a lifetime of outdoor experience to his work. Having lived in a ski resort town for years he has a deep connection to mountain culture&#8230;.\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/unofficialnetworks.com\/author\/mcdudek\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Francis Xavier\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn, New York \u2014 Coming off her gold medal win at the Olympics and 6th overall World Cup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-182271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}