Stunning Miami Heat reporter Trish Chistakis reveals her new nickname after going viral
Christakis, who works for CBS Miami, garnered over 11.2million impressions with an X post on April 29, after the Heat's season concluded.
'Year 3! What a season for the Miami Heat, thankful,' she captioned a photo of her in a skintight brown dress.
And while the post from the Greek-American reporter spread in the United States, it even made its way to Europe.
'So apparently TV stations in Greece are calling me Greek freak 2.0 might be the funniest thing to come out of this,' she wrote on May 1.
Of course, the Milwaukee Bucks ' Nigerian-Greek star Giannis Antetokounmpo is known as the 'Greek Freak' himself.
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! pic.twitter.com/gJbjlpE8gS
— Trish Christakis (@TrishChristakis) April 29, 2025
Reporter Trish Christakis went viral late last month after the end of the Heat's season
'Just to clarify… this was 100% a nod to Giannis Antetokounmpo that's it lol,' Christakis followed up her original post.
Christakis' viral post, which has also been liked 120k times, received a slew of responses from fans.
'just became a Miami Heat fan,' one said.
'now my friends know why i'm so upset the heat szn is over,' a second added.
'sheesh, respectfully,' a third added.
Christakis, believed to be 31 years old, has covered a variety of pro sports working in South Florida, including the NFL's Miami Dolphins, NHL's Florida Panthers and MLS' Inter Miami.
According to her LinkedIn, she graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2015 with a degree in broadcast journalism, setting herself up for current on-air role.
However, she also has a background playing soccer herself, and revealed in 2023 that covering Lionel Messi play for Miami had been a massive highlight.
'Playing football my whole life and becoming a professional has always been my biggest dream,' she wrote on Instagram.
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