Willie Ramirez credits 1987 as the year he saw his first byline published in the Las Vegas Sentinel-Voice, the state’s only African-American newspaper. Since then, he's covered sports throughout Southern Nevada. He was the Southern Nevada correspondent for USA Today high-school sports during the early 90s, and since 2012 has been a freelance correspondent for the Associated Press. He is also a content provider in the sports-gaming industry, providing columns and analyses on various sports.

Willie has won several page design awards with the Sentinel-Voice and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As sports editor of the Sentinel-Voice, he led the production of a UNLV Runnin' Rebel pullout section that was submitted and earned Best Sports Page by the West Coast Black Publishers Association. As an agate clerk with the Review-Journal, he won Best Complex Design using PageDesign for a backpage scoreboard previewing Super Bowl XXX in 1996. He is also a two-time finalist for the Nevada Sportswriter of the Year.

Willie remains a Southern Nevada correspondent for AP, in addition to serving as a freelance writer for several media outlets, including Nevada Business Magazine, Sun City Life and The Hockey News.

Electronically, he is an on-air personality for ESPN Las Vegas, serving as a co-host on Cofield and Company. He’s also a frequent guest for Golden Knights pre games shows, and has served as lead host for Throw The Flag and the Westgate NFL Sunday Preview Show. He is currently a regular panelist on Sin City Beat, a weekly television show serving Southern Nevada sports.

Personally, Willie has lived in Southern Nevada since 1972 and is a graduate of Clark High School. He has one son, Jordin, a two-time natural world bodybuilding champion who has built one of the most successful fitness brands in Nevada: perFIcT.

Willie has been very outspoken about his Mental Health journey, discussing his battles with anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. He’s become an advocate for Mental Health Awareness, and co-created the annual “Baggage” project in Southern Nevada with local high school coach and educator William Hemberger, which encourages teens to discuss the importance of the “baggage” they carry mentally and that “It Is Okay To Not Be Okay.”