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In the 39-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand talks with ESPN lead NBA host Malika Andrews. Here are the topics and what you need to know:
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Malika did not have her sights set on TV
Can Malika play hoops
How Adrian Wojnarowski discovered Malika
Malika was shocked Woj knew who she was
Malika says she was confident, but naive when she started her career
How an internship at the New York Times was important
She wanted to be a certain New York Times writer (she names him)
Her minimal on-air experience before being on ESPN
How, at 24, the 2020 NBA Covid bubble was her first big break
Malika was very nervous about the assignment
By 2021, she was on the NBA Finals sideline reporter after the Maria Taylor-Rachel Nichols brouhaha
How she practiced the NBA Finals trophy presentation with her then boyfriend, now husband, ESPN reporter, Dave McMenamin
How, during COVID, she went to Woj’s family’s home for Thanksgiving and learned the dedication of an insider
Was she surprised by Woj’s retirement
How having information is better than a take
What she thinks about Charles Barkley and Inside The NBA joining ESPN next year in which it is expected to be the Finals’ pregame
What’s next for Malika …
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