Episode 264 of the Sports Media Podcast features two guests and the first sisters on the podcast. Malika Andrews is the host of ESPN’s weekday NBA studio show, NBA Today and an NBA reporter for the company. Her sister, Kendra Andrews, covers the Golden State Warriors for ESPN. In this podcast, Kendra and Malika discuss how they gravitated toward NBA media jobs; the qualities they admire about each other; how Malika’s reporting in the NBA bubble in 2020 impacted her professionally and personally; navigating a certain level of being recognized by the sports viewing public; Malika’s struggles as a teen and attending a therapeutic boarding school; Malika asking Paige Bueckers for basketball analysis to help her with her job; how Kendra sees the challenges and benefits of the Warriors beat; Malika on Hilary Guy, NBA Today’s coordinating producer; the best interviews in the NBA right now; advice for young people of color, particularly women, who want to go into this business; dreams of doing longform pieces and covering the Olympics and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices