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NBA on ESPN // Gordon College 18’// 2x Sports Emmy winner // Mostly Warriors, Giants, and Niners tweets 🤟🏼

Los Angeles, CA
Joined August 2009
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Mama, I made it 🤣🤣🤣
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Fresh off of winning the WNBA Finals, Valkyries HC Natalie Nakase joined NBA Today to talk winning, celebrating and more 🏆
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Whose costume was your favorite? 🎃 @malika_andrews @chiney @Rjeff24 @KendrickPerkins
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It’s the 2026 NBA Today Halloween Show, featuring… @chiney as Elphaba 💚🧙‍♀️ @KendrickPerkins as The Cowardly Lion 🦁😬 @Rjeff24 as The Mask 🎩🤪 @malika_andrews as Spike Lee 🎬🗽
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.@malika_andrews sets the stage for the 2026-27 NBA season 🏀🔥
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Former #NBA Champion Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) joins @ESPNNBA as an analyst 🏀 To contribute regularly to NBA Today 🏀 Will serve as game analyst Details: bit.ly/4e8hExq
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ESPN's @malika_andrews with a lovely personal tribute to longtime @Lakers public address announcer Lawrence Tanter on NBA Today. Tanter voiced the cast intro to NBA Today's debut show 5 years ago.
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ESPN’s '26 #USOpen momentum continued with record Women's Semis viewership 🎉 Plus, B. Shelton/C. Alcaraz Men's Quarterfinals match, the latest-finishing match in US Open history, attracted 1.3M avg. viewers (1.8M peak from 11-11:15p ET) More: bit.ly/3SZPFc4
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Welles Crowther, a former Boston College lacrosse player who had a trademark red bandana, was working in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. This is the story of how he led people to safety after terrorists struck the World Trade Center.
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Time for the Hall of Fame to evolve and induct Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper together. C’mon. Take a page from the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame and honor one of the best shows in MLB history.
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.@JLin7 with @sidetalknyc is the collab the world needed 😂
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NBA Today set a record in May '26 with its most watched May EVER! 🏀 398K avg. viewers 🏀 Up 42% YoY More: bit.ly/3QxYHvs | #NBA
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"This series has shown that he is still quite raw offensively." @JLin7 breaks down where Wemby can improve offensively to extend this series 🏀
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“The lack of experience is a strength of us. ... We can do impossible stuff because we don’t know it’s impossible.” Victor Wembanyama sat down with @malika_andrews ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals 🏀
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Starting Wednesday, former #NBA Champion Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) joins @ESPNNBA as a studio analyst thru the '26 #NBAFinals 🏀 Will debut on @SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt after Game 1 🏀 Will contribute to NBA Today, various SportsCenter editions & Hoop Streams
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Steve Kerr had nothing left to prove. But at a crossroads in his career, facing down the pains of his past convinced him he had everything left to play for. Wright Thompson shares the full story 👇 spr.ly/6014BBxluE
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Jason Collins didn’t set out to become a trailblazer. He became one. It is a privilege to continue sharing my longtime friend Jason’s story with the respect and honor he deserves.
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NBA Today drew strong viewership in April '26 🏀 364K avg. viewers 🏀 Up 36% YoY More: bit.ly/42fkTgj | #NBA
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Reporting on NBA Today on the Milwaukee Bucks' dysfunction and the highest levels of the organization sensing an inevitability for what's to come:
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The 2026 WNBA Expansion Draft presented by @StateStreetETFs SPY is HERE 🤩 Watch the Portland Fire & Toronto Tempo make their picks today at 3:30pm/ET on ESPN.
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Madden Orlovsky had a heartfelt message for his family and friends in honor of World Autism Awareness Day 🥹 This was a special moment for all of us at ESPN. Thanks, Madden and @danorlovsky7 ❤️
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