Rachel Nichols's racially insensitive comments are producing transformational results at ESPN. Today, the worldwide leader in sports announced reporter Malika Andrews will host its new daily NBA show NBA Today, in a clear effort to rid itself of the mess Nichols created.
ESPN is making sure Andrews's new show will be one of the centerpieces of its daily sports show roster by debuting NBA Today on October 18, the day before the highly anticipated start of the 2021-2022 NBA season. The show marks an unprecedented rise for the 26-year-old reporter, who will host her own show only three years after joining ESPN prior to the 2018-2019 NBA season. With Maria Taylor no longer hosting ESPN's NBA Countdown following her move to NBC Sports this past Summer, NBA Today is currently the only ESPN daily show hosted solely by a Black woman. In a statement, Andrews professed, "our goal every day is to deliver information and analysis to our viewers that can’t be gleaned anywhere else," but the show has a bigger purpose than overanalyzing why LeBron James didn't pass the ball to Russell Westbrook in the clutch.
