Unless you’re a certain person, no one really cares what you think. You can just watch a game and then go on TV and talk about what you saw. You just talk to as many people as possible to get as much information so that you have news to report on and things to share, because if you don’t have anything to talk about, you’re not going to go on TV. Kendra: People always ask, “If games are at night, what do you spend your days doing?” You call agents. ![]() What does the prep work really look like? Viewers might have the perception that you just go on camera and talk about the most recent game or read cue cards. But if we wanted to watch the Warriors, then you could stay up past bedtime. If we wanted to stay up late to watch a cartoon, that wasn’t an option. Then professional sports was something we came together at the end of the day to do. Malika: We played every sport, but it was because that was a part of being a participant in the Andrews family-from volleyball and soccer to horseback riding and skiing and dancing. And so our time together was spent watching the Warriors, some Niners, some Raiders. By the time our dad got home at 7:30 or 8, it was dinner. Both of our parents were working parents. Growing up, what was your relationship to sports like? From super early on, we were taught to never be afraid to make our opinions known. Kendra: Every time she sees us with our legs crossed. Malika: She says that we owe her a pair of new shoes every time. Our mom always says, “Take up space, take up space.” She hates it when she sees us in pictures standing with our legs crossed because she says, “You’re making yourselves smaller. Our mother and our grandmothers made it very clear to us. She was pregnant while she was going through law school, she was the first female lawyer at her firm, the first female partner, all these things. ![]() Kendra: Our mother’s mom, Cathy, was the first female partner in her law firm. Malika: I was literally just going to say that!
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