Malika Rose Andrews has established herself as a well-known presence in broadcast sports journalism, so it may be hard to believe that her first job out of college was merely seven years ago, in 2017. And, in November of that same year, she met fellow N.B.A. journalist David Christopher McMenamin.
On Aug. 24, the two were married at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. As writers, exchanging vows was the highlight of their wedding day — even though Ms. Andrews said her vows was the hardest story she had ever penned … because it’s her favorite.
The duo are a basketball journalism power couple. Ms. Andrews, the host of two basketball shows on ESPN, “NBA Today” and “NBA Countdown,” became the first woman to host the N.B.A. draft in 2022.
Mr. McMenamin, who goes by Dave, has been an N.B.A. reporter for ESPN since 2009. He currently covers the Los Angeles Lakers and has reported on LeBron James and his teams since 2014.
The couple admit to being competitive with each other, so when it came to their vows, they knew they had to deliver. Mr. McMenamin, 41, had even started an email thread to himself with the subject line “vows” back in March 2022 — months before he proposed — as a place to collect his thoughts from over the years.
Ms. Andrews, 29, conceded that he may have had the better speech, particularly for his reference to some advice that his godfather, Gasper Barone, also known as Uncle Buster, had given him.
