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Malika Andrews Reveals Why She Kept Her ESPN Relationship Private

Originally posted on The Spun | By Chris Rosvoglou | Last updated Feb 26, 2025 3:10 PM ET

ESPN personality Malika Andrews shocked the NBA world last summer when she got married to ESPN reporter Dave McMenamin in San Francisco.

Andrews, the host of "NBA Today," has become a star at ESPN over the past few years. McMenamin, on the other hand, has been covering the NBA for the "Worldwide Leader In Sports" since 2009. He primarily covers LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers.

During an appearance on Cameron Brink's podcast, Andrews opened up about her relationship with McMenamin. She revealed that they've been together since 2018.

"We’ve been together for seven years now," Andrews said, via the New York Post. "We met when I was not working at ESPN. We met when I was working at The New York Times as a print reporter. He was living in Cleveland at the time. It was a long time ago. I think when people don’t have information, often times they fill in the blanks on whatever they can come up with."

Andrews then explained why she hasn't shared much information about her love life.

The reason Andrews never announced her engagement to McMenamin is because she simply wanted to keep her love life private.

"Anyone who knows us, we’ve known each other socially. It wasn’t a secret. I always like to sort of delineate between private and secret. We are private," Andrews explained. "Anybody who knew us, even a fan in the arena, you could see us walking down the street together, we would walk into arenas together. So if you observed us in person you would know, but it wasn’t something that was a secret. It was private [as in] we didn’t post it on social media. That was sort of the line that we made. I wore my big sparkly ring… and it was just not something that it was like, ‘here are my proposal photos,’ not that there’s anything wrong with that."

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Andrews had nothing but kind things to say about her husband during her time on Brink's show. She described McMenamin as the "kindest" and "most considerate" person she knows.

"He’s just the best person I know," Andrews declared. "He’s just always been that."

While the focus appears to be on Andrews' love life at the moment, she'll eventually have to think about her future at ESPN. According to Front Office Sports, her contract expires later this year.

ESPN would like to keep Andrews, but there's a chance other networks could make her an incredible offer.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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