Contributors

Jerry Bembry

Jerry Bembry

Jerry Bembry is a senior writer at Andscape. His bucket list items include being serenaded by Lizz Wright and watching the Knicks play a MEANINGFUL NBA game in June.

Five things to know about Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini
Karin D. Berry

Karin D. Berry

Karin Berry is copy chief for Andscape. She’s way too short for the basketball court, but she’s got mad editing skills and a mean red pen.

It was past time for Aunt Jemima's image to go
Mia Berry

Mia Berry

Mia Berry is the senior HBCU writer for Andscape and covers everything from sports to student-led protests. She is a Detroit native (What up Doe!), long-suffering Detroit sports fan and Notre Dame alumna who randomly shouts, "Go Irish."

Team USA 3x3 forward Dearica Hamby ready for her Olympic opportunity
Dwayne Bray

Dwayne Bray

Dwayne Bray is a senior writer for Andscape. He writes about topics ranging from general sports to race relations to poverty. He previously ran ESPN television’s award-winning investigative team and is a die-hard Cleveland sports fan.

How the NFL is helping men get out of prison
Kelley L. Carter

Kelley L. Carter

Kelley L. Carter is a senior entertainment reporter and the host of Another Act at Andscape. She can act out every episode of the U.S. version of The Office, she can and will sing the Michigan State University fight song on command and she is very much immune to Hollywood hotness.

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure provides riders with an unapologetically Black experience
Arielle Chambers

Arielle Chambers

Arielle Chambers is a commentator for Andscape & ESPN. She’s a Raleigh-born (& won’t let you forget it) 6 ft tall former pro cheerleader who ironically made women’s basketball her identity.

Andscape at the Olympics: Talking US women's sports from Simone Biles to Sha'Carri Richardson
David Dennis Jr.

David Dennis Jr.

David Dennis Jr. is a senior writer at Andscape, and the author of the award-winning book "The Movement Made Us: A Father, a Son, and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride." David is a graduate of Davidson College.

Tyler Perry has no incentive to make better art
Aaron Dodson

Aaron Dodson

Aaron Dodson is a sports and culture writer at Andscape. He primarily writes on sneakers/apparel and hosts the platform’s Sneaker Box video series. During Michael Jordan’s two seasons playing for the Washington Wizards in the early 2000s, the “Flint” Air Jordan 9s sparked his passion for kicks.

How Victor Wembanyama’s unearthly size and still-growing feet made him Nike’s ‘Alien’
Domonique Foxworth

Domonique Foxworth

Domonique Foxworth is a senior writer at Andscape. He is a recovering pro athlete and superficial intellectual.

Dak Prescott is better than Tom Brady. There, I said it.

Channing Hargrove

Channing Hargrove is a senior writer at Andscape covering fashion. That’s easier than admitting how strongly she identifies with the lyrics “Single Black female addicted to retail.”

My first luxury: a custom mohair sectional
Kamryn Jackson

Kamryn Jackson

Kamryn Jackson, a 2024 Rhoden Fellow, is a senior multimedia journalism major from Prince George’s County, Maryland. In the fall she will serve as the managing editor of The A&T Register and president of Associated Sports Press Editors. Her favorite sport to play is volleyball, and her favorite sport to watch is basketball.

North Carolina A&T student passed up a Fortune 500 job to chase her sports dreams
Martenzie Johnson

Martenzie Johnson

Martenzie Johnson is a senior writer for Andscape. His favorite cinematic moment is when Django said, "Y'all want to see somethin?"

Washington Wizards guard Jordan Poole holds youth basketball clinic for Washington-area children
Marcus Matthews

Marcus Matthews

Marcus Matthews is the senior manager over social content for Andscape, tasked with developing strategy, overseeing special projects and establishing synergy opportunities in the social lane for the site. He’s a PG County, Maryland, native and a fan of the Washington Commanders, Georgetown Hoyas and Los Angeles Lakers.

Black History Month poetic tribute: Venus and Serena
Lonnae O'Neal

Lonnae O'Neal

Lonnae O’Neal is a senior writer at Andscape. She’s an author, a former columnist, has a rack of kids and she writes bird by bird.

Harry Belafonte embodied mid-century Black uplift
Jason Reid

Jason Reid

Jason Reid is the senior NFL writer at Andscape. He enjoys watching sports, especially any games involving his son and daughter.

Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Michael Penix Jr. join NFL's first-round Black quarterback fraternity
William C. Rhoden

William C. Rhoden

William C. Rhoden is a columnist for Andscape and the author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete. He directs the Rhoden Fellows, a training program for aspiring journalists from HBCUs.

Andscape at the Olympics: U.S. gymnastics, Team USA Basketball's odds of losing and sports the Games needs
Marc J. Spears

Marc J. Spears

Marc J. Spears is the senior NBA writer for Andscape. He used to be able to dunk on you, but he hasn’t been able to in years and his knees still hurt.

Jewell Loyd Olympic diary: 'You're here and your role is different'
Justin Tinsley

Justin Tinsley

Justin Tinsley is a senior culture writer for Andscape. He firmly believes “Cash Money Records takin’ ova for da ’99 and da 2000” is the single most impactful statement of his generation.

Dear Sauce Gardner, Black people can't afford to be apolitical
Jesse Washington

Jesse Washington

Jesse Washington is a journalist and documentary filmmaker. He still gets buckets.

What LeBron James is giving Bronny comes from a father’s love
Clinton Yates

Clinton Yates

Clinton Yates is a tastemaker at Andscape. He likes rap, rock, reggae, R&B and remixes — in that order.

HBCU Swingman Classic attracts players, broadcasters, fans to Texas