Malika Andrews photographed for PEOPLE in May 2024. Photo: BETHANY MOLLENKOF ESPN's Malika Andrews will be in the spotlight tonight as she hosts the opening night of the NBA Draft — and she's learned it can be an unforgiving place. "I feel so much pressure to show up, especially as a woman in a male dominated industry as my most perfect self," says Andrews, 29, who is helming the draft for the third time this year, after becoming the first woman to host in 2022. "The way you look is picked apart.