Andrea Williams

ON-dree-uh
Author / Columnist @Tennessean
Words in: Vulture/NYMag, NYTimes, Sports Illustrated, etc.
INSIDE THE PARK out NOW! 👇🏽

[Andrea Williams @AndreaWillWrite]

College sports “purists” hate the transfer portal. It may just save the @LadyVol_Hoops program.

My latest, for @Tennessean:

https://t.co/CadUyRlrpe

[TSSAA @TSSAA]

Best of luck to two former outstanding TSSAA athletes who will face off against each other tonight in one of the greatest rivalries in sports. Sonny Gray (Smyrna High School) takes the mound for the @RedSox against Ryan Weathers (Loretto High School) for the @Yankees.

[Andrea Williams @AndreaWillWrite]

@Melissa_Kimble @GerrickKennedy And I love that she hired a Black ghost!!

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Civil Rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer with her daughter, 1971.

As a result of a "Mississippi appendectomy” (forced sterilization), Fannie Lou was unable to have children so she & her husband adopted 2 local impoverished girls.

[Quincy Avery @QuincyAvery]

Legendary coach who maid 100 million on the backs of unpaid labor. Now wants to regulate the earnings of those who can finely earn fair market value. This is clown behavior.

[Andrea Williams @AndreaWillWrite]

@CoachBeede !!!

[CCC @moderndaybc]

"I can say, 'Yeah, Robert has millions in the bank and he's doing well.' But, I'm concerned about my people. 'What are my people taking home? What are these movies sending down to the kids?'"

Robert Townsend talking about his work to Ebony (June 1991).

[Liam Adams @liamsadams]

After the NAACP called for Black college athletes to boycott states that are redistricting Black-majority congressional districts, @AndreaWillWrite puts the call in historical context & juxtaposes it with the material realities of college athletics today. https://t.co/OKAkHNxDQP

[HBCU Alum @hbcualum]

70 years ago today, Florida A&M alumna and trailblazing tennis icon #AltheaGibson made history by winning the French Open at Roland Garros. The following year, she became the first Black athlete to win Wimbledon, continuing a legendary run that reshaped the sport forever.

[NBA Base @TheNBABase]

San Antonio libraries have launched a "Read Like Wemby" campaign featuring Victor Wembanyama’s favorite fantasy and sci-fi books.

Since launching, nearly 160 books have been checked out or put on hold, and local kids are taking photos with life-sized Wemby cutouts.

(Via @MirinFader)

[Polymarket Hoops @PolymarketHoops]

San Antonio libraries have launched a “Read Like Wemby” campaign, featuring Victor Wembanyama’s favorite fantasy and sci-fi books, per @MirinFader.

Children can read books that their favorite player reads. Since the launch, nearly 160 books have been checked out or put on hold.

That’s awesome 🙏

[Stefan Smith @TheStefanSmith]

Staffers who follow me, how many Black men in politics can you name at the Director or Manager level with approval authority on a campaign. How many have you worked for? Who on the campaign messages to that demographic? The answer is usually no one.

[marie @amalmariee]

Look at them 🥹🫶🏾

[Nina vs. the World @ninamonei]

Anyway, here’s my favorite clip from Joy James talking about the class divide between the Black middle class and poor.

[Vanderbilt Athletics @vucommodores]

Your @SBJ Athletic Director of the Year 🏆⚓️

[HBCU Gameday @HBCUGameday]

Huge news: Top ranked woman’s wrestler picks HBCU

DETAILS 👇🏾

https://t.co/3mJUHL8v9E

[Andrea Williams @AndreaWillWrite]

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[USA TODAY Sports @usatodaysports]

Marshall Faulk, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who now is the head coach at Southern University in Louisiana, has strong opinions about Black coaches trying to land football jobs.

🔗: https://t.co/YE19sVhBZP

📷: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

[Andrea Williams @AndreaWillWrite]

@jamesjonesesq Obvs

[Jeff Yarbro @yarbro]

Seriously?!? What is happening?

Are y’all saying that high school kids in the year of our Lord 2026 should not be able to access ‘Roots’?

Alex Haley is a Tennessean for the love of God and one we celebrate. That’s why there’s a museum in Henning and a statue in Knoxville.

[bomani @bomani_jones]

they still call themselves “rebels,” brother.

[The Shift Journal @TheShiftJournal]

“The biggest mistake we make in life is thinking we have time”

―Kobe Bryant