Karintha Styles
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Karintha Styles | |
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Born | Karintha Wheaton September 9, 1979 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
Other names | Reign of Styles |
Education | Howard University |
Occupation | Journalist |
Years active | 2005–present |
Employer | iHeartMedia |
Known for | Journalism |
Website | karintha |
Karintha Styles born in Detroit, Michigan on (September 9, 1979) earned a journalism degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. and a Masters in PR from Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL.
Career[]
Styles began her career at Howard University, as ‘the first female Sports Editor of the student run newspaper, The Hilltop[1]' in the school's illustrious history. After graduation she worked with the Washington Wizards briefly before going in to the Army. While in the military Styles was a broadcast journalist, appearing regularly on the Armed Forces Network.
After leaving the service, Styles returned to sports journalism. While at the Daily Oklahoman,[2] shes covered college basketball. From 2010 to 2014 she covered the NFL and NBA respectively for the Times Picayune[3]
During her career Styles has covered college sports, Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Basketball Association. To date she has covered a Super Bowl, three Final Fours, and five NBA Finals. Notably, she covered the Mississippi State win over UConn that ended UConn's consecutive game winning streak at 111 games of top-ranked Connecticut Huskies women's basketball by the SEC (she was in Dallas to cover 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament).[4]
Personal life[]
The author reside in New Orleans, LA. Styles wrote a book of poems entitled A Stroke if Life,[5] Her first novel Prey for Me; Pray for Our Children is due out September 9, 2017.
References[]
- ^ "Howard University Student Newspaper". The Hilltop. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ "OPUBCO". The Daily Oklahoman. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ "Newhouse Media". Times Picayune. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
- ^ Styles, Karintha (April 2, 2017). "Sports As Told". Retrieved April 5, 2017.
- ^ Noble, Barnes &. "A Stroke of Life|Paperback". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
External links[]
- https://karintha.com
- https://www.weeknsports.com
- https://apple.news/ThulUxc5DRf2dtntZwXGUkQ
- https://karintha.com/2018/10/teasha-bivins-beauty-bivfam-brains-boss-moves/
- https://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/detroit-pistons-5-dream-free-agency-targets-in-2017-062617
- https://sports.yahoo.com/news/spotlight-saints-trey-hendrickson-174417314.html
- 1979 births
- Living people
- IHeartMedia
- African-American sports journalists
- American sports journalists
- African-American writers
- American sports radio personalities
- American sportswriters
- American television sports announcers
- National Basketball Association broadcasters
- National Football League announcers
- Howard University alumni
- Writers from Detroit
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people