J.A. Adande (born October 25, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is the Director of Sports Journalism at Northwestern University. He was formerly an American sports columnist and sideline reporter who covered the National Basketball Association for ESPN, served as a regular panelist for ESPN's Around the Horn, and was also a regular guest host on ESPN's Pardon the Interruption television shows. Adande is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, and also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Journalism,.
