Andrew Lawrence

Atlanta

Writer and Editor at Freelance

senior writer, @guardianus | formerly @sinow | sometimes @popsci, @menshealthmag, @caranddriver & more || "highbrow negro" —Tyler Perry

Articles

inside the devastating Ohio State sexual abuse scandal

1 week ago | msn.com | Andrew Lawrence

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‘We were powerless’: inside the devastating Ohio State sexual abuse scandal

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Lawrence

Ohio State sets the standard in intercollegiate sports. The university’s athletics department, a statewide source of pride that includes 36 varsity sports teams (from pistol shooting to college football’s reigning national champion), rivals some Fortune 500 companies for scale.
A year ago Tyrese Haliburton was a punchline. Now he’s the NBA’s finest punch-out artist

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Lawrence

Self-awareness may be Tyrese Haliburton’s greatest attribute. That was obvious at last summer’s Olympics as the 25-year-old All-Star was confined to the Team USA bench. Instead of hitting out at online fans who kept tabs on Indiana Pacers star’s smiles, high fives and other displays of team spirit to make up for his lack of on-court statistics, Haliburton seized on the chance to dunk on himself. After the US pipped France in the final, Haliburton posted a selfie with his gold medal.
Pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant on Target boycott ‘victory’ and the Black dollar’s power: ‘They’ve awakened a sleeping giant’

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Lawrence

On 5 February, a month before lent, Jamal Harrison Bryant stepped up to the pulpit of his Atlanta area megachurch. Wearing a sweater bearing Muhammad Ali’s likeness and standingbehind a lectern branded with a Black power fist clutching a cross, the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church railed against companies that rolled back their DEI initiatives to appease Donald Trump.
The manosphere seizes on the Diddy trial to undermine female victims: ‘I don’t see no crimes committed’

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Lawrence

When the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs began last month, there was one man who stood apart from the journalists, legal eagles and YouTube gossips queuing up for seats inside the New York courtroom: Myron Gaines, co-host of the Fresh and Fit podcast and author of the 2023 book Why Women Deserve Less. In the past five years, he has become infamous for his incendiary takes on masculinity, dating and the perceived challenges that men face in contemporary society.
Straw review - Taraji P Henson rises above Tyler Perry’s tortured Netflix thriller

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Lawrence

Tyler Perry is not beating the allegations. For decades, the content-creating studio chief has been roundly criticized for making the traumatization of Black women a persistent theme in his work. In Straw, his latest exercise in misogynoir for Netflix, he pulls out all the stops to break the camel’s back. The guinea pig for this cultural stress test is Janiyah (Taraji P Henson), an apex Perry caricature who is past the point of exhaustion.
will the Pacers shock the Thunder? Our writers share their picks

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Ryan Baldi |Claire de Lune |Bryan Graham |Andrew Lawrence

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NBA finals 2025 predictions: can the Pacers shock the Thunder? Our writers share their picks

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Ryan Baldi |Claire de Lune |Bryan Armen Graham |Andrew Lawrence

What the Thunder need to do to winThe Thunder’s path to victory is to continue to be the most fearsome defensive unit we’ve seen in recent years. They play an uber-aggressive, hyper-switchable form of defense that has suffocated opponents all year long. It means they give up a lot of fouls, but they also get away with a bunch and force turnovers more than anyone else in the league. Keep that up and, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander getting his customary 32 points a night, they won’t be stopped.
Karate Kid: Legends review - charming throwback sequel

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Lawrence

There’s a lot riding on Li Fong, warrior protagonist of the Karate Kid: Legends. The Beijing émigré (played by Disney mainstay Ben Wong) is barely settled into his new Manhattan surrounds when he finds himself schooling Victor, a West Side pizzaiolo (Joshua Jackson), in the ways of kung fu to help him win a boxing purse and clear his debt with unfriendly neighborhood loan shark (Tim Rozon).
The Fall of Favre: the making - and unmaking - of a flawed NFL gunslinger

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Lawrence

Brett Favre was the man with the golden arm – a three-time NFL MVP who revived the Green Bay Packers while setting the league record for consecutive starts and all-time yardage, raising the standard for toughness and productivity at quarterback. It’s his thumbs that let him down in the end.