Karintha Styles
Karintha Styles (September 9, 1979) is an American journalist. Education. Styles was born September 9, 1979 in Detroit, Michigan. She 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"' in the school's illustrious history. After graduation, she worked with the Washington Wizards briefly before going into 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, shes covered college basketball. From 2010 to 2014 she covered the NFL and NBA respectively for the Times Picayune 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). Personal life. The author reside in New Orleans, LA. Styles wrote a book of poems entitled A Stroke if Life, Her first novel Prey for Me; Pray for Our Children is due out September 9, 2017.