Ari Chambers

Arielle Chambers, originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, was born on March 14, 1991. She pursued higher education at both the University of Oxford in England and North Carolina State University, studying New Communication Media and English. After her university studies, Chambers gained experience in in-game entertainment across major sports leagues, including the NBA, NHL, and WNBA. During this period, she observed a discrepancy in the visibility of women’s sports coverage, which motivated her to address this gap directly through her own journalistic efforts.

In 2019, Chambers founded highlightHER at Bleacher Report, an initiative focused on telling the stories of inspiring women athletes. This platform, later renamed BRWSports, rapidly grew to over 250,000 Instagram followers by delivering news, highlights, user-generated content, and interviews centered on women’s sports. Her work has included reporting for the WNBA and NCAA women’s basketball, covering multiple WNBA All-Star games, NCAA Women’s Final Fours, and ACC Women’s Basketball Tournaments. She has also served as Connecticut Sun’s in-arena host, WNBA’s digital news host, and host of series like “Off Top” and “Her Time to Play.”

Chambers joined Andscape as a commentator and sports culture talent for the Black content studio in April 2024, also becoming a contributor to various ESPN linear, digital, and social media platforms, and espnW. She coined the phrase “THE WNBA IS SO IMPORTANT” in 2017, which became the tagline for Twitter Sports’ WNBA 25th Anniversary campaign in 2021. Her contributions to sports media have been widely recognized, earning her numerous accolades including Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2021, Sports Illustrated’s 100 Influential Women in Sports in 2022, and the Dawn Staley Excellence in Broadcasting Award in 2022. She was also named an Outstanding Young Alumna by North Carolina State in 2024.