Rising star Alexa Philippou’s journey to ESPN and covering the WNBA
Alexa Philippou initially planned to become an international correspondent, but the lure of sports proved too strong. The Stanford graduate and political science major is ESPN’s women’s basketball writer, covering college basketball and the WNBA. Philippou joined The Worldwide Leader in Sports in 2022, having served as the Hartford Courant’s beat reporter for the UConn…