The Play-By-Play Analysis

Vampiggas, Niggapires or whatever you call them, we got a BLACK Vampire movie! Warning: If You haven't seen Sinners yet, then don't listen to this episode until you do cause it's hella spoilers! New Play-By-Play Analysis: Sinners Edition! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wrestlemania 41 has finally arrived! Stephen Thompson, Jr. (aka "StephenSZN") returns to the Play-By-Play Analysis to discuss the biggest weekend on the WWE calendar, and all the biggest matches from Jade Cargill and Naomi to Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and CM Punk to John Cena and Cody Rhodes. It all goes down in Las Vegas April 19-20! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Eagles have taken down another dynasty, and this time they did it in dominant fashion. And in fitting fashion, Kendrick Lamar recruited Samuel L. Jackson, SZA and Serena Williams, a fellow Compton legend, to take yet another shot at Drake's own dynastic run in hip hop. Shoutout to Randy Orton, because this show is all about Legend Killers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Shoutout to Jayden Daniels. That's all I got to say. We're back for the first time in 2025, and while Jamal gets to vent about his Chargers and Longhorns, this a pro-Jayden Daniels episode! Also, the College Football season concludes in Atlanta on Martin Luther King Day (The ONLY event of relevance that day, fuck an inauguration), and there's a chance we could see the first black college football...

This will probably be the last episode of 2024 because this year sucked and I'd rather not go into a recap. But one thing is true: This was a fantastic year for music, whether you were tuned in to Kendrick and Drake or were getting your cowboy on with Beyonce, there was something for everyone. We called up our friend Earl Hopkins, an arts and culture reporter and co-host of the Rap & Reason Po...

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and there was a lot of hatred in the air across college football. A perfect ending to a month that saw Kendrick Lamar drop more music in the form of a surprise album drop, GNX. Jamal returns to discuss the album, why Texas is putting an end to all the pro-SEC proaganda and why a running back should win MVP despite all the narratives around the position. We starting...

On the newest episode of We See You, my bro Kurt Kennedy stops by to get his flowers. He was just 17 when he arrived at Morgan State with aspirations to work in the world of physics. Now he's currently in Nashville working on his Ph. D. He tells us where that love of physics comes from, and what he hopes to accomplish after grad school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Thompson, Jr. is a proud Morgan graduate and a walking business, but he's also a proud man of God. In addition to coining the phrase "Stephen SZN" and ultimately turning it into his own business, Stephen's faith has always been at the center of everything he does. It's why he felt inspired to start the Prayer Walk, a tradition at Morgan State that still gets done to this day before each fa...

The 2022 Cricket Celebration Bowl between Jackson State and North Carolina Central is the greatest HBCU football game I’ve ever seen. T’ona McBride, like me, was in Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta. She was working as a member of the Eagles football team’s equipment staff at the time, and vividly remembers the feelings of vindication and joy she felt when her beloved Eagles pulled off the upset wi...

This episode of We See You is once again dedicated to one of my friends, Tyshaun Glover, a screenwriter and creative who went to Morgan with me and was extremely influential in my growth as a creative individual. This is another free-flowing episode that covers a lot of topics; Tyshaun's journey as a screenwriter and thoughts on the filmmaking industry, being present in the room during the Fox-Dis...

In 2008 at Prairie View A&M University, a young producer named Quinston Smith collaborated with his roomate Dorrough to produce the rap song Ice Cream Paint Job after turning their dorm room into a studio. He followed up with the hit Superstarr song "Halle Berry," and the rest is history. Today Smith, who goes by Q Smith On The Beat, has his own record label and continues to produce club bange...

What does it mean to be a Morehouse Man? Lawrence Vaughn breaks it down on the latest episode of We See You. He discusses the brotherhood that he discovered at his alma mater even during college visits, breaks down popular misconceptions about going to an all-male school and what he thinks separates the homecomings in the AUC from everyone else. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

I met Xavier McKnight when we were roomates at my very first NABJ Conference back in 2017, then again when I created the groupchat for a podcast idea back in 2020 so I've watched him grow as a media professional. On the eve of Savannah State's homecoming week, I called my guy up to talk about his journey from Savannah State University in Georgia to being a sports director at ABC7 Sarasota in South...

Transferring from Syracuse to Morgan State. Transitioning from a career in journalism to a career in television and Hollywood. Getting up and moving across the country to go to USC for grad school. Adaptability is the name of the game for Katia Jordan. The Morgan State graduate speaks to We See You about working on the set of television production crews, how her ability to adapt became valuable du...

Ahead of Howard University Homecoming Weekend, Kyra Azore talks about her journey from her native New Orleans to the District of Columbia. She talks about her journey of discovery, and the role Howard and the diversity within the diaspora played in that journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Janae Adams is a Clark Atlanta graduate and talent agent for CSE, an agency that gives representation to broadcasters and on-air talents in the sports industry. On this episode of We See You, Janae talks about her background as a softball player at Clark Atlanta and previously Alabama A&M, and why playing on a softball team made up predominantly of black players was such a pivotal moment for h...

My grandfather Wally Ashby is not only my favorite Howard graduate, but one of the proudest HU grads I know. That oldhead pride is something different! My grandfather and I are like the same person; I consider him one of my best friends, which is why I always try to involve him in projects like this and why I could not wait to get this episode out. Wally attended Howard University from 1966-1970--...

Ashleigh Wilson is Aggie Pride personified. The Virginia native stopped by the Play-By-Play Analysis and We See You to talk her shit about her alma mater North Carolina A&T, the experience that is the "Greatest Homecoming On Earth" and what the phrase "AGGIE PRIDE" (Which is actually an acronym) means to her. She also talks about winning a Pulitzer Prize with the Washington Post, combatting mi...

Alisha Brown, otherwise known as Lisha B, initially transferred to North Carolina A&T with ambitions of being a lawyer, but being around so many like-minded black creatives in Greensboro prompted her to make a career change. Today, she's an afternoon radio host for Michigan's Magic 104.9 radio station. On We See You, Lisha B talks about how that life-changing decision to come to A&T brough...

From working on Overtime to producing Angel Reese's new podcast, Maya Reese has developed a strong presence in her journalism career. The Howard University grad stopped by the Play-By-Play Analysis to discuss her work in the WNBA, what it's like to work with Angel Reese as a Chicago native and longtime Sky fan, and the ways in which she continues to break barriers in the ever-changing landscape of...

It's GHOE week, which means we're starting things off right with my bro Jerrell "Dapper J" Leeper! A graduate of North Carolina A&T, Dap discusses his memories at A&T from the live reactions after Obama's 2012 win to what it was like watching Tarik Cohen in his prime. He also discusses what it's like working as a communications professional in the halls of Congress, and the bonds he's form...

In case y'all ever wondered who was behind the show's theme song, this is the voice in question: Maya "Lowe Key" Lowe. But besides being the voice of the show and another one of my favorite people and closest friends, Maya is a very talented rapper. She's released several projects and done collaborations with independent artists across the underground rap scene, with a message focused on positivit...

Chris Ortega's path to becoming a production assistant at ESPN and working on First Take was a long one. But whether he was working for a minor league affiliate in West Virginia or nurturing the next generation of football players at the youth level in his hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, he never forgot where he came from. Now on the eve of his alma mater Virginia State's homecoming this weekend...

Cayla Sweazie's athletic career started on the softball field at Morgan State University, and culminated with she and her teammates securing the university’s first-ever trip to the NCAA Softball Tournament in 2021. Just over a year since her graduation, Cayla’s now roaming the sidelines of HBCU football games and interviewing Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts as a reporter at ESPN. On th...

India was one of the first friends I made during my freshman year at Morgan--one of the true Day 1 Homies! She arrived in Baltimore from Wisconsin, a black woman eager to be around black culture. The community she gained upon arriving here gave her that and so much more! I enjoyed this episode because it wasn't as podcasty--it's much more open and free-flowing. But there are a lot of gems in here,...