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The Play-By-Play Analysis
by Devon Ashby
Just a guy with a lot of creative ideas and opinions that decided to put them to paper. I hope you come along and enjoy the ride.This is the Play-By-Play Analysis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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VAMPIGGAS!
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.
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Devomania
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...
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Legend Killers
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…
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I Got 5 On It
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…
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2024: A Great Year For Music
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...
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Big Backs and Black Air Forces
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...
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My Boy Kurt Kennedy the Future Nuclear Physicist
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…
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Stephen SZN: Man of God, Man of Morgan State
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…
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T’ona McBride Puts On for North Carolina Central Football
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...
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An All-Encompassing Conversation With Tyshaun Glover
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…
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Q Smith On The Beat: How Quinston Smith Built His Own Record Label
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...
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Lawrence Vaughn Talks Morehouse
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...
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Xavier McKnight, From Savannah State to Sarasota
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...
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How Katia Jordan's Adaptability Became Her Greatest Strength
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…
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How Howard University Chose Kyra Azore
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...
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Bama to Atlanta: How A Pair of HBCUs shaped Janae Adams' Journey
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…
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Grandfather to Grandson: A Convo With My Favorite Howard Graduate
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...
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AGGIE PRIDE Personified: A Conversation With Ashleigh Wilson
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)...
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Lisha B, Afternoon Bestie
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...
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Maya Reese Is Building A Social Media Empire
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...
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Dapper J and the Crosby Kids
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...
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Lowe Key Rapping Circles Around Your Faves
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...
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From Portsmouth to Primetime: Chris Ortega's Long Road to ESPN
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…
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Send It Down to Cayla Sweazie
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...
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My Good Sis India
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...
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Benjamin McKnight Deserves His Flowers
Now for another one of the squad members to get their flowers. I met Ben while working alongside him at the student newspaper, and he's been like a big bro ever since. He stopped by to talk about growing up around HBCU campuses his entire life, and how the lessons he learned attending Morgan…
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Vena J. and the Konfession Korner
The world does not move without creativity--especially black creativity. But what happens when those artists are behind closed doors and have to deal with the realities of the world they're in? Who is there for the artists that have been there for so many of us? Enter Vena J. A Licensed social...
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Just The 2 Of Us: From Alabama State to Tuskegee
A generation of college students had their experiences forever altered by a global pandemic in 2020. Those times were difficult for many students, but for Jaicee Christian and Amir McKinstry, two Alabama natives who initially attended Alabama State University together, it only helped them to lock...
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HemHers: Coming to A Homecoming Near You!
Allahsha Farmer is a custom seamstress and tailor. She founded HemHers, a fashion company that specializes in hand-made prices that she sows herself. In this episode of We See You, La talks about how the company came to be after she switched majors, how she dreams of everything she creates before...
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Tramon Lucas Deserves His Flowers
The cool thing about this project is that it’s also a tribute to some of the people that helped shape not only my collegiate experience but who I am as a person and professional to this day. One of those is my big bro and mentor Tramon Lucas. In this episode of We See You, Tra sat down with me to...
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Roe Vision: This Is For the Niggas
Roe Vision is one of the most gifted multidisciplinary artists I've ever met, and her talents have gotten her everything from partnerships with Disney to exhibitions at city hall. But It's not enough for her if you simply look at her as a black artist; she specifically makes “Contemporary art for...
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Kalan Hooks Is A Marching Band Savant
Marching bands are a big part of HBCU culture, and no one knows that quite like Kalan Hooks. A Kansas City native, Hooks developed a passion for marching bands at a young age after a trip to Arrowhead Stadium in 2013 to see Grambling State's marching band play. From his brief time in the band at...
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The Making of Desires By Saint Paris
Paris Smith started "Desires By Saint Paris" as an undergraduate at Morgan State. Today, Desires By Saint Paris has licensing deals with multiple schools like Bowie State, Hampton, North Carolina A&T and others, but it’s more than just an HBCU-centric designer brand. On the latest edition of "We...
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How Kayla Symone Price Is Developing the Next Generation of HBCU Athletes
Morgan State alumna Kayla Symone Price is the first interview of the "We See You" series! After a strong collegiate tennis career, Kayla is now an assistant athletic director at Livingstone College as well as the owner of 10th House Sports Firm. She stops by the Play-By-Play Analysis to talk her...
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We See You
Historically Black Colleges and Universities have existed for more than a century, and yet they still remain somewhat of an open kept secret outside of Black America. But what makes these universities unique? As a proud HBCU graduate myself, I set out to answer that question as only I know how: I...
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Agents of Chaos
This was a chaotic week in the NFL, from Tua’s unfortunate head injury to the rash of big time upsets and unexpected endings, so Jamal comes back to break it all down. Plus: Diddy gets arrested, what Bryce Young’s benching in Carolina tells us about the state of black quarterback play, paying...
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The Game I Love
NFL Football is back, and so are we! D1 Ignant University’s Jamal Brown returns to talk Week 1 of the pro season, from the debut of rookies like Caleb Williams to the latest example of mediocrity from Daniel Jones. Plus: The Tyreek Hill controversy and why we’re once again talking about being…
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Almost That Time!
It's August, so you know what that means: Football is back! And so is D1 Ignant University's Jamal Brown to discuss where our loyalties lie this NFL season. Plus: Was Scar right all along? What can we expect in the WNBA's return to play? What could the Dearica Hamby-Aces controversy mean for the...
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Professional Ignance: An NABJ Crossover Event
Live from the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Chicago, it's a special crossover episode between the Play-By-Play Analysis and the D! Ignant University podcast with our host and D1 Ignant Dean Jamal Brown! We speak with friends about what it's like attending the convention,...
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EA CFB 25: 10 Years In the Making (Part 2)
In a special second EA CFB 25 episode, Jerrell "Dapper J" Leeper, co-host of the "1000 Jumpers" podcast, stops by to talk his memories of playing the game coming up. We talk about our favorite college football players, how different the world is since the last videogame came out and whether we...
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EA CFB 25: 10 Years In the Making
We didn't think this day would come. But after 10 years, the greatest sports videogame of all time is back! A new friend of the show, Tega, stops by to discuss the return of the EA Sports college football game, what it means for past generations of football lovers to have it back, and what it…
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Move Black History Month to June!
This is a PSA: Black History Month in June would make perfect sense! Especially as it relates to Juneteenth! But anyway: Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are finally NBA Champions, and we don’t like it 😂 Also: Thoughts on the death of Willie Mays and MLB’s tribute to his former Negro League ball...
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Cookie Cutter
I’ve decided to evolve the way I think about the Boston Celtics as a team and as individual players, especially as it pertains to Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.Because the way they’re put together is both a model for the modern day NBA squad and something we may likely not see for a long time, if...
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Why Do Y’all Hate Women?
The discourse around the WNBA and Caitlin Clark has been extremely toxic, and honestly a lot of y’all are telling on yourselves from the way the Clark discourse has taken a turn to the way people have continued to trash a league full of predominantly black women to elevate her. So we drop our 2...
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The Youngins Are Taking Over
For the 6th year in a row we will have a brand new NBA Champion come June, and this year is all about the youth movement: Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Halliburton all have a chance to win their first rings. Plus: Caitlin Clark’s had a rude awakening to the WNBA, but the...
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Power to The Students
Just a reminder that Ronald Reagan literally made college more expensive to stop the rise of an educated proletariat (Said it word for word; go look it up). With the continued rise in student protests and walkouts of graduations across the country due to the ongoing situation in Palestine, our…
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Passing the Torch
The 2024 NFL Draft is in the books. LeBron and Kevin Durant are both out of the playoffs. Candace Parker has retired. This show is an ode to the past while acknowledging the excitement of a bright future, as we break down our highlights and lowlights of the NFL Draft. Plus: Some high profile...
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Louis Vuitton Dawn
I guess you could say it’s the “Dawn” of a new era…There’s a new basketball dynasty on the rise in South Carolina, led by a basketball icon Sawn Staley. We talk about the Gamecocks’ historic Final Four run amid an equally historic rise in popularity for women’s basketball. For the first time in 4...
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ACT 2
From Act 2 of Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark to Act 2 of Beyonce, the theme of this episode is pretty clear: We’re running it back! It’s Final Four time, and we’re here to break it all down—from the historic popularity of the women’s tournament to the magical run of two legendary big men in DJ…
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March Madness, Word to Future
Cue up that Future theme music, because it’s officially March Madness! From the fireworks at the women’s SEC Championship to the fireworks at the top of the men’s rankings, we discuss the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments in all their glory. Plus, it’s officially the start of NFL free agency and...
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Just a guy with a lot of creative ideas and opinions that decided to put them to paper. I hope you come along and enjoy the ride.This is the Play-By-Play Analysis.
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