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The Play-By-Play Analysis

Devon Ashby

262 episodes

6 months ago

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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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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Episodes (20/262)

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!

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6 months ago

50 minutes 7 seconds

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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!

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6 months ago

54 minutes 1 second

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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.

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8 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes 44 seconds

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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 coach win a championship, so yeah.

Play-By-Play is back, y'all!

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9 months ago

58 minutes 44 seconds

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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 called up our friend Earl Hopkins, an arts and culture reporter and co-host of the Rap & Reason Podcast to discuss the year that was in hip hop and beyond: projects we loved, projects we didn't love and what we can expect as we head into the new year! It's a special new episode of the Play-By-Play Analysis with a little something for everyone!

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10 months ago

43 minutes 34 seconds

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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 proaganda and why a running back should win MVP despite all the narratives around the position.

We starting December off right with the long awaited return of the Play-By-Play Analysis!

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11 months ago

58 minutes 23 seconds

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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 he hopes to accomplish after grad school.

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1 year ago

16 minutes 43 seconds

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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 inspired to start the Prayer Walk, a tradition at Morgan State that still gets done to this day before each fall semester, when students and organizations all across campus come together and walk to the center of campus to pray over the university. Stephen talks about how the idea came to be, and what makes being an alumni of Morgan State so special to him and to so many others.

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1 year ago

33 minutes 10 seconds

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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 remembers the feelings of vindication and joy she felt when her beloved Eagles pulled off the upset win over the Tigers after they were cast off as an afterthought in the game’s lead up. But T’ona’s love for NC Central extends far beyond just one game. On the newest episode of We See You, she sat down to explain what makes North Carolina Central special to her, being a witness to that 2022 Celebration bowl and why NC Central’s homecoming is an underrated gem.

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1 year ago

30 minutes

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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 as a screenwriter and thoughts on the filmmaking industry, being present in the room during the Fox-Disney merger, working for Apple, distinguishing being a black filmmaker vs being a filmmaker that makes black films and growing up in PG County and the privilege that affords many black people from said area. It's another special flowers-getting episode of Wee See You!

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1 year ago

44 minutes 4 seconds

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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 Smith, who goes by Q Smith On The Beat, has his own record label and continues to produce club bangers and songs that are cool to dance to. He spoke to We See You about his goals as a producer, touring with Lil Jon and LMFAO and producing one of Sexxy Red's biggest songs to date.

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1 year ago

20 minutes 20 seconds

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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 separates the homecomings in the AUC from everyone else.

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1 year ago

27 minutes 4 seconds

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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 journey from Savannah State University in Georgia to being a sports director at ABC7 Sarasota in South Florida.

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1 year ago

21 minutes 48 seconds

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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 You about working on the set of television production crews, how her ability to adapt became valuable during a writer's strike and why even as we speak she's planning her next moves.

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1 year ago

32 minutes 44 seconds

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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.

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1 year ago

26 minutes 24 seconds

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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 why playing on a softball team made up predominantly of black players was such a pivotal moment for her. She also discusses working as a black woman in corporate America and her message to those coming after her.

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1 year ago

21 minutes 3 seconds

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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 this and why I could not wait to get this episode out. Wally attended Howard University from 1966-1970--right at the peak of the Civil Rigjhts Movement, the assassinations of MArtin Luther King and the Kennedys, the rise of the Black Power Movement and more. He attended classes with Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad. Revolutionaries like Kwame Toure and Queen Mother Moore would hold rallies on campus. Homecomings meant a chance to see the Temptations live in concert for FREE. On this very special family episode of We See You, Wally takes us inside the world of 1960s Howard University, and shows us why this institution is such a cultural force in the Black American experience.

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1 year ago

52 minutes 38 seconds

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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) means to her. She also talks about winning a Pulitzer Prize with the Washington Post, combatting misinformation and the importance of gaining the trust of the communities you report on.

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1 year ago

28 minutes 14 seconds

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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 station. On We See You, Lisha B talks about how that life-changing decision to come to A&T brought her to where she is today, and why she's forever grateful. She also talks about why A&T's homecoming, "The Greatest Homecoming On Earth" (GHOE), gets the famous reputation it does and what it meant to go to a university with such rich history and culture.

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1 year ago

16 minutes 9 seconds

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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 longtime Sky fan, and the ways in which she continues to break barriers in the ever-changing landscape of social media and influencing.

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1 year ago

23 minutes 8 seconds