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Media Conversations with Maliik CooperEP 10 - William Downing (Shot Clock Operator for the Windy City Bulls)Me and William Downing talk NBA hoops, his unique path to working with his hometown Bulls, and more!!2022-05-3138 minMedia Conversations with Maliik CooperEP 9 - Acie Wyatt (Former ESPN Producer, Senior Producer at The Sports Business Journal)My guest for episode 9 is a man more than 15 years of experience working at ESPN, as well as the current Senior Producer for The Business Journal in Charlotte, North Carolina! On this episode we talk about his path to ESPN, the many celebrities he’s worked with, his pride in the recent rise in importance of HBCUs as a graduate of Hampton University, and more! Here are the timestamps - :45 - Acie describes what his experience was like working being hired by and working at ESPN.
5:24 - Acie answers why he enjoyed his time at ESPN in contrast to the ex...2022-05-1742 minMedia Conversations with Maliik CooperEP 8 - Dr. Garry Griffith (Veteran Baseball Broadcaster)My interview with the radio broadcaster for the 2016 National Champion Coastal Carolina Chanticleers! Here are the timestamps: :43 - What impressed Dr. Griffith about the 2016 National Championship Coastal Carolina Chanticleers who he did play-by-play for.
4:29 - Dr. Griffith describes his relationship with 26 year Coastal Carolina baseball coach Gary Gilmore.
6:15 - Dr. Griffith discusses the narrative that minor league baseball has subpar working conditions, speaking from his experience working in the minors.
8:57 - Dr. Griffith describes if the personal relationships you develop with minor league organizations changes the way he does play-by-play in comparison to calling college games.
10:46 - Dr. Griffith goes...2022-05-0433 minMedia Conversations with Maliik CooperEP 7 - Bret McCormick (Reporter for Sports Business Journal)Me and Sports Business Journal Reporter Bret McCormick discuss the unique set of beats he covers, from sports business to national tennis. We also talk about his award winning project, “The Return Man” podcast, and his initiative to help the next man up in the journalism field. Here are the timestamps: :40 - Bret explains how his job at the Sports Business Journal keeps him busy covering the atypical business side of the industry.
5:00 - Bret defines “the fan experience” he covers for the Sports Business Journal, including a frictionless experience where fans can order everything from their seats.
6:50 - Bret covering...2022-03-2926 minMedia Conversations with Maliik CooperEP 6 - Matthew Shealy (Sports Editor of “The Johnsonian”)Me and Matthew Shealy discuss how he chose the career of sports journalism, the variety of skills he’s acquired because of the responsibility his position comes with, and what makes Winthrop University’s mass comm program special! Here are the timestamps // * :55 - Matthew talks about how when thinking about what his skills were inclined toward and what he’d enjoy, he chose to pursue a mass comm degree very near the start of college.
* 2:22 - How getting an interview with former Winthrop basketball coach Pat Kelsey solidified his resolve in pursuing a mass comm degree.
* 3:55 - How Matthew was able t...2022-03-1530 minMedia Conversations with Maliik CooperEP 5 - Finn Carlin (Award-Winning Mass Comm Major at the University of South Carolina)My interview with the award-winning broadcast journalism student at the University of South Carolina, Finn Carlin! Here are the timestamps - 1:08 - Experience covering the man who protested that BLM are “racist thugs” on USC’s campus back in 2020.
5:20 - How hard was it to remain journalistic and objective covering hate protestors.
10:22 - The controversial nature of 2020’s news as a whole.
17:02 - How the staff of SGTV dealt with covering so many controversial news stories in 2020.
20:48 - How the courses of a broadcast journalism major at South Carolina aren’t optimal your first two years, suggested improvements.
25:56 - What it was lik...2022-03-0140 minMedia Conversations with Maliik CooperEP 4 - Brian Wilmer (Sportswriter for NCAAHoopsDigest and FBSchedules)Me and multimedia journalist Brian Wilmer discuss his work on various different platforms, how he began covering Big South athletics, his changing career goals, and more! Here are the timestamps: * :47 - How Brian handles his hectic schedule and travel.
* 5:05 - Where does your passion for covering the Big South conference come from?
* 7:15 - Jimmy Gavin’s collegiate journey of perseverance, Brandon Miller’s maturity and humility handling injury.
* 10:05 - Winthrop’s ability to find ways to win games when they aren’t shooting well.
* 12:11 - Winthrop’s identity and mindset under Mark Prosser.
* 14:21 - Are Winthrop the favorites to win the Big So...2022-02-1636 minMedia Conversations with Maliik CooperEP 3 - Charles McNeil (Veteran Play-By-Play Broadcaster)Timestamps - * (:33) - Charles McNeil’s childhood.
* (1:37) - Inspiration from meeting Marv Albert at a Knicks game.
* (3:22) - Idols (Dick Schaap, Dick Enberg, Keith Jackson).
* (4:26) - College, 1st job in radio, high school play-by-play in Charles County, began working with Sports News Network and BET.
* (8:20) - Legendary “voice of HBCU sports” Charlie Neal gets McNeil to cover boxing for Sports News Network/BET.
* (10:28) - Being asking by legendary college basketball coach John Thompson to do play-by-play at Georgetown games.
* (15:31) - What did it mean to be asked by such a legend to take the Georgetown job?
* (17:23) - Diversity Barrie’s Charles...2022-02-011h 06Media Conversations with Maliik CooperEP 2 - Alex Zietlow (Sports Editor of The Rock Hill Herald):37 - Alex coming to South Pointe High School to teach about professional journalism, and by local journalism is important.
2:18 - What sports and schools Alex covers for his job, Winthrop Men’s Basketball as a part of Alex’s job.
4:34 - Alex as a basketball fan, talks about how revealing it is and how it helps you learn a player’s story / How you can see their personality.
5:48 - Winthrop star forward/center DJ Burns’ background and description.
10:33 - Friendship with Brian Wilmer, writer for CollegeHoopsDigest, member of US Basketball Writers Association. Shouting from the Rafters podcast.
18:10 - Reaction to former W...2022-01-1145 minMedia Conversations with Maliik CooperEP 1 - Armand Broady (Former Reporter, Sportscaster, and Media Instructor):27 - How hometown affected career pursuit / 2:32 - Discuss being Convergence Media Specialist @SPHS / 4:16 - Describes college experience @FMU / 9:02 - Talks about life after college / 15:16 - Favorite story written for Marlboro Herald-Advocate / 18:04 - Family not seeing professional vision / 24:16 - Was ESPN an “I Made It” moment / 27:16 - Broadcasting Idols (Musburger, Buck, Harlan, Madden, Summerall) / 34:28 - Memories of Madden and Summerall / 37:35 - Thoughts on Peyton & Eli calling games alongside broadcast crew / 41:59 - What makes Inside the NBA great / 46:17 - Charles Barkley’s authenticity / 52:06 - Ernie Johnson & Inside the NBA’s perfect chemistry / 1:00:17 - Tribal mentality of media and public in today’s society2022-01-031h 12
The And One PodcastS2E3: Bold Playoffs Takes & Season Awards PredictionsMaliik Cooper joined me today to recap some Eastern Conference playoff performances, as well as some of our regular season awards predictions.2019-04-3045 minThe And One PodcastS2E2: Playoff Talk Already?Maliik Cooper joins the pod today to talk some NBA playoffs, top teams in the East and West, teams turning things around, and some surprising records.2018-12-211h 04The And One Podcast(Ep. 3) Booms & Busts of the DraftMaliik Cooper joins the pod to talk booms and busts of the 2018 draft2018-06-291h 13