Open Conversation with Malik is back with EPISODE 7: Straight Outta Brooklyn Feat. Stephen Benjamin. On episode 7 I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Author Stephen Benjamin, a guy I met during my time in the military. In the beginning on this episode we discussed our time in the military and how live was during those times as young soldiers. This led into us talking about hip-hop music and who our Top 5 rappers, this would then lead into Stephen bringing up my career as a ra...

Open Conversation with Malik is back with EPISODE 6: Laughing Out Loud Feat. Chris Corder. Many years ago during my basketball coaching I had the opportunity to work alongside of another great Coach and that happen to be Mr. Chris Corder.Inside this Open Conversation listeners get to learn more about Chris as a husband, father, bother, uncle, Coach, and now Hardin County’s Athletic Director. Malik & Chris talk about working together under North Hardin High School’s former boys b...

Welcome back to Open Conversation with Malik. I took a short break for the holidays but I am back with Episode 5: I Can Bring Home the Bacon Feat. Kimberly Yates.Packed inside this episode listeners will get to hear Kim’s journey from growing up in Elizabethtown, KY, playing basketball for the Lady Panthers (Elizabethtown High School), attending and graduating from Western Kentucky University, becoming a teacher, to becoming an entrepreneur.Kim is the current owner of “Sky’s The Limit”, Eliza...

Welcome to Open Conversation with Malik. Today on Episode 4: The House that Stan Gourad Built Feat: Coach Stanley Gourad. I this episode I had the opportunity to sit down with the head coach at the University of Southern Indiana. This was a special day as I got to interview not only a friend but also, a hometown hero as he played his FIRST Division I basketball game in the OVC.Like all of my other episodes I like to kick the show off with a background story about each one of my guest and then...

Welcome to Open Conversation with Malik. Today for Episode 3: Fatherhood & Sports I had the opportunity to sit down with Derrick (DA) Alfonso, his son Jalen Alfonso, along with Shaun Boykins Sr. and Shaun Jr. Inside this episode we chop it up about the fathers past playing sports, what the did/where they went after their high school career in sports. These fathers also give insight on how they feel their sons are currently doing in sports. Malik talks to each athlete about how they f...

Inside episode 2 From the Outside Looking In I got to catch up on old times with my former boss Ms. Vicki Pitre while stationed in Korea. Later they would bump back into each other at Fort Knox where I had the opportunity to coach her youngest son.On my platform I like to let my guest tell their story and Ms. Vicki did just that as she details her journey growing up in foster care, having a child at an early age, to joining the military, and later retiring. Once retired Vicki...

In episode 1 of Open Conversation with Malik he talks with North Hardin High School Basketball head coach Michael Baffour. Malik and Coach Baffour talks about growing up in Lexington, KY playing sports during his younger years while attending Bryan Station High School, and later attending the University of Louisville, where he had the opportunity to play basketball under coach Rick Pitino.Since graduating from UofL Michael Baffour would go on to become coach where where he work with a lo...