Cedric Bailey's Podcast

R&B superstar Andre Stephens (Deitrick Haddon) is on top of the world. He has success, fame, and fortune but spiritually he has lost his way. However, his "perfect" life is shattered when his entourage is brutally attacked, leaving Andre and his best friend Chris Johnson (Robert Ri'chard) clinging to life. On a spiritual journey that exists in a place that is neither on Earth nor in Heaven, Andre is given the opportunity to reevaluate his life and his faith

Haddon launched his solo career as a Christian R&B vocalist with the Lost & Found on Tyscot/Verity in 2002. The set peaked at #1 on Billboard's Top Gospel Charts[1] and received wide critical acclaim and spawned the hit "Sinner's Prayer" which received heavy spins on gospel and mainstream R&B radio stations.

The 70's-leaning Crossroads followed in 2004, led off by the upbeat single "God Is Good". In an uncharacteristic move for marketing a gospel album, Detrick made an appearance on the long-running syndicated series Soul Train performing the single as well as the title track from the album.

Haddon is now the Pastor at Detroit's Kingdom Culture Church, taking over from his father.

Please check out our interview with Detrick and be sure to check out the movie as well.

Thanks for listening

Cedric Bailey, National Radio Host

and Lador Frank Entertainment reporter.

Arlington: Jamell Fleming like most kids of today dream of playing in the NFL on Sunday’s. If you ask Jamell’s father coach Ralph Fleming on where his son would be playing, it would be the Pittsburgh Steelers. However his mother Sharon wants him to play for a winning organization and be injury free. One thing that they all agree on is giving God all the glory for Jamell’s for his talent. As a young child growing up in Arlington Jamell was the high school ball boy that made sure the official would have the game ball ready during the game. This was a great opportunity for him to study the game and watch some of the players that his father coached at Abilene Cooper, and Arlington Martin.
During his high school days at Arlington Seguin Jamell became a star and lead his team to the playoffs during his Junior and Senior year. There were several division I colleges and university’s that wanted Jamell. Since his mother and father were from Oklahoma and they attended college at East Central in Ada, Oklahoma. His mother Sharon was a Sooner fan and Jamelle Holloway was the QB during the late 80’s. So Jamell decided that he would take his talent to the University of Oklahoma.
As you know the Sooners were very deep in talent in every position, Fleming goal was to pass his classes and to stay on the team. His first year was okay because he was red shirted. His sophomore year was very interesting. He became a father and was just trying to stay in school and get a spot on the specialty team,. He later was removed from the team because of the pressure. Once again his mother told him that he was going to get himself together and get back on the team. So Jamell enrolled in a local community college and got his grade together and talked with Coach Bob Stoops about returning to the team.
That next season Jamell found himself back in school and on the kickoff team. He ended up being the best special team player that earned him a spot as the starting cornerback. During his junior season he was the defensive player of the bowl game in Arizona against Connecticut in the Fiesta Bowl. During his senior year against Texas at the Cotton Bowl he stripped a Longhorn receiver of a pass and returned it for an interception. Once again he was in Arizona at the Insights Bowl against the Iowa Hawkeyes. On the first series of the game Jamell intercepted the ball and set up the Sooners opening game touchdown. The outcome of the game came down to another defensive play from #32 Jamell Fleming. Once again he was selected as the Defensive player of the game.
Jamell has left his college career at the University of Oklahoma as one of the best DB in Sooner history. On this weekend he will be waiting on the phone to ring for the announcement of a 1st round or 2nd round draft pick in the NFL. Whatever the Lord say’s Jamell will be ready to go and he thanks his parents for being at his side during his football career. The draft will begin this Thursday evening from New York City.

On Tuesday night Gordon Jackson and I had the opportunity to speak with Michael Young. He share with us about his visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo., five years ago and meeting the late Buck O'Neil. It was a special tour for Young as he learned about baseball history that most might not know about.

"I had an absolute blast," Young said. "To get an opportunity to learn about the complete history of the game is something every baseball player should try and do. I had a great time going and hopefully I get a chance to go back."

That experience gave Young a greater appreciation for being presented the museum's 2011 John Henry "Pop" Lloyd Award for baseball and community leadership.

Manager Ron Washington also received an award from the museum, the 2011 Charles Isham "C.I." Taylor Award for American League manager of the year. Museum president Bob Kendrick presented the awards to Young and Washington before Tuesday's game against New York.

Meanwhile Rangers Pitcher Yu Darvish is getting better each time out for the Texas Rangers.

The Japanese standout may already be getting to a point when he will have a hard time topping himself, after striking out 10 and pitching into the ninth inning of a 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

"After my last start, I mentioned my command is starting to come together. Stuff-wise, there wasn't much difference," Darvish said through his interpreter. "I still like to think that there's still more in me."

Ian Kinsler put the Rangers ahead to stay when he led off the first with a deep homer to left center off Hiroki Kuroda (1-3), who limited Texas to two runs and five hits over 6 2-3 innings.

In only his fourth major league start, and the seventh-ever MLB matchup of Japanese starters, Darvish (3-0) worked out of some early jams and got through 8 1-3 scoreless innings even while allowing seven hits.

Effective with his large array of pitches, including a fastball in the upper 90s and several biting breaking balls, the 25-year-old right-hander had a season-low two walks, and the 10 strikeouts were the most by a Texas pitcher this season.

"He just keeps getting better every time he takes the ball. Tonight, he used everything he had, and he was effective, very effective. He's getting more and more comfortable," manager Ron Washington said. "He was pounding the strike zone. That's what you have to do against that team. He threw everything but the kitchen sink at them."

Washington was going to give him a chance to finish the game but pulled Darvish after Nick Swisher's one-out single on his 119th pitch, his 82nd strike.

Joe Nathan needed only one pitch to coax a game-ending double-play grounder by Raul Ibanez. It was his fifth save in six chances, closing out the Rangers' first shutout victory over the Yankees since Aug. 16, 2000.

Tuesday night is a big night for the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls.

Boston visits the Heat on Tuesday, and then Miami packs up for a trip to Chicago on Thursday in a pair of playoff rematches from last spring. The defending East champion Heat lost by 19 at Boston last week, and trailed by as many as 17 - with Derrick Rose sitting out, no less - in what wound up as a 106-102 loss at Chicago on March 14.

Miami enters the game against the Celtics trailing Chicago by two games in the East race, although the margin is only one in the loss column. Nothing short of historic collapse would cause the Heat to slip lower than No. 2 in the East, and even though the Bulls have led the conference chase for more than a month, the No. 1 seed is still potentially within Miami's reach.

Meanwhile Chicago Bulls point guard, Derrick Rose, injured his right ankle against the Knicks on Sunday, and it will be a game-time decision on whether he will play tonight, according to ESPN.

“It was something I knew was big,” Rose said. “Where in the fourth quarter, that’s why I was walking the ball up the majority of the time. I wasn’t running because of the throbbing; I was just trying to win the game and it definitely hurts losing the game and definitely have to sit out this game if I do choose to play or choose not to play. It’s definitely going to hurt. That game hurt a lot.”

“Right now, every day it’s getting better,” Rose said. “I got a lot of treatment [Monday], coming back in this morning. Every day, every treatment, it’s getting better.”

Rose has missed a big chunk of the season, missing 12 games prior to the Knicks game with a groin injury. The league’s most recent MVP has said that the injuries are keeping him from getting into a rhythm where he can be consistently effective this year.

Thanks for listening to Kendall, Cedric and Mitchell

On Monday night the Texas Rangers faced the Seattle Mariners. It was a game where the American League Champions had the opportunity to showcase the $117 Million Dollar pitcher Yu Darvish. Gordon Jackson of the Dallas Weekley talked about the game and the excitement.

Acappella sensation TAKE 6 [Alvin Chea, Khristian Dentley, Joey Kibble, Mark Kibble, Claude V. McKnight III, David Thomas] defies category. The instantly recognizable and irrepressible ten-time GRAMMY and Dove winners are a perfect representation of what Duke Ellington called "Beyond Category." TAKE 6, who holds the distinction of being the most GRAMMY nominated vocal group in history, is truly unique in their sound: Six angelic and refined voices united in crystal clear harmony against a rip tide of syncopated rhythms, ornate arrangements, and funky grooves that bubble into an intoxicating brew of gospel, jazz, R&B and pop flavor. With ten GRAMMY Awards, ten Dove Awards, two NAACP Image Award nominations, and one Soul Train Award under their belt, members of TAKE 6 are 'musician's musicians' who have won praise from such luminaries as Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder. Brian Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald and Whitney Houston. They have even played the White House. The multi-platinum selling sextet will release their highly anticipated Shanachie Entertainment debut, ONE, on MARCH 27, 2012.

Thanks for listening to my radio show on Rejoice Musical Soul Food.

Cedric Bailey

Dallas defeat’s the San Antonio Spurs a the AAC with 106 to 99 win

Cedric Bailey and Kendall Duffie

Dallas: The Battle for the Southwest division took place at the American Airlines Center on this past Saturday night. Both teams were coming off some key wins during the week. The Mavericks defeated the Washington Bullets and the Charlotte Bobcats and San Antonio had wins over the Orlando Magic and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Mr. Kendall Duffie, was our guest this week from Nashville, Tenn. Had the opportunity to attend the game with me over the weekend. We had the opportunity to talk with both coaches Rick Carlisle and Gregg Popovich to find out their teams plans on winning the division.

Meanwhile San Antonio made the short hop from Oklahoma City on Friday night following one of their best road victories of the season. It was the location of former Spur Stephen Jackson met the team in Dallas after being acquired in a Thursday trade, getting a refresher course on Spurs basketball. The outcome of Jackson’s first game in silver and black since Game 6 of the 2003 Finals was a 106-99 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. It’s the Spurs’ first road loss since Feb. 21, when Portland beat them by 40 the last time they played the second game of a back-to-back.
This time, there was no blowout with Spurs starters sitting out to rest overworked bodies. Down as many as 14 in the fourth quarter, the Spurs were within six after a Danny Green 3-pointer with 1:52 left and had a chance to cut it to three 20 seconds later when Manu Ginobili launched a 3-pointer.
The San Antonio Spurs showed signs of fatigue from a hard fought battle in Oklahoma City on Friday night where the Spurs edged the Western Conference's number one seed getting big contributions from Parker who poured in 24 points and a season high 19 rebounds from Duncan who also contributed 16 points.

The Dallas Mavericks who were off on friday night took full advantage of the weary Spurs with big contributions from Nowitzki who went for 27 and Jason Terry adding 17. The Mavericks jumped out to an early lead and had a big edge in 2nd chance points to hold their conference rivals off and take an impressive home win.

This match up could be a preview of the Western Conference Finals...We had the opportunity to speak with Spurs coach Popovich who didn't seem to worried by Saturday’s loss and has his sights on the soon to come post season where the Spurs look to go deep this year with hopes of a 5th and final title for Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs.
In closing there were a lot of the good things that happened for the Spurs (29-14) in Oklahoma City went bad against the Mavericks (26-20). Dallas has another tough week with a Monday match up vs. the Denver Nuggets, Wednesday vs. the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio on Friday night in San Antonio. The Spurs are off until Wednesday when they will face the Minnesota Timberwolves. Be sure to check out our podcast with the players at www.baileycedric.podomatic.com or www.lavidanews.com

Garland Texas is the host city of the 2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament.

This year's Championship Game will feature the defending Champions "The Prairie View A&M Women vs Alcorn State. The Lady Braves (14-19) punched their ticket to the SWAC Women's Basketball finals with a dominating 67-41 rout of Grambling State in the first semifinal game.

Meanwhile Fifth seed Prairie View A&M made it an all-darkhorse final, upsetting top seed Mississippi Valley State 58-55 on Friday night. The winner of the SWAC Championship get's an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I tournament.

Now let's talk about the Men's Bracket. Top seed Mississippi Valley State avoided an upset, holding off Arkansas-Pine Bluff 71-64 to advance to the SWAC Men's Basketball tournament final to face No. 2 seed Texas Southern. The Delta Devils improved to 20-12, while UAPB ended their season at 11-22.

The game was tight throughout. The Devils didn't pull away until the waning moments.MVSU led 33-29 at halftime after trailing by as much as seven, 23-16, in the first half. However, they would finish the final five minutes of the half with a 17-6 run.The Lions came within three points with time running down. Savalace Townsend scored with 25 seconds left to make the score 67-64. But that would be as close as the Lions would get as MVSU held on for the win.

Finally The No. 2 seed Texas Southern got all they could handle from the sixth seed Alcorn State, but survived to move into the SWAC championship game with a 60-55 win. Junior guard Omar Strong led Texas Southern with 18 points. He was 5-for-13 from the field, with a pair of 3-pointers, and 6-for-6 from the freethrow line. Freshman guard Madarious Gibbs had 12 points and six rebounds, while junior forward D'Angelo Scott scored 10 points and had six rebounds. Senior forward Daniel King contributed eight points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

Senior guard Ken McDonald and junior guard Anthony Nieves each scored 11 points to lead Alcorn State. junior guard Martrevious Sanders finished with 10 points, five rebounds and eight assists.

Alcorn State carried a 31-29 lead in at halftime after a buzz-beating basket by guard Xavian Rimmer. The Braves hit 12-of-23 fieldgoals in the first half for 52%. However, though they only shot 31%, TSU still just trailed by two.

TSU established control early in the second half, opening open up a seven point lead on the strength of a 14-6 run to begin the last 20 minutes. A freethrow by King gave TSU a 43-36 lead with 12:53 left in the game.

Alcorn rallied late to get close. A dunk by Michael Starks had the Braves trailing 58-55 with 24 seconds left. But, a pair of freethrows by Scott put the game out of reach with 22 seconds left.

In closing we had the opportunity to interview Texas Southern Coach Tony B. Harvey to talk about his team progress.

Thanks for listening and be sure to read the Lavida News for the latest on the SWAC Tournament. www.lavidanews.com

On Sunday evening we had the opportunity to talk with Bill Ingram and Donald Ware about the 2012 NBA Season. During this podcast we will talk about the best tean in the Western conference and the Eastern Conference. Many NBA fans are wondering Magic Center Dwight Howard will be traded.

For more inforamation visit the websitewww.hoopsworld.com

Thanks for listening

Cedric Bailey, Sports Editor
www.lavidanews.com

If you missed the Greg Davis Morning show on friday morning then you missed our interview with Pastor Shirley Caesar talking about her relationship witn Whitney Houston.

Lador Frank shares the latest news in the gospel industry every Wednesday and Friday with Cedric Bailey on Rejoice Musical Soul Food. This week report is about the loss of Whitney Houston.

Gospel Singer Kim Burrell shared the following statement about their relationship.

Burrell and Houston were supposed to attend Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy party together before the 48-year old singer was found dead in her bathtub on Feb. 11 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for reasons not yet known.

The last time Burrell heard Houston's voice was on Saturday when the megastar left a voicemail message, eagerly awaiting her good friend's arrival in California.

"She left a message at about 2 o'clock. She said 'Kimi, where are you? I need to see you. Call me back. And when I did try to call her back there was no more and it doesn't feel good. It will never feel good."

During the message, Burrell said she could hear Gospel music playing in the background and Houston sounded like her typical happy self.

"She was in great spirits, she was singing," the pastor noted. "I was on my way to see her and I ended up going to the hotel but I was a little too late."

When asked if it sounded like Houston needed to talk to her about something in particular, Burrell believed that her comment was not necessarily saying anything, but that she just wanted to hug and see her friend.

"She loved me dearly and I loved her and we just wanted to see each other and hug each other and love each other."

The two friends performed a duet together last year at BET's Celebration of Gospel, singing Houston's hit song "I Look to You."

After the performance, Houston called Burrell that night and said, "Kim, I needed to do that. It felt good. And I thank God that we had an opportunity to do it together."

The Grammy-award singer then flew to Burrell's home in Houston where they watched the performance over and over again as if they had never seen it before.
As they continued to replay the song, Houston said, "Look at God. Listen to God. Look at God on us."

"We shared that moment in my living room," Burrell recalled.

Phillips asked Burrell why it was so difficult for people like Houston who struggled with addiction to hold on to a spiritual power and beat their demons.

"You know demonic forces are strong and they are persistent and consistent and every day the word of the Lord declares that we have a struggle with our flesh and our spirit," The Love Album singer responded.

"It's a constant battle but today the Lord woke me up in Psalm 46 and said 'God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in times of trouble' and I saw God be that for [Houston] ... very present in the time of trouble for her."

"Whitney was an amazing person and she had such a heart for music and the world," Burrell concluded. "She was the absolute best and I will love her forever."

In closing, We all know someone that is struggling with some addict problems. Let us continue to keep them uplifted in prayer.

Cedric Bailey
Afternoon Host
www.musicalsoulfood.com

Nikki's Way Foundation The establishment of Nikki's Way Foundation was inspired by Nakieta Jwan Cheadle who lost her battle to breast cancer. Betty Cheadle-Cobb founder of Nikki's way Foundation Inc. discovered that there is a plethora of resources available to fund cancer research and cures, but limited funding available to assist those who are fighting the battle and a financial burden to survive. Mrs. Cheadle-Cobb resolved to begin a non-profit that will provide assistance to cancer patients and their families.

We had the opportunity to sit down with Ms Betty Cheadle and talk about the concert in May. Please share this with your friends and family. For more information go the website. http://www.nikkiswayfoundation.org

Thanks for listening and there is more to come.

Captain Ray Anthony Evans

Originally from Brooklyn New York, He lives in Texas with his family.

Ray and his two sisters come from a very humble beginning. His dad was a janitor and mom was a clerk in a hospital. I started flying when I was 14 years old. While in High School I had a part time job as a Bike Messenger in New York City and worked at McDonalds to generate money for flying lessons.
I worked my way through college and graduated from Utah Valley University with a bachelors of Science degree in Aviation.

Ray has logged over 11,000 hours of flight time and currently serve as an Instructor Pilot and Check Airman for American Eagle Airlines.

Evans currently serves as the Southwestern Regional Vice President for The Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals.

Meanwhile here is the information about the movies.

On February 11, 2012, the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals in conjunction with our partner organizations such as American Airlines, American Eagle, American Airlines Federal Credit Union, McDonalds Corporation and others, have collaborated to bring important history to the Dallas and Fort Worth area.

Event Purpose:
To provide a platform that exposes and educates students throughout the Dallas and Fort Worth area about the history and heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen and their contribution to our country’s great history.

Event Target:
The target audience will be middle and high school students who could possibly possess an interest in aviation, but who have minimal exposure to this field of study.

Event Highlights:

The event will feature a private viewing of the George Lucas film, “Red Tails” which tells the heroic story of the Tuskegee Airmen.

Immediately following the movie presentation, continue with our “NETMET” or networking and mentoring program to further expose the students to the world of aerospace. Our roster of activities include inspirational singing by Imaj, entertainment by David Mann, mentoring and networking with, military and civilian pilots, air traffic controllers, aircraft mechanics, Aviation Universities, and flight schools.

This block of activities will give students even more contact with individuals that make up the aviation industry.

Join members of the professional aerospace industry, the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP), American Airlines and our partners for student outreach, fun, food and music that will inspire, educate and excite our youth as never before.

Register at www.obap.org

Thanks for listening to our interview with Capt Ray Evans

Award-winning gospel artist and D.C. fan favorite, Maurette Brown Clark has entered the Top 5 with her single “I Hear The Sound (of Victory),” continuing its rise up Billboard’s Gospel Songs Chart to #5 for the week of January 28, 2012. The first single off her acclaimed fourth solo album The Sound of Victory, “I Hear The Sound (of Victory)" marks Brown Clark’s third Top 5 single in her career thus far, following on her #1 singles “One God” and “It Ain’t Over (Until God Says It’s Over),” and setting the stage for her next single “Awesome God.” The acclaimed single marks Brown Clark’s third Top 5 single.

Please check out our interview with Maurette on Rejoice Musical Soul Food.

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In November, Maurette Brown Clark delivered a CD release concert full of passion and energy at Bethel AME Church. The Stellar Award-winning singer kept the at-capacity crowd on their feet throughout most of her high-energy performance

In great demand for her musical ministry, the longtime Baltimore resident has amassed an impressive 20 years in the gospel music industry, with hits including “Breaking Of Day,” “Just Wanna Praise You,” “Even in the Rain,” “One God” and “It Ain’t Over (Until God Says It’s Over),” and “Calvary” and “Angels” with Richard Smallwood with Vision. Growing up in Long Island, NY singing with her family group The Brown Singers, Brown Clark remains committed to expanding boundaries and uplifting others in faith as a singer, songwriter, musician, producer, wife and mother. She continues to tour across the country and worldwide sharing the Gospel, with 2012 tour dates including multiple dates in London, UK, Maryland, Florida, and Pennsylvania.

For the latest tour dates and other news about Maurette Brown Clark, please visit:http://www.maurettebrownclark.com or on facebook

Wealth Coach and Financial expert Deborah Owens joins me for our Weekly Wealth conversation. Today we're going to talk about "Check Cashing Shops-How Convenience Can Cost You Big Time."
Visiting the local check cashing shops can be detrimental to your wealth. The additional fees can cost a lot more than using a traditional bank account and there are some alternatives.
Use a credit union, local community bank , supermarket, or church. Deborah is the author of three books, Nickel and Dime Your Way to Wealth, Confident Investing and A Purse of Your Own. She has toured nationally with T.D Jakes Enterprises God's Leading Ladies and will be sharing how listeners can nickel and dime their way to wealth.

For more tips and tools visit Deborah's Gospel Blog on Rejoice Musical Soulfood website or visit her website at www.deborahowens.com

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