Corey Grooms
Co-Host
Corey Grooms is a Sports Sociologist, life-long educator, writer, and basketball historian with a background in Sociology. The majority of his professional experience has been counseling, mentoring, and teaching life-skills through the combination of education, poetry, and basketball. Corey has worked and coached at every level of the educational system, however, his desire is to help inner-city children achieve their dreams despite the odds that are against them. He has also written two books:
Love & Basketball: Memoirs of Life and Urban Mindscape: The Journey to Reality
which help the youth to cope with the challenges of growing up in today's society.
EDUCATION
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
B.A. Deviant Behavior & Social Control
SUNY College At Old Westbury
B.A. Media & Communications
B.A. American Studies
United States Sports Academy
M.S.S. Sports Studies
Pushback: Beyond The 120
https://www.amazon.com/Push-Back-Beyond-C-GROOMS/dp/1735917214
Urban Mindscape: The Journey to Reality
http://www.tengpublishing.com/9.html
https://www.facebook.com/tengpublishing
Sharia Marcus-Carter
Co-Host
Sharia Marcus-Carter has coached at various levels of basketball which includes college and the Amateur Athletic Union circuit. She has also worked extensively in the development of young players through her experience at basketball camps and skill development clinics around the world. Her passion is fueled by inspiring student-athletes to learn the different facets of the Sports Management Business as it relates to their life off of the court. She is the Owner and CEO of SMC Sports Consulting, LLC. A company that focuses on helping high school student athletes through the college recruiting process in addition to helping current college students who are looking to transfer schools.
EDUCATION
Southern New Hampshire University
B.S. Business Studies
(Concentration Sport Management)
M.S. Sport Management
(Concentration Athletic Administration)
Email
smarcuscarter@trusportstalk.com
SMC Sports Consulting LLC
https://www.facebook.com/smcsports10
https://www.instagram.com/smcsports10
Rob Maylor
Co-Host
“I am an invisible man...I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.” -Ralph Ellison
EDUCATION
Mercer University
B.S. Criminal Justice
(Concentration Forensic Psychology)
Southern New Hampshire University
M.S. Justice Studies
(Concentration Homeland Security)
(Concentration Emergency Service)
Email
https://www.facebook.com/purepilatesyoga
https://www.instagram.com/purepilatesyoga