CLEVELAND, Miss. — Delta State University will host a roundtable discussion on sports, media production, and digital content creation at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, in Jobe Hall Auditorium.
The event, titled “The Digital Sideline: Sports and Content Creation in Mississippi and Beyond,” will bring together professionals in coaching, athletics administration, journalism and independent content creation to discuss career opportunities and the changing digital sports landscape.
The roundtable is co-sponsored by the university’s School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Division of Sport and Movement Sciences. Dr. Todd Davis and Professor Don Allan Mitchell will lead the discussion.
Featured panelists include Blake Levine of the Magnolia Shine Podcast, Tangela Banks, head women’s basketball coach and interim athletic director at Mississippi Delta Community College, and Tyler Cleveland, co-host of the Crooked Letter Sports podcast.
Levine launched the Magnolia Shine Podcast after 10 years in local news. His work focuses on Mississippi sports and the stories behind the state’s teams and athletes. He is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he studied broadcast journalism.
Banks has led Mississippi Delta Community College’s women’s basketball program since 2019. During the 2024-25 season, the Lady Trojans recorded a program-best 21 wins and advanced to the Region 23 championship game. She also serves as the college’s interim athletic director.
Cleveland has about 20 years of experience covering Mississippi sports. His previous work includes reporting for the Hattiesburg American, Madison County Journal, Jackson Free Press and Clarion-Ledger, as well as digital sports coverage for Rivals and Scorebook Live. He currently co-hosts Mississippi Today’s Crooked Letter Sports podcast, which streams through Mississippi Today and YouTube.
Davis, an associate professor of sport and movement sciences, said his students are looking forward to hearing from the panelists about promoting and developing sports in Mississippi and beyond.
Dr. Charles R. Westmoreland Jr., associate professor of history and chair of the School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, said the discussion will offer insights for people across academic disciplines and professional backgrounds.
