Erica L. Ayala
Multimedia Sports Journalist | ๐ #WNBA Awards & HoopHall Lieberman Award Voter | ๐๏ธ Podcast Host: ๐Locked on Kraken, ๐ฝGotta Get Up (NY Liberty) & ๐ฉ๏ธ Tempestade Talk (SEA Storm)BA, Elon U. | MPA, NYU Founder of ๐ช๐พ @blackrosiemedia.bsky.social
Appears in 18 Episodes
Nneka Ogwumike Is Retiring โ What She Meant to Seattle & What's Next for Dom & France
The news hit fast. Nneka Ogwumike announced this will be her final season. Satu Sabally is out of the FIBA World Cup. Azzi Fudd is done for the year. And Roberta came ...
Dom Showed Out, the Storm Finally Won โ Now What?
26 points. 10 rebounds. 3 blocks. Dom was dominant and the Storm finally snapped their 11-game losing streak with a 97-88 win over Chicago. Natisha Hiedeman went a per...
Seattle Storm Are Building Something Special, But Late Losses Have to Stop
NOTE: This episode was recorded LIVE on July 17th Three-game losing streak. Close games. Same late-game breakdowns. Storm faithful know this feeling โ and Erica and R...
Dominique Malonga Is a WNBA All-Star ๐ฉ๏ธ Can the Storm Hand Atlanta Loss #6?
Dom is an All-Star. Full stop. ๐ฉ๏ธย We celebrate Dominique Malonga's first All-Star selection โ the third-youngest in WNBA history at just 20 years old โ then break dow...
Seattle Storm Win Streak โ Season Turning Point? | Flau'jae & Awa Fam Are Built Different
Two in a row. The Seattle Storm are BACK. ๐ฉ๏ธโก After an 11-game losing streak that tested every Storm faithful, Seattle closed out Pride Weekend on a high โ back-to-bac...
๐ฉ๏ธ TEMPESTADE TALK |More of This! Malonga Drops 37 But Storm Fall in OT Heartbreaker
112-110. Overtime. Azzi Fudd. 13 seconds. That's how the Seattle Storm's 3-15 season got one more loss โ but make no mistake, this was the best we've seen from this te...
S3.E11 | 3-13 and Falling: What's Wrong with the Seattle Storm?
The Seattle Storm fall to the expansion Portland Fire 94-89, dropping to 3-13 on the season. Dom Malonga goes off for a career-high 28 points and 11 rebounds. Jade Mel...
BRICK BY BRICK | Storm Hang Tough vs. Sparks & Aces + Lexie Brown waived
The future frontcourt is officially here. Domonique Malonga and Awa Fam got their first start together last night against the Los Angeles Sparks โ and all five Storm s...
Seattle Storm 2026 Losing Streak: What's Going Wrong?
The Seattle Storm just dropped their fourth straight โ a 72-68 loss to the Phoenix Mercury at home โ and sit at 3-8. Erica and Roberta are live to break down the skid,...
PROGRESS OR MISSED OPPORTUNITY? | Tempestade Talk Ep. 8 ๐ฉ๏ธ
The Storm beat the Mystics on Sunday. Then lost to them on Wednesday. Seattle is now 3-5 โ so what exactly is going on with this team? Tonight we're breaking it all do...
โ๏ธ Tempestade Talk S3.E7 | Seattle Storm hand Connecticut Sun FIRST WIN
Has the novelty worn off in Seattle? Tempestade Talk hosts Roberta F. Rodrigues and Erica L. Ayala breakdown the latest Storm loss. Despite a strong surge late, Seattl...
โ๏ธ S3.E6 | Storm Fall to Toronto 86-73, Should Jade Melbourne Be Starting?
RECORDED LIVE on May 15, 2026 The Seattle Storm dropped their second straight last night in Toronto, falling 86-73 as the Tempo notched the first win in franchise hist...
S3.E4: Biggest TAKEAWAYS from 2026 Seattle Storm Preseason
LIVE on April 30th at 6:30 p.m. PT Preseason Game 2 just wrapped: the Storm hosted the expansion Portland Fire at Climate Pledge Arena, and we have full reaction, high...
S3.E3: Is Flau'Jae Johnson primed to be the next Seattle Storm Star?!
๐Recorded LIVE: Thursday April 23 at 6:30 PM PT Training camp is open and a Category 4 is forming in the Emerald City. โ๏ธ The Sonia Raman era is officially underway โ ...
Flau'jae Johnson to Seattle! Move of the Draft or Too Good to Be True? | Tempestade Talk S3.E2 LIVE
The 2026 WNBA Draft is done โ and the Seattle Storm didn't just participate, they took it over. First, they selected Spanish international center Awa Fam Thiam at No. ...
Tempestade Talk S3.E1: The 2026 WNBA Draft & Free Agency Special
RECORDED LIVE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 The Storm are at a crossroads โ and the decisions made this week will define the next era of Seattle basketball. With the No. 3๏ธโฃ ove...
What is Jordan Horstonโs Role with a New-Look Seattle Storm? #WNBA #podcast
Join Roberta F. Rodrigues and Erica L. Ayala to discuss the latest women's basketball and Seattle Storm news. This episode, we take a look back into Jordan Horston's s...
Ezi Magbegor: From Storm Anchor to Olympic BEAST ๐
Ezi Magbegor: From Storm anchor to Olympic beast! ๐ See how this WNBA star evolved into a defensive powerhouse for Seattle and dominated at the Paris Olympics. Dive in...