Sports Spectrum Podcast

Pastor Bill Orris is a high school official, pastor, father and husband. He is currently an associate pastor at Hillcrest Covenant Church in Illinois.  He has a B.A. in Bible & Theology from Wheaton College and a Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has been in full-time pastoral ministry since 1988.  Besides his role as a pastor, Orris is also a high school basketball...

Sam Acho has played nine seasons in the NFL with the Buccaneers, Bears, Cardinals and Bills. He was selected in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals after a successful college football career at the University of Texas. He is now an author and his second book, " Change Starts with You " releases March 7, 2023.  On today’s podcast, we talk to Acho about the importance of...

Jason Vanderground is president of HAVEN CREATIVE HUB and leading the "He Gets Us" campaign. Learn more at http://HeGetsUs.com   ----------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for faith/sports gift ideas? Check out our new Increase store with Sports Spectrum apparel, gifts, devotionals and more. http://TheIncrease.com  

Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy joined us from Super Bowl LVII in Phoenix.  Coach Dungy is the first African American head coach to ever win a Super Bowl. He also won a Super Bowl as a player in 1978 as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers.  ------------------------------------------------------------- Receive our 10-day Sports Spectrum Devotional written by professional athletes for FRE...

Sports Spectrum is LIVE in Phoenix for Super Bowl LVII and we got to talk to members of the Eagles and Chiefs.  Today on the podcast, we talk to Eagles running backs Kenneth Gainwell, Boston Scott, tight end Grant Calcaterra and defensive back K'Von Wallace.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receive our 10-day Sports Spectrum Devotional wr...

San Francisco 49ers QB Brock Purdy is our guest today on the podcast to talk about his incredible rookie season in 2022 and how he was able to find joy in the midst of a difficult end to the season in the NFC Championship game.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receive our 10-day Sports Spectrum Devotional written by professional athlet...

Steve Largent played 14 seasons in the NFL as a wide reciever with the Seattle Seahawks from 1976-1989. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995 and his number 80 is retired by the Seahawks.   Steve joins us today to talk about his walk with Jesus, his journey as an NFL player and why he's excited about the new "HE GETS US" Jesus commercials. -------------------------------------...

Sports Spectrum is LIVE from Phoenix, Arizona covering Super Bowl LVII between the Chiefs and Eagles. Today on the podcast, we talk to Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnoulo, tight end Noah Gray, defensive lineman Brandon Williams, kicker Harrison Butker and linebacker Nick Bolton.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Sports Spectrum is LIVE from Phoenix, Arizona covering Super Bowl LVII between the Chiefs and Eagles. Today on the podcast, we talk to Eagles assistant head coach Jemal Singleton, linebacker T.J. Edwards, punter Brett Kern and wide receiver A.J. Brown about their faith in Christ and preparing for the big game.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Dan Orlovsky covers football as an analyst for ESPN. He appears on various ESPN shows each week, including NFL Live and Get Up .  He also is a game analyst and has appeared on ESPN's college football coverage as well as Monday Night Football. Orlovsky is a former NFL quarterback who played 12 years with the Lions, Buccaneers, Texans and Colts. He announced his retirement in 2017 in an article he w...

Marcellus Casey is in his 6th season as the team chaplain of the Kansas City Chiefs.  On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Casey about his season with Kansas City, meeting Lamar Hunt when he was a child, leading the chapel services for the players and coaches this season and what he hopes to share for his Super Bowl chapel the night before the big game. Looking for faith/sports gift ideas? C...

Ted Winsley is in his 21st season as the team chaplain of the Philadelphia Eagles. He is the senior pastor at “Family Church” in New Jersey and continues to minister to the spiritual needs of the Eagles players and coaches throughout the year. On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Pastor Ted about the Eagles 2022 season, returning to the Super Bowl, faith inside the locker room this year and...

Welcome to the Sports Spectrum Minute featuring a short clip of inspiration from a previous Sports Spectrum Podcast interview. Today we hear from ESPN NFL Analyst and former NFL player Marcus Spears. He appeared on Sports Spectrum's Podcast in September 2020. You can listen to the entire interview here .  Receive our Sports Spectrum Devotional written by professional athletes for FREE when you sig...

Matthew Hasselbeck is an NFL analyst on ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown." The former quarterback played 18 NFL seasons with the Packers, Seahawks, Titans and Colts, and was named to the Pro Bowl three times. In 2021, he was inducted into the Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor. Today on the podcast, Jade McCarthy and Jason Romano talk to Hasselbeck about faith in the NFL, his favorite Super Bowl memory an...

Trevor Rosenthal is a professional baseball pitcher who has been in the Major Leagues since 2012. Originally selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 21st round of the 2009 MLB Amateur Draft, Rosenthal made his MLB debut three years later and became a staple in the St. Louis bullpen.  In 2015 Rosenthal was named the National League All-Star team and finished second in saves in both 2014 and 2015...

Nate Oats has been the head coach of the University of Alabama men’s basketball program since March 2019. He came to Tuscaloosa after five successful years as the head coach at the University of Buffalo. He is a two-time MAC Coach of the Year  and the 2021 SEC Coach of the Year. On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Coach Oats about how he has dealt with a former player's arrest a few weeks a...

Austin Adams is a MLB pitcher who was selected in the 8th round of the 2012 MLB Amateur Draft by the Angels. He was traded to the Nationals and spent three seasons with Washington (2017-19), one with Seattle (2019) and then three with the Padres (2020-2022). Today on the podcast, we talk to Austin Adams about giving his life to Christ in August 2021, living a life of surrender, making his MLB debu...

Jim Zorn is a former NFL player and NFL head coach who was the first ever starting quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks in their expansion season of 1976. Zorn would remain the starter for the next 7 seasons and finished his Seahawks career in 1984. After a few more seasons, he was finished with football after the 1987 season and then turned his attention to coaching.  In 2001, Zorn returned to th...

Angela Stanford is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. Since turning pro in 2000, she has had eight professional wins including seven on the LPGA Tour. In 2018, she won the Evian Championship and achieved her dream of winning her first LPGA Major championship.  A standout golfer in college at TCU, Stanford was a four-time All-American with the Horned Frogs and the 1999 WAC player of the year....

Tommy Edman is an infielder with the St. Louis Cardinals. After a stellar college career at Stanford, Edman was selected in the sixth round of the 2016 MLB Amateur Draft by St. Louis and made his MLB debut a few years later in 2019. In 2021, Edman won a Gold Glove for his defensive effort at second base. In 2022, he hit .265 with 13 home runs, 57 RBIs, 31 doubles, and 32 stolen bases. Today on the...

Bobby Evans was the San Francisco Giants General Manager from 2016-2018. He first joined the Giants organization in 1994 and spent 24 years total with San Francisco's front office. During his time there, he was a member of three World Series championship teams in 2010, 2012 and 2014.  Today on the podcast, we talk to Bobby about his long and winding road in the game of baseball, his favorite memor...

Heath Evans is a former NFL player who was selected in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. He would play 10 seasons with the Seahawks, Dolphins, Patriots and Saints and won a Super Bowl in 2009 with New Orleans.  After retiring, he started a broadcasting career at NFL Network that lasted from 2012 until his firing in 2017. He is now doing work with his company "Built Rea...

Jason Grimsley is a former professional baseball pitcher who played 17 years in Major League Baseball with seven different teams. He was originally selected in the 10th round of the 1985 MLB Draft by the Phillies and made his MLB debut four years later, in September of 1989. In 1999 and 2000, Grimsley was a member of the New York Yankees World Series championship teams. He pitched his last game in...

Veronica Burton is a WNBA player with the Dallas Wings. She was selected seventh overall in the first round of the 2022 WNBA Draft after a stellar career at Northwestern that saw her named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year three times.  In her senior season with Northwestern, she averaged 18 points, 4.3 assists and led the nation at 3.8 steals per game. She was named Third-Team All-American in...

Gari Meacham is an author, speaker, baseball wife and nonprofit CEO who has written multiple books and co-hosts the "Gutsy Faith" podcast. Gari's husband Bobby Meacham is a coach in the Colorado Rockies orgranization and is a former professional baseball player who played six seasons with the New York Yankees in the 1980's.  Today on the podcast, Gari tells stories of growing up in pro baseball, t...