Sports Spectrum Podcast

Today on the podcast, our Sports Spectrum Managing Editor Jon Ackerman joins host Jason Romano to preview the 2022 Fall edition of the Sports Spectrum Magazine with New Orleans Saints All-Pro linebacker Demario Davis on the cover.  SIGN UP  HERE  for Sports Spectrum Magazine. Use the code SS15OFF to save 15% on a one-year subscription.

Randall Cunningham played 16 seasons in the NFL as quarterback with the Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens. During his career, he was a four-time Pro Bowler and a three-time Bert Bell award winner for the NFL's player of the year.  The UNLV grad was selected in the second round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Eagles and played 11 seasons in Philadelphia and in...

Annika Schmidt is a professional soccer player with the Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). In college, she was a three-year starter at Butler University and selected to the All-Big East First-Team three consecutive years. In 2020, she signed to play soccer overseas in Sweden with Goteborg FC and then in January 2021, she signed with the Houston Dash and the NWSL. In May 202...

Carlos PenaVega is a actor and singer and a member of the group Big Time Rush. He starred in the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush from 2009-2013 and has been a part of multiple television and film roles in his eighteen year career. After appearing on multiple albums with Big Time Rush, PenaVega pursued a solo career and released his first solo single, "Electrico"  in 2014. That same year, he marri...

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 Host Samantha Ponder.  She appeared on Sports Spectrum's Podcast in October 2018. You can listen to the entire interview here .  Receive our Sports Spectrum Devotional written by professional athletes for FREE when you sign up for our Sports Spe...

Joe Kim is the Director of Skill Development with the New England Patriots. He is a member of the 2018 Patriots championship team that beat the Rams 13-3 to win Super Bowl LIII.  Prior to his time in New England, Kim has been a part of multiple teams as a skill coach including Chicago, Washington, Kansas City, Buffalo, Denver, Green Bay, Miami and Dallas. He got his start as an assistant coach in...

Bryce Young is the starting quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide. In 2021, he won the Heisman Trophy and was named AP College Football Player of the Year after throwing for 4,872 yards and 48 touchdowns, leading Alabama to 13 wins and a berth in the College Football National Championship Game.  Receive our 10-day Sports Spectrum Devotional written by professional athletes for FREE when you sig...

David Pollack is a college football analyst for ESPN. He was selected 17th overall in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals, but his career was cut short by a neck injury sustained Sept. 17, 2006, in a game against the Cleveland Browns. As a defensive end at the University of Georgia, he was just the second Bulldog to be named a three-time All-American (Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker...

Welcome to the Sports Spectrum Minute featuring a short clip of inspiration from a previous Sports Spectrum Podcast interview. Today we hear from Baylor head football coach Dave Aranda. He appeared on Sports Spectrum's Podcast in June 2020. You can listen to the entire interview here .  Receive our Sports Spectrum Devotional written by professional athletes for FREE when you sign up for our Sports...

Rich Gannon is a former NFL QB who played 18 seasons with Minnesota, Washington, Kansas City and Oakland. He was the 2002 NFL Most Valuable Player and led the Raiders to the AFC championship and a trip to Super Bowl XXXVII.  After his NFL career, Gannon moved to the broadcasting booth and called NFL games for CBS Sports from 2005 to 2020. He is currently doing broadcast work with the CBS Sports Ne...

Steve Palazzolo is a former pro baseball pitcher who is currently a senior analyst with Pro Football Focus, a football analytics website. He played his college baseball at UMass-Lowell and wasn’t drafted, but signed to play independent-league ball with the Florence Freedom in Kentucky. He was able to turn that opportunity into an eight-year pro baseball career that saw him reach as high as Triple-...

Don Munson is the Director of Broadcasting and the play-by-play voice of the Clemson Tigers. Munson serves as the play-by-play broadcaster for Clemson football, men’s basketball and baseball. Additionally, he hosts weekly football and basketball coaches shows, works in conjunction with the video and communication departments to provide assistance with video features, hosts banquets and meetings an...

Welcome to the Sports Spectrum Minute featuring a short clip of inspiration from a previous Sports Spectrum Podcast interview. Today we hear from St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright. He appeared on Sports Spectrum's Podcast in June 2017. You can listen to the entire interview here .  Receive our Sports Spectrum Devotional written by professional athletes for FREE when you sign up for our S...

Jordan Kunaszyk is a professional football player. He went undrafted in 2019 after a college football career at Cal that saw him named as a First-Team All-Pac-12 in 2018. After signing with the Panthers in 2019, he spent 2020 and 2021 with Washington. Today on the podcast, we talk to Jordan Kunaszyk about his faith, his purpose as a football player to share Christ, what it means to make disciples,...

Greg Ellis is currently the head football coach at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, Texas. Ellis is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he starred as a three-time First-Team All-ACC and was selected 8th overall in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys. Ellis played eleven seasons with the Cowboys from 1998-2008 and then finished up hi...

Ally Ewing is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She played college golf at Mississippi State University where she won five events including the Mississippi State Amateur twice and the North and South Women's Amateur. She played on the winning U.S. teams in the 2013 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship and the 2014 Curtis Cup. In October 2020, Ewing won won her first LPGA victory, w...

Welcome to the Sports Spectrum Minute featuring a short clip of inspiration from a previous Sports Spectrum Podcast interview. Today we hear from Las Vegas Raiders Pro Bowl wide receiver Hunter Renfrow. He appeared on Sports Spectrum's Podcast in May 2017. You can listen to the entire interview here .  Receive our Sports Spectrum Devotional written by professional athletes for FREE when you sign u...

Malik Reed is a professional football player with the Denver Broncos. After playing his college football at Nevada, Reed signed as an undrafted free agent with Denver and immediately made an impact, making the team and contributing two sacks in 15 games played. In 2020, he took a leap and started 13 of 16 games and contributing a team-leading eight sacks. In October 2021, Reed registered his fourt...

Grace Lyons is a shortstop for the Oklahoma Sooners softball team. She has helped her team win back-to-back national championships in 2021 and 2022. This past season, she hit .401 with 23 home runs and 70 RBI. Her steady play at shortstop only saw her make six errors the entire season and she was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. Lyons was also recently nam...

Paul Allen has been the voice of the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network since 2002. He also hosts a daily show "Allen's Page" on KFAN radio in Minneapolis and is the voice at Canterbury Park horse racing each summer. He's called more than 40,000 horse races and over 400 Minnesota Vikings games. Allen came to faith in Christ at age 52 in June of 2019 and is also now the host of the "Faith and Goal Pod...

Welcome to the Sports Spectrum Minute. A new segment featuring a short clip of inspiration from a previous Sports Spectrum Podcast interview. Today we hear from Kelli Masters, one of the handful of female NFL player agents in the NFL. He appeared on Sports Spectrum's Podcast in August 2017. You can listen to the entire interview here .  Receive our Sports Spectrum Devotional written by professiona...

Shane Beamer is the head football coach at South Carolina. He just finished his first season with the Gamecocks in 2021 and went 7-6 and won the Duke's Mayo Bowl 38-21 over North Carolina. Beamer is the son of former Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer and played football for his father in the late 1990's as a wide receiver and long snapper. Following in the footsteps of his dad, Beamer was a gr...

Brandon Puffer was a former professional baseball pitcher. He was selected in the 27th round of the 1994 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins. After stints with the Angels, Reds and Rockies, Puffer signed with the Astros and made his MLB debut on April 17, 2002. He also had stints with the Red Sox, Padres and Giants.  In 2008, Puffer's baseball career ended when he was arrested for burglary of a habit...

Jonathan Evans is the team chaplain for the Dallas Cowboys and an accomplished speaker, teacher and author. He currently serves on the pastoral staff at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship with his father, Dr. Tony Evans. His sister, Priscilla Shirer, is a speaker, author and actor, and his brother, Anthony, is a singer and worship leader. Jonathan played college football at Baylor, was an undrafted free a...

Welcome to the Sports Spectrum Minute. A new segment featuring a short clip of inspiration from a previous Sports Spectrum Podcast interview. Today we hear from former 6-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman and current ESPN NFL Analyst Jeff Saturday.  He appeared on Sports Spectrum's Podcast in December 2018. You can listen to the entire interview here .  Receive our Sports Spectrum Devotional written...