Sports Spectrum Podcast

BONUS EPISODE   Daniel Jones and Nate Solder are our guests today on the show. Daniel is the starting quarterback of the New York Giants and Nate is his left tackle, protecting his quarterback. They both joined Jason Romano and FOX Sports Football Analyst Brock Huard on a Sports Spectrum LIVE event that took place Wednesday night April 22. Daniel and Nate both share their NFL Draft stories, as wel...

Episode 484   Christina Hovestadt currently works for the NFL as a community relations manager. She is also a speaker, and host of “The Set Apart Women” podcast.   Prior to her role with the NFL, Hovestadt served as executive director of the Rashad Jennings Foundation, led by former NFL running back and “Dancing with the Stars: Season 24” champion, Rashad Jennings. A former collegiate volleyball p...

BONUS EPISODE   Trey Burton is a Super Bowl winning tight end who has played six NFL seasons with the Eagles and Bears. He won a Super Bowl a few years ago helping Philadelphia to their first ever Super Bowl title after defeating the Patriots. He'll always be connected to that game because of the play "Philly Special" where Trey threw a touchdown pass to quarterback Nick Foles that helped change t...

Episode 483 Michael Turk is a punter who is preparing to embark on a career in the NFL after punting for Arizona State in 2019. He was named First-Team All-Pac 12 after averaging 46 yards per punt and had 23 punts of 50+ yards.  Turk's football pedigree stems from his family, his uncle Matt Turk was a three-time NFL Pro Bowl punter and his uncle Dan was an NFL long snapper for many years.  Prior t...

Episode 482   Greg Stier is the co-founder of Dare 2 Share ministries that was birthed in 1991 out of a desire that Greg had to see teenagers come to faith in Jesus. The ministry is designed to equip teens to share the Gospel of Jesus and since its inception, Greg and his team have equipped more than a million young people to share their faith.   Greg has authored 20 books, written countless artic...

BONUS EPISODE   Steven Souza is a member of the Chicago Cubs. On this episode of the podcast, he shares how he is coping with the pandemic, training with his wife, how his previous MLB Spring Training experiences have helped him deal with uncertainty, his amazing testimony of faith in Christ and his desire to share the hope found in Jesus with others.    For more stories of sports and faith, check...

Episode 481 Carlos Whittaker is a speaker and author of three books including "Kill the Spider" and his latest, "ENTER WILD" which releases on June 16, 2020.    * Interview recorded prior to coronavirus outbreak.   He speaks at some of the largest churches in the country and at conferences including the Orange Conference, Catalyst, MomCon and many others.    A People's Choice Award winner and host...

BONUS EPISODE   NFL quarterback Chase Daniel joins us today to talk about the new contract he signed with the Detroit Lions, his new internet show "Chase Chats," the adjustments he's had to make to being home all the time during this pandemic, his journey to faith in Jesus and how his time in Philadelphia during the 2016 season was particularly encouraging to him and helped him become a better spi...

EPISODE 480 * Interview recorded prior to coronavirus outbreak.   Tom Allen is the head football coach at the University of Indiana. He was named as the head man for the Hoosiers in December of 2016.   In 2019, his team went 8-5 on the season and lost in the Gator Bowl 23-22 to Tennessee but their eight wins gave Indiana its best football season in 26 years. In January, Allen signed a new seven ye...

Episode 479 John Eldredge is a bestselling author, a counselor, and a teacher. He is also president of Ransomed Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God's love, and learn to live in God's kingdom.   In his new book  Get Your Life Back , released in February 2020, John provides a practical, simple, and refreshing guide to taking your lif...

BONUS EPISODE Don Christensen is the Executive Vice President of the Professional Athlete Division of Ronald Blue Trust   As part of the Pro Athlete Division, Don and his team assist professional athletes in building their wealth, giving generously, and managing their financial resources wisely. Through Don's 30+ years of personally working with pro athletes and their families, he has learned how...

Episode 478 Nick Hill is the head football coach for Southern Illinois University. He became the school's quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator in January 2014, and was named the Salukis' interim head coach in December 2015. He's been the permanent coach since. Under Hill's guidance, the team improved from two wins in 2018 to seven in 2019.   Hill played his college football at Southern...

BONUS EPISODE Natalie Chou plays college basketball for UCLA. She just finished her redshirt junior season after transferring to the Bruins from Baylor University.    Natalie played her high school basketball in Plano, Texas where she helped her team to a Texas 6a State Regional Championship in 2015 and was a Mcdonald's High School All-American in 2016.    She was a member of the USA Basketball U1...

Episode 477 Jimmy Dykes covers college basketball as an analyst for ESPN. A 1985 graduate of the University of Arkansas, Dykes played college basketball under head coach Eddie Sutton before joining the coaching ranks as an assistant at places like Kentucky and Oklahoma State.   After scouting in the NBA for a few years, Dykes joined the broadcasting ranks and began his 19-year career with ESPN in...

BONUS Michael Schlact had dreams of making it to the big leagues as a pitcher. He was selected in the third round of the 2004 MLB Amateur Draft by the Texas Rangers after a stellar high school pitching career in Marietta, Georgia.    His professional pitching journey would last 9 seasons and he would reach as high as the double-A level but injuries and other circumstances caused him to retire afte...

Episode 476 Brian Tome is the pastor of Crossroads Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, 2017's fastest-growing church in America. Brian has authored four books including his best-seller, "The Five Marks of a Man. He also hosts The Aggressive Life podcast and is part of AMAZON PRIME's new show Phantom Lake, a seven episode series where Tome becomes a father-figure to nine other motorcycle riders as he leads...

BONUS EPISODE Selected in the 29th round of the 2002 MLB Amateur Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays, Erik Kratz has lived the pro baseball life for the past 18 years. He waited eight years until finally making his MLB debut in July 2010 at the age of 30 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His MLB journey has taken him from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, Toronto, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Houston, Pittsburgh an...

Episode 475 * Interview recorded prior to coronavirus outbreak. Chris Cauley is a music director, vocalist, and sports fanatic from Atlanta, GA. Drawing from over 18 years’ experience in live event production, including touring as an artist, being a part of NBC’s The Voice, and working with A-list artists & producers, Chris has a unique perspective into what makes production excellent and what dri...

Episode 474 * Interview recorded prior to coronavirus outbreak. Matthew Barnett is the co-founder of the Dream Center in Los Angeles, a 400,000 square-foot hospital-like building that sits next to the Hollywood freeway in Los Angeles, where it houses and helps homeless families, veterans, kids who have aged out of the foster care system and need a place to live, victims of human trafficking, and p...

Episode 473 Darryl Strawberry is an 8-time MLB All-Star who played 17 seasons in the big leagues with the Mets, Dodgers, Giants and Yankees. He is a four-time World Series champion, the New York Mets all-time leader in career home runs (252) and was inducted to the team’s hall of fame in 2010.   Nick Ahmed is a two-time Gold Glove winning shortstop with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was selected by...

BONUS EPISODE Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac joined us LIVE on Facebook on Thursday March 26th to talk about how his recovery to a knee injury is coming, the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA season being suspended, becoming an ordained minister and living a life that glorifies Jesus. You can watch the interview on Facebook here  and read more stories of sports and faith on our website - http://...

Episode 472 Robert Morris is the founding lead senior pastor of Gateway Church, a multicampus church based out of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Since it began in 2000, the church has grown to more than 71,000 active attendees.  His television program is aired in over 190 countries, and his radio program,  Worship & the Word with Pastor Robert , airs in more than 1,800 radio markets across Ameri...

BONUS EPISODE Korey Harris is currently an assistant basketball coach for the Chinese Basketball Association's Beijing Royal Fighters under their head coach, former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury. He came to China in August of 2018 and was hired by Marbury to coach with the Royal Fighters in September of 2019.  Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Korey has been in quarantine and isolation in his China...

Episode 471 Katie Engleson is a reporter covering sports for FOX Sports Southwest. She is a sideline reporter for the WNBA's Dallas Wings, covers the Mavericks, the New Orleans Pelicans and the Texas Rangers. The 2016 Alabama Crimson Tide graduate was a baton twirler in college and served as an Alabama Crimsonette during football games. She is also a part of the Best Buddies Texas Junior Advisory...

BONUS EPISODE Aaron Craft is currently playing professional basketball in Italy for Aquila Basket Trento, and lives in Trento, Italy, with his wife and son. Trento is in northern Italy, a little less than three hours from what Craft described as the “epicenter” of the Coronavirus outbreak. Know for his tenacious defense during his time in college at Ohio State, Aaron was named the 2014 NABC Defens...