Sports Spectrum Podcast

Episode 236 Jack Easterby is in his 6th season as the New England Patriots Team Character Coach as well as a Director of Team Development. In addition to his current role with the Patriots, Easterby has served in consulting roles for the National Football League, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Southeastern Conference, the University of South Carolina, Clemson University, the United States Olympic Tea...

Episode 235 Micah Bowie is in the fight of his life. The former MLB pitcher had stints from 1999-2008 with the Braves, Cubs, A's, Nationals and Rockies. After retiring from the game due to injury, Micah had to receive back surgery. The back surgery resulted in severe lung damage as well as damage to his liver and diaphragm. Less than 10% of his lungs are functioning and as of January 2019, he is s...

Episode 234 Dave and Ann Wilson are the author of the new book "Vertical Marriage." They are also the co-founders and teaching pastors at Kensington Community Church, a national, multi-campus church that hosts more than 14,000 attendees every weekend. For the past twenty-five years, they have been featured speakers at FamilyLife’s Weekend to Remember, and have also hosted their own marriage confer...

Episode 233 Tony Dungy is a #1  New York Times  bestselling author whose books include  Quiet Strength, Uncommon, The Mentor Leader, and Uncommon Marriage . He led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory on February 4, 2007, the first such win for an African American head coach. Dungy established another NFL first by becoming the first head coach to lead his teams to the playoffs for ten cons...

Episode 232 Daniel Murphy is a member of the Colorado Rockies after signing a 2-year deal in December 2018. Selected in the 13th round of the 2006 MLB Draft by the New York Mets, Murphy would make his big league debut in August of 2008. He would be selected to his first All-Star Game in 2014 and then a year later, led the Mets to the World Series after setting a postseason record, hitting a home r...

Isaac Bruce played wide receiver in the NFL from 1994-2009. Selected in the second round of the 1994 NFL Draft (33rd overall) by the Rams and played 14 seasons with them, playing in two Super Bowls, winning one in 1999 and earning four trips to the Pro Bowl. He is currently 5th all-time on the NFL's receiving yardage list with 15,208 and had 7 seasons of 1,000 or more receiving yards. With the Ram...

Episode 231 Trent Dilfer was named the head football coach at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, TN on Friday January 18, 2019. Selected in the first round (6th overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dilfer played 14 seasons in the NFL from 1994-2007 with Tampa, Baltimore, Seattle, Cleveland and San Francisco. He was a Pro Bowl selection in 1997 and helped lead the Ravens to the S...

Episode 230 Michael McDowell has been on a race track almost his entire life. At the early age of three, when most kids were learning to ride a tricycle, McDowell began competing in bicycle motocross (BMX) events. At eight years old, he moved up to four wheels and started kart racing, traveling the country for the next 10 years – along the way winning 18 consecutive feature races, a World Karting...

Episode 229 As the third most accurate placekicker in NFL history at the time of his retirement, Rolf Benirschke had an illustrious 10-year career with the San Diego Chargers. The Pro Bowl kicker was named the 1983 Walter Payton Man of the Year and 11 years after retiring, he was inducted into the Chargers Hall of Fame. In his second NFL season, Benirschke was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. He...

Episode 228 Demario Davis is a linebacker with the New Orleans Saints. He was selected in the third round of the 2012 draft by the New York Jets, for whom he played four seasons before signing a deal with the Browns. In 2017, he was dealt back to the Jets, where he had a career year with 135 combined tackles and five sacks while starting all 16 games. In March 2018, Davis became an unrestricted fr...

Chad Hennings won 3 Super Bowls playing for the Dallas Cowboys from 1992-2000.  Prior to his NFL career, Chad served at the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he had a fantastic college career, winning the 1987 Outland Trophy and being named an All-American. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006. Hennings served four years in the Air Force before his NFL career. He flew dozens of...

Episode 227 Neal Young was named the head basketball coach at Covenant College (Division III) in August of 2017.  Young came to Covenant after spending four years as head coach at Goshen (Ind.) College. In his first year at Covenant, Young set a program record for wins by a first-year head coach as he guided the Scots to an 18-10 overall record, tying a program record for winning percentage, and a...

Episode 226 Jaime García was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 22nd round of the 2005 MLB Amateur Draft. On July 11, 2008, he made his MLB debut with the Cardinals against the Pirates. He won a World Series in 2011 after going 13-7 with a 3.56 ERA for St. Louis and became just the second Mexican-born pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela in 1981 to ever start a World Series game. In December...

Episode 225 David Stein is the co-host of "Rise and Stein" on Victory 91.5 FM in Atlanta. He's also the Spiritual Development Pastor at Revolution Church in Atlanta. Prior to his work in the ministry, David was a sports talk show host with Fox Sports Radio and Sporting News Radio. But David's story is more than his job. A former Jewish-Atheist, David's conversion to faith is incredible, improbable...

Episode 224 David Stein is the co-host of "Rise and Stein" on Victory 91.5 FM in Atlanta. He's also the Spiritual Development Pastor at Revolution Church in Atlanta.  Prior to his work in the ministry, David was a sports talk show host with Fox Sports Radio and Sporting News Radio. But David's story is more than his job. A former Jewish-Atheist, David's conversion to faith is incredible, improbabl...

Episode 223 In 2018, Clinton McDonald played defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders. Selected in 2009 by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 7th round (249th overall), he would begin to make his mark with the Seahawks, arriving there in 2011 and helping his club to a Super Bowl victory in 2013, beating the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII.  In 2014, Clinton arrived in Tampa, and played 4 seasons with the...

Nick Foles joined us on Episode 124 of the podcast back in July 2, 2018. He was selected by the Eagles in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft and made the Pro Bowl in 2013 before being traded to the Rams and then a stint with the Chiefs before coming back to the Eagles in 2017 as the backup to Carson Wentz. In December 2017, starting QB Carson Wentz injured his knee and two months later, Foles w...

Episode 222 Jason Avant was selected by the Eagles in the 4th round of the 2006 NFL Draft out of Michigan. The wide receiver played 8 seasons in Philadelphia, catching passes from Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick and Nick Foles. After his tenure with the Eagles ended in 2013, he finished his career with Carolina and Kansas City before retiring after the 2015 season.  Avant played in 8 playoff games wi...

Episode 221 Rocky Seto was living the dream as an NFL coach. Working for Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks, Seto was a part of a team that made two straight Super Bowls and an NFL championship in 2013. And then, after the 2016 season, Seto decided to leave his dream job and enter ministry, as a pastor. Seto played college football at USC in 1997 and 1998, and then became a coach soon thereafte...

Episode 220 Rocky Seto was living the dream as an NFL coach. Working for Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks, Seto was a part of a team that made two straight Super Bowls and an NFL championship in 2013. And then, after the 2016 season, Seto decided to leave his dream job and enter ministry, as a pastor.  Seto played college football at USC in 1997 and 1998, and then became a coach soon thereaft...

Episode 219 Benjamin Watson has played 15 NFL seasons as a tight end with the Patriots, Browns, Saints and Ravens. After an all-SEC senior campaign with Georgia, he was drafted in the 1st round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. As a Patriot, Benjamin received a Super Bowl ring in his rookie season of 2004 as well as appearing in another Super Bowl in 2007. He also play with Clevel...

Episode 218 On January 1, 2019, Tyler Trent passed away after a courageous battle with bone cancer. The 20-year old Purdue superfan's faith in Jesus Christ was strong and he lived that faith out during his last few months as the Boilermaker's honorary team captain. David Blough is Tyler's friend as well as the quarterback of the Purdue Boilermakers.  From 2015-2018, Blough started 36 games for Pur...

Episode 217 Lavall Jordan was named the head coach of the Butler men's basketball team on June 14, 2017. He came to Butler after a one year stint as head coach with Milwaukee. Prior to that, he spent 6 seasons as an assistant coach with the University of Michigan, where he was a part of 2 Final Fours and a National Championship appearance in 2013. As a player, Jordan was part of the resurgence of...

Episode 216 Luke Swan is the co-creator of FaithFit, a platform helps Christians experience the Gospel while they workout. On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Luke about New Years Resolutions, getting fit physically and spiritually in 2019, how the two are essential for believers to reach their maximum potential for Christ and how faith and fitness can impact other areas of our lives. For m...

Episode 215 Dansby Swanson was the first overall selection in the 2015 MLB Amateur Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. In December 2015, he was traded to the Atlanta Braves.  He played his college ball at Vanderbilt where he was named the 2014 College World Series Most Valuable Player after helping lead his club to the title.  He made his MLB debut on August 17,2016 and became the Braves every day...