Sports Spectrum Podcast

Episode 214 Rich Wingo played linebacker for the Alabama Crimson Tide from 1976-78. He was selected in the 7th round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, where he would play 6 seasons at Lambeau Field from 1979-1984.  A former assistant coach with the Crimson Tide from 1987-89, Wingo was part of that 1978 Alabama national championship team that won the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 1979 and...

Every Sunday during Autumn, millions tune into the NFL Red Zone Channel to watch the National Football League. The man who leads the charge on that show is Scott Hanson from the NFL Network. The Syracuse graduate has been with the NFL Network since 2006. In this #ThrowbackThursday edition of the podcast, we hear the i amazing story of how he came to faith in Christ, the movie that he rented that c...

Episode 213 Jacie Hoyt is in her second season as the head coach of the University of Missouri-Kansas City women's basketball team. She is the youngest Division One coach in women's basketball.  From 2014-2017, Jacie was an assistant coach with Kansas State. Prior to that, from 2011-2014, she was an assistant coach at the University of Nevada.  Her basketball career began in Kansas, playing for he...

Episode 212 D'Brickashaw Ferguson played 10 seasons in the NFL from 2006-2015, all with the New York Jets. He was selected 4th overall in the 2005 draft after playing college football at the University of Virginia. He announced his retirement from football in April of 2016 at the age of 33. In his decade of football, Ferguson played and started in every game of his career. He played in 10,707 out...

Episode 211 D'Brickashaw Ferguson played 10 seasons in the NFL from 2006-2015, all with the New York Jets. He was selected 4th overall in the 2005 draft after playing college football at the University of Virginia. He announced his retirement from football in April of 2016 at the age of 33. In his decade of football, Ferguson played and started in every game of his career. He played in 10,707 out...

Episode 210 Dave Frey is the lead singer for the band Sidewalk Prophets since 2001. Since then, the band has released three major studio albums and five #1 hits including "You Love Me Anyway," "The Words I Would Say," "Live Like That" and "Come to the Table." A die-hard sports fan, Frey carries allegiances to the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Cubs. Dave was able to celebrate his team's 2016 W...

Episode 209 Tommy Kyle is the Executive Director of the Nations of Coaches in Alabama. Tommy has served with Nations of Coaches since 2008. As executive director, he oversees the implementation of Nations of Coaches’ core vision: to help coaches achieve their higher calling of shaping the character of the next generation of young men. Kyle played basketball collegiately at Tennessee Temple Univers...

Episode 208 Dan Naulty pitched for 4 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Twins and Yankees from 1996-1999. He was a member of the 1999 World Series championship team with the Bronx Bombers. He was selected in the 14th round of the 1992 MLB Draft by the Twins out of Cal State Fullerton where he played in the 1992 College World Series. Naulty was part of the steroid era of baseball and admitte...

Episode 207 Dan Naulty pitched for 4 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Twins and Yankees from 1996-1999. He was a member of the 1999 World Series championship team with the Bronx Bombers. He was selected in the 14th round of the 1992 MLB Draft by the Twins out of Cal State Fullerton where he played in the 1992 College World Series. Naulty was part of the steroid era of baseball and admitte...

Episode 206 Jeff Saturday played 13 seasons in the NFL with the Colts (1999-2011) and Packers (2012). After retirement, Saturday joined ESPN as an NFL analyst in 2013 where he remains today providing analysis for shows such as NFL LIVE and SportsCenter. Though he entered the league as an undrafted free agent, Saturday was a fixture on the Colts teams that won Super Bowl XLI and represented the AFC...

Episode 205 Trinea Gonczar is a former gymnast and a longtime family friend of Dr. Larry Nassar. Nasser, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor and osteopathic physician at Michigan State University, committed criminal acts of sexual assault, that were the basis of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, in which he was accused of molesting at least 250 girls and young women and 1 young man including...

Hunter Renfrow plays wide receiver for the Clemson Tigers football team. In January of 2017, Renfrow caught a 2-yard touchdown pass from Deshaun Watson to lift the Tigers to the National Championship, beating Alabama 35-31.  Last season, Renfrow as named Third-Team All-ACC after catching 60 passes for 602 yards and three touchdowns in leading Clemson back to the College Football playoff.  On this...

Episode 204 Ted Scott is the caddy to PGA Tour Bubba Watson. He's been a caddy for 18 years on the PGA Tour working with golfers such as Fred Funk, Grant Waite, John Cook and Paul Azinger. In 2006, Ted and Bubba began working together and they've been together ever since. On this episode of the podcast, Ted shares what life as a caddy on the PGA Tour is like, how he came to work with Bubba Watson,...

Episode 203 Bobby Robins is a retired professional ice hockey player who finished his career with the Boston Bruins Organization. He played professionally in many leagues across the world including the National Hockey League, American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, and stints in the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom and the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League in Austria. He retired...

Episode 202 Bobby Robins is a retired professional ice hockey player who finished his career with the Boston Bruins Organization. He played professionally in many leagues across the world including the National Hockey League, American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, and stints in the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom and the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League in Austria.  He retired...

Episode 201 Chris Burke was selected in the first round of the 2001 MLB Draft (10th overall) by the Houston Astros. The University of Tennessee product was named Round Rock AA MVP in 2003 and then won the Pacific Coast League Rookie of the Year in AAA with the New Orleans Zephyrs in 2004. Burke would make his MLB debut on July 4, 2004 against the Texas Rangers and would get his first MLB hit on Se...

Mo Isom’s story is one that you will not soon forget. She is wife, a mother, a speaker and the author of the New York Times Bestseller  “WRECK MY LIFE: Journeying from Broken to Bold.” She was an All-American goalkeeper for the Louisiana State University soccer team and the first female to try out for an SEC men’s football team. She holds the LSU all-time goalkeeper record as well as the #3 SEC al...

Episode 200 George Taylor is the CEO of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was named to his current role in January 2018 where he oversees  650 top-of-the-line multiple-event rodeos across the country and in Canada.  On this episode of the podcast, we learn about the rodeo, how faith plays a role in each rodeo event, how the cowboys are ministered to...

Episode 199 For 28 years, Gene Chizik coached college football. He began his career at Clemson and after stints with Middle Tennessee, Stephen F. Austin,  Central Florida, Auburn, and Texas, he got his first shot as a head coach with Iowa State in 2007. Two years later, he became the head coach of the Auburn Tigers, and in 2010, reached the pinnacle of college football, winning the BCS National Ch...

Episode 198 For 28 years, Gene Chizik coached college football. He began his career at Clemson and after stints with Middle Tennessee, Stephen F. Austin,  Central Florida, Auburn, and Texas, he got his first shot as a head coach with Iowa State in 2007. Two years later, he became the head coach of the Auburn Tigers, and in 2010, reached the pinnacle of college football, winning the BCS National Ch...

Episode 197 For four seasons, Jessie Warren played third base for the Florida State Seminoles softball club. The 4-time All ACC player was consistently one of the most productive hitters in the lineup. In 2018, she led her club to their first ever Women's College World Series title beating Washington. Jessie was named the Most Outstanding Player after leading the team in eight different categories...

Jared Dudley is a forward for the NBA's Brooklyn Nets.  A second-team All-American for Boston College, Dudley was the 2007 ACC player of the year and the 22nd overall selection by the Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets) in the 2007 NBA Draft. His 12-year NBA career has spanned 6 teams, the Bobcats, Suns, Bucks, Wizards, Clippers and now Nets.  On this Throwback Thursday edition of the podcast, we hear...

Episode 196 Jesse Holley played wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys from 2009-2011. He was a two-sport athlete at North Carolina where he played wide receiver for the football team and was a member of the 2005 basketball team that won college basketball's national championship. In 2007, after going undrafted, he signed with the Cincinnati Bengals and after being waived, he moved to Canada, signin...

Episode 195 Caroline Stanley is a former pro soccer goalkeeper and an assistant coach with the University of Tulsa. In January of 2018, Stanley retired from professional soccer after playing in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) for the Seattle Reign (2015), Sky Blue New Jersey (2016) and Orlando Pride (2017). Stanley was a three-year letterwinner at the University of Southern California, a...

Episode 194 Caroline Stanley is a former pro soccer goalkeeper and an assistant coach with the University of Tulsa.     In January of 2018, Stanley retired from professional soccer after playing in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) for the Seattle Reign (2015), Sky Blue New Jersey (2016) and Orlando Pride (2017).    Stanley was a three-year letterwinner at the University of Southern Califo...