Sports Spectrum's Get in the Game

Jeremy Affeldt played 14 seasons in the majors with four organizations: the Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants. His longest stint came with the Giants, where he spent seven seasons and was a member of three World Series championship teams. He joins "Get in the Game" this week to talk with Scott Linebrink about the ups and downs of his baseb...

Chris Davis played 13 seasons in the major leagues, most of which were spent with the Baltimore Orioles. Before retiring in 2021, Davis was one of the most feared power hitters in baseball. He finished his career with 295 career home runs and 780 RBIs, highlighted by a 2013 campaign in which he clubbed a league-high 53 home runs and 138 RBIs. That season he was named an American League All-Star. H...

When it comes to the Drews, basketball is in their blood. You’d be hard-pressed to find a family with more years of coaching experience than Homer Drew and his sons, Scott and Bryce. Homer coached for 41 years at a number of schools, including a long stint at Valparaiso University from 1988-2011, aside from the 2002-03 season when Scott served as head coach. It was there that, in 1998, Homer led t...

Cody Allen played eight years in the major leagues, all but one of them in Cleveland. He spent the bulk of that time as the closer, locking down wins for a Cleveland team that played in the 2016 World Series. His season-high for saves came in 2015 when he racked up 34 and he had two other seasons with 30 or more saves. Aside from helping his team win games, he was also passionate about living out...

You've seen their incredible trick shot videos. You probably even tried to recreate some of them yourself. Over the last decade, Dude Perfect has become an internet sensation. Each new video either challenges a world record or showcases the guys doing some seemingly impossible things. The best part about it, though, is that it's all wholesome content, and at the center of everything they d...

After a four-year minor league baseball career, Brian Hommel has turned his attention in the game of baseball to ministering to athletes. He serves as the team chaplain for the Arizona Diamondbacks and is on staff at Unlimited Potential, Inc., an organization made up of former baseball players working to spread the gospel within the game. He joins "Get in the Game" with Scott Linebrink t...

With a background in business and a theology degree, John Rinehart combined two of his areas of expertise to found Gospel Patrons and write a book under the same name. At 25 years old, John Rinehart's business career was booming, but he felt his heart being called to something more. So he left the business world to attend seminary with the eventual goal of entering into ministry. Shortly after...

Paul Goldschmidt is one of the best players in the major leagues. The reigning National League Most Valuable Player has been selected to seven All-Star Games, won five Silver Slugger Awards, four Gold Glove Awards. He's also a two-time Hank Aaron Award winner, given annually to the top hitter in both the National League and American League. He represented Team USA in the World Baseball Classic...

For the past nine years, Mickey Weston has served as the executive director of Unlimited Potential Incorporated, a professional baseball-focused organization organization that prioritizes discipleship, leading Bible studies and introducing athletes to mission opportunities. Weston has been on UPI's staff for over 25 years and he also serves as the team chaplain for the Chicago White Sox. He pl...

Ted Barrett spent nearly 30 years umpiring Major League Baseball games before retiring following the 2022 season. He became one of the most accomplished and most respect umpires in baseball, working five World Series, three World Baseball Classics and two All-Star Games. He has a master's degree in Biblical Studies and is spending his retirement in ministry, working with Unlimited Potential In...

Trey Hillman has nearly 40 years of experience in professional baseball across the major leagues and the top leagues in Japan and Korea. He managed the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Nippon Professional Baseball League and won the 2006 Japan Series, then managed the SK Wyverns of the KBO League to the Korean Series championship. In the middle of all of that, he held a number of assistant and...

Matt Forte played 10 seasons in the National Football League, eight of which with the Chicago Bears. A two-time Pro Bowl selection, he was one of best running backs in the league during his career and racked up over 2,300 rushing yards in his 10 seasons. After finishing his career with the New York Jets, he returned to Chicago, where he lives now, and has continued serving the community and being...

Brett Phillips is a six-year veteran of major league baseball, spending time with the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles. In January he signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels. That contract was a major blessing, as he shares in this week's episode of "Get in the Game" with Scott Linebrink. After being released by the Rays last year, struggli...

Jason Hanson spent his entire 21-year NFL career with the Detroit Lions, which is the record for most seasons played with one team. A second round pick in the 1992 NFL Draft, Hanson cemented himself as one of the best kickers of all-time and one of the most-loved players in Lions history. His 2,150 career points all fourth all-time. He joins Scott Linebrink this week on "Get in the Game" to reflec...

Katy Temple is an Emmy Award-Winning sports broadcaster with over 25 years of experience in media. She spent a number of years covering major league baseball, which is where she and Get in the Game host Scott Linebrink crossed paths. She's now a media coach where she works with executives, founders and professional athletes to find their authentic voice and make them camera ready. In this con...

Yan Gomes has the unique distinction of being the first Brazilian-born major league player. He moved to the United States when he was in fifth grade, living in Miami until he left to play baseball at the University of Tennessee. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 39th round of the 2008 MLB Draft and has put together an 11-year major league career, currently with the Chicago Cubs and the O...

Granger Smith is an award-winning country music artist and radio host from Dallas, Texas. He's released 11 studio albums, one live album and two EPs. He earned his first number one hit in 2016 with "Backroad Song," and "If the Boot Fit" became a top 10 hit in 2017. He and his wife, Amber, have three sons and one daughter. Together, they started The River Kelly Fund in honor of their son River Kell...

Matt Holliday played 15 seasons in the major leagues, seven of which he was named an All-Star. He was a member of the 2011 World Series championship St. Louis Cardinals team and this summer was inducted into the Cardinals Hall of Fame. After serving as a volunteer assistant coach for his brother Josh's Oklahoma State University baseball team, Holliday recently accepted his first major league coach...

Jason Adam just finished his fifth season in the major leagues, the most recent of which he spent with the Tampa Bay Rays. A native of Overland Park, Kansas, he was drafted by the nearby Kansas City Royals in the fifth round of the 2010 MLB Draft. Since then, he has bounced around between the Minnesota Twins and the San Diego Padres organizations before rejoining the Royals, where he made his majo...

Brandon Puffer is a former professional baseball pitcher. After being drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 27th round in 1994, he bounced around the minor leagues with the Angels, Reds and Rockies before making his major league debut with the Astros on April 17, 2002. He later played with the Padres and Giants. His baseball career came to an end in 2008 when he was arrested for burglary of a habi...

Jade McCarthy is an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and the host of “Transformed with Jade McCarthy,” which is part of the Sports Spectrum Podcast Network. McCarthy is an ESPN alum who hosted the network’s flagship show, “SportsCenter.” She also reported feature stories for “NFL Sunday Countdown” and hosted a variety of other shows for the network. More importantly, though, Jade is a wife and a mot...

Nate Prosser played 10 years in the NHL, spending time with the Minnesota Wild, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers. He played multiple sports growing up in Elk River, Minnesota, before ultimately deciding to stick with hockey. He joins Scott Linebrink on "Get in the Game" this week to talk about his career in the NHL and how he made it his mission to be a "vessel" for Christ both on and off t...

George Greene III is the co-founder and executive chair of Water Mission , a nonprofit organization that fights to solve the global water crisis that impacts 2.2 billion people. In 1998, George and his wife Molly were operating an environmental engineering company in Charleston, South Carolina when they heard about the devastation in Honduras caused by Hurricane Mitch. After receiving a request fo...

Connor Lowery is a financial advisor for the Professional Athlete Division of Ronald Blue Trust . He assists athletes in managing their wealth, giving generously and managing their financial resources wisely. He serves athletes and their families, helping them navigate the financial, marital, and personal pitfalls that athletes face today. A former quarterback at Samford Univeristy, Connor uses hi...

Caleb Joseph played seven seasons in the major leagues, including five with the Baltimore Orioles and one each with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto Blue Jays. He now works as a television analyst for the Blue Jays. He talks with Scott Linebrink this week on "Get in the Game" about the ups and downs of his career, especially in the later years of his career when he bounced between the major le...