Sports Spectrum Podcast

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 admittedly chose to use steroids, which helped him bulk up from 180 pounds in college to 245 pounds when he reached the Big Leagues. Ironically after winning the World Series, Naulty reached his lowest point and began to have thoughts of suicide. Not long after, Dan turned to his faith and found new purpose in ministry. He's now the pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in Jenison, Michigan.   In part 2, Dan shares his testimony, how he came to Christ, the moment he stopped using steroids, and how a celebration after winning the 1999 World Series with the Yankees led him to a place of desperation and ultimately how the switch flipped back to a full commitment to Christ. For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

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 admittedly chose to use steroids, which helped him bulk up from 180 pounds in college to 245 pounds when he reached the Big Leagues. Ironically after winning the World Series, Naulty reached his lowest point and began to have thoughts of suicide. Not long after, Dan turned to his faith and found new purpose in ministry. He's now the pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in Jenison, Michigan. In part 1 of our two part conversation, Naulty shares about becoming a pastor, abuse that he suffered growing up, how that shaped him as a person and an athlete, turning to steroids to help him reach the Majors, and how he views elite players from the steroid era as they are considered for the Hall of Fame. For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

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 in Super Bowl XLIV. The Sporting News named him to the NFL All-Decade Team (2000-09) and he achieved first-team All-Pro honors twice (2005, 2007). Over a decade-long period with the Colts, Saturday anchored an offensive line that allowed the fewest sacks in the league (242), and his 132 career wins as a Colt are second only to Peyton Manning (141) in franchise history. Together, Saturday and Manning started an NFL record 172 games as a center-quarterback duo. In January of 2017, Jeff added "coach" to his impressive resume, becoming the head man for Hebron Christian Academy's high school football team in Dacula, Georgia.  On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Jeff about the adjustment from playing football to talking about football and now coaching football, where his faith in Jesus was rooted, the influence Tony Dungy had on his life, his favorite Peyton Manning story and his biggest spiritual battle during his time as an NFL player.  For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

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 a number of well-known Olympic gymnasts, dating as far back as 1992. Trinea was one of those gymnasts, and came forward to share her emotional testimony in January of 2018 at Nassar's sentencing. On January 24, Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison for the sexual assault of minor. Gonczar is now working with WC Safe, an organization that provides those affected by sexual assault with immediate and ongoing comprehensive services, at no cost, that encourage survivor healing and empowerment and provides compassionate and trauma-informed care to survivors of sexual assault throughout Wayne County in Michigan. On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Trinea about her relationship with Nassar, when she began to realize something wasn't right, her powerful statement she shared with Nassar, becoming an advocate for sexual abuse and what changes she'd like to see with the USAG. For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

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 #ThrowbackThursday edition of the podcast, we hear Hunter's faith testimony and when he made Christ the Lord of his life. We also hear a great story that Hunter shares on Coach Dabo Swinney and the example he is as a Christian head coach.  You can listen to the entire interview with Hunter Renfrow in Episode 9 of our podcast here.   

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, where his faith in Christ began, what it was like to be a part of two Masters titles, what faith looks like on the PGA Tour and how he stays grounded in the Lord.  For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

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 in 2015 after a concussion forced him out of the game. Robins skated in over 500 professional hockey games and have over 150 professional fights. Robins holds a place in the history books as the oldest rookie to make an NHL Opening Day Roster with the Boston Bruins at age 32, after 8 seasons in the minor leagues.   In part 2 of our podcast, Bobby shares his incredible story of depression, drugs and coming to faith in Christ. He also tells us why he decided to use his Twitter page as a place to share his faith by reading the Bible in a year LIVE online. The story he tells here is powerful. For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

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 in 2015 after a concussion forced him out of the game. Robins skated in over 500 professional hockey games and have over 150 professional fights. Robins holds a place in the history books as the oldest rookie to make an NHL Opening Day Roster with the Boston Bruins at age 32, after 8 seasons in the minor leagues.  In part 1 of our podcast, Bobby shares how he became a pro hockey player, fighting in hockey, the worst fight he had been in, making his NHL debut at age 32 and why his faith began to fade during his hockey career.  For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

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 September 14, 2004 against the Cardinals.  In 2005, Chris Burke became a hero to the Houston Astros faithful as he would hit a walk-off, series ending home run in the 18 inning marathon that was Game 4 of the National League Division Series against Atlanta. On this episode of the podcast, we get Chris' thoughts on the 2018 Boston Red Sox, throwing out the first pitch of Game 4 of the 2018 ALCS, meeting Christian singer Tauren Wells, where his faith in Christ was rooted for him and what it was like to hit a NLDS series ending, walk-off home run in 2005 for Houston.  For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

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 all-time shutout record. Mo's latest book "Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot" released in March of 2018.  In this Throwback Thursday edition of the podcast, Mo shares the very emotional story of her father's death in 2009.  To listen to the entire interview, please click on Episode 4 of the podcast here.