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Ben Hartsock played 10 years in the NFL as a tight end with the Colts, Titans, Falcons, Jets and Panthers. He was selected in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft by Indianapolis after a stellar career at Ohio State, where he helped the Buckeyes to the 2002 national championship.
After retiring from the NFL, Ben pursued broadcasting and is currently a college football commentator with SiriusXM on College Sports channel 84 and Big 10 Radio channel 372.
Today on the podcast, Ben Hartsock shares about his RV experience, kicking dreams in high school, college football traditions, the Michigan/Ohio State rivalry, catching passes from Peyton Manning and Tom Brady and what he's learning from God right now about identity and value in Christ.
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Jon Acuff is a speaker, entrepreneur, podcast host and a New York Times bestselling author with his books “Do Over” and “Start.” Acuff is also an Inc. Magazine Top 100 Leadership Speaker.
His latest book, "All It takes Is a Goal" releases September 12.
Today on the podcast, Jade McCarthy talks to Jon Acuff about his new book, the importance of having goals, ditching regret and the importance of tapping into our full potential.
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Austin Reed is a quarterback at Western Kentucky University. In 2022, he led the nation in passing yards with 4,744 yards to go along with 40 touchdown passes and eight rushing touchdowns. He was the 2022 New Orleans Bowl MVP where he threw for 497 yards and 4 touchdown passes to lead the Hilltoppers to a 44-23 win over South Alabama.
Prior to arriving at Western Kentucky, Reed led West Florida with 4,084 passing yards and 40 touchdowns and helped his team to a Division II national championship.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Austin Reed about his goals for 2023, his NFL future, the difference between between confident and cocky, fighting the performance complex and living out God's purpose in his life.
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Paul Long is the President and Founder of Kappa Studios.
Brad Silverman is the Chief Creative Officer of Kappa Studios.
Today they share their story of Kappa Studios and why their hope is to continue to glorify God and share stories that inspire and uplift and point to Jesus.
Their latest project is the inspirational new movie "ICAN" which releases September 22, 2023.
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Brian Burton is a former division one college basketball coach who currently serves as a college basketball analyst for ESPN. His previous coaching stops included Utah, IUPUI, Fresno State, Lamar, UTEP and Abilene Christian.
Brian is also the president of basketball operations with RISING COACHES, an organization dedicated to empowering, educating, and supporting basketball coaches at all levels, helping them develop their skills and advancing their careers.
Today on the podcast, Brian Burton shares about his positivity on social media, the pivot he made from coaching to broadcasting, using the platform of basketball to share his faith and why hope, optimism and truth are what he lives by.
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Colin Ford is an actor who stars alongside Dennis Quaid in the new movie "The Hill," in theaters August 25. Ford plays former pro baseball pitcher Rickey H ill and tells the extraordinary story of overcoming a degenerative spinal disease to become a baseball phenomenon.
Ford has been an actor since he was a child and starred as the voice of "Jake and the Neverland Pirates" on Disney Channel as well as Marvel's Captain Marvel and "We Bought a Zoo" with Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Colin Ford about training to be a baseball player for his new movie, the importance of his faith in God, the scripture he most clings to, being star struck acting alongside Matt Damon and his favorite sports movie.
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Ty Montgomery is a running back in the NFL with the New England Patriots. He was selected in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Packers and played four seasons with Green Bay before being traded to Baltimore in 2018. He would move on to the Jets for a season, the Saints for two season and then to New England in 2021.
In college, he was a First-Team All Pac-12 with Stanford and a consensus All-American in 2013. His foundation, My Ten Percent, supports and empowers the forgotten youth in society by giving them hope for a future that they desire and faith that what they desire is possible.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Ty Montgomery about his journey with Christ, escaping the cycle of shame, processing failure, using his platform of football to help others and his recent trip to Israel.
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Tom Crean is a former college basketball head coach with Marquette, Indiana and Georgia. In 2003, he led Marquette to the Final Four. In 2016, he was the Big Ten Coach of the Year.
Coach Crean joined Jade McCarthy on Sports Spectrum's Transformed podcast recently to discuss leadership, success and faith.
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LaPhonso Ellis is a former NBA player who was selected fifth overall in the first round of the 1992 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. He would play 11 seasons with Denver, Atlanta, Minnesota and Miami. In his first NBA season, he was named to the 1992-93 All-Rookie First Team.
The Notre Dame graduate had a stellar career in South Bend and was named to Notre Dame's Ring of Honor in 2021. After retirement from playing basketball, Ellis joined ESPN in 2009 and was a college basketball commentator and analyst until June of 2023.
Today on the podcast, we talk to LaPhonso Ellis about living his life for Christ and growing spiritually after becoming a believer early in his NBA career. We also ask him about the experience of seeing his former team, the Nuggets, win the NBA Championship in 2023.
(Today's interview was recorded a few days before LaPhonso lost his job with ESPN on June 30, 2023 and the death of his daughter on July 1, 2023)
Listen HERE to our conversation with LaPhonso's former chaplain Bo Mitchell on Sports Spectrum's Podcast from August 4, 2017
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Dan Venezia is a former pro baseball player who was selected in the 36th round of the 1993 MLB Amateur Draft by the Minnesota Twins after a stellar college career at Concordia University in New York. He played three seasons of minor league baseball before his career came to an end at the age of 23.
Today on the podcast we talk to Dan Venezia about being drafted by the Twins, playing against one of his childhood heroes, surviving two near-death experiences and how that brought him back to Jesus.
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