Podcast Episodes

Trailer - Catholic Sports Radio

Hear what the show is about and sample excerpts from interviews with an NFLer, an Olympian, and a surfer priest.

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Joe Patterson

Episode 291

He is the Head Football Coach, Director of Athletics, and Vice President of Enrollment at Ave Maria University.  Entering his ninth season at the helm of the football program, he led a turnaround fro…

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Christopher Chen

Episode 290

He started into sports later in life, with basketball being his primary sport, including having attended a basketball training academy where he learned from NBA Skills Trainer Drew Hanlen.  He also w…

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Lauren Hazbun

Episode 289

She is a current student-athlete, competing in the sport of volleyball. Away from the court, she brings her love of sports into her faith through a new non-profit that she is the founder and presiden…

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JJ Niekro

Episode 288

He is a pitcher for the Mississippi Braves, the Double A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, with whom he signed as a free agent in 2021 after having pitched in the MLB Draft League. He then proceeded t…

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Mike Lynch

Episode 287

He is the head coach for women's soccer at Belmont Abbey College, a Catholic college in North Carolina. Having started there in 2011, he has a .633 winning percentage and has earned two conference re…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Dr John Acquaviva

Episode 286

He played college baseball and then following his senior year took an offer to play professionally in Italy. He was educated in the field of fitness and exercise physiology and is a Catholic speaker,…

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Brad Wilkerson

Episode 285

He served one year ago as Assistant Hitting Coach for Major League Baseball's New York Yankees.  He played for eight seasons in MLB, having been drafted in the first round of the 1998 MLB Draft by th…

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Thomas Morstead

Episode 284

He is the punter for the New York Jets, entering his 17th season in the NFL.  He was chosen in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints and went on to play his first twelve sea…

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Fr Jason Nioka

Episode 283

A former judo champion who has walked the path from seminarian to the diaconate to – 48 HOURS BEFORE THIS INTERVIEW – ordination, while being in charge of the largest contingent of Olympic chaplains,…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago