Catholic Sports Radio
312 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsHelping listeners find the right balance and priority when it comes to their faith life versus their sports life, interviews are done with guests who are Catholics in sports - current or former athletes, coaches, officials, clergy, administrators, and more, from the pro, amateur, and scholastic ranks. Whether you're an athlete or a fan, youth or adult, Catholic or not, this show will deliver content that speaks to you and provides opportunities for ongoing reflection for your daily life.
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Episodes
CSR 6 Jim Sweeney
March 11, 2019 07:15 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBFeatured in an ESPN "30 for 30" called "Playing for the Mob," he stood strong during the Boston College (basketball) point-shaving scandal, sticking to his moral roots and not taking a bribe. He is still involved with the sport today as the Head of USA on the international board for FIMBA - the worldwide governing body for Masters basketball (with federations in 47 countries). Within the past two years he has not only recruited American senior players and organized USA teams, but, he has als...
6th episode, with Jim Sweeney
March 11, 2019 07:00Guest quotes "I... went to the Church of the Holy Cross for my first eight years of schooling... I'm still in touch with Sister Barbara Ann, who was my seventh grade teacher... I hear from her every year." "As far as I'm concerned, 40 years later after this happened, life has not been good, life has been great!" (press conference excerpt) "I think it's only fitting that I... thank God for basketball, not just for the points I've scored or the games that I've won, but the people that I ...
CSR 5 Joe DeLamielleure
March 04, 2019 08:15 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBA Pro Football Hall of Famer (Buffalo Bills, 1973-79, 1985 and Cleveland Browns, 1980-84) who is also being inducted into a Catholic hall of fame. He also is on the Board for an orphanage in Mexico, for which he helped raise funding by riding his bike there all the way from Michigan! He also obtains Super Bowl tickets every year to help in raising money, along with a NFL Legends Golf Outing, for that orphanage.
5th episode, with Joe DeLamielleure
March 04, 2019 08:00Guest quotes "They asked (my wife) when I got in the Hall of Fame, 'When did you meet your husband,' and she said, 'When do you meet your brother?' ... We've just always known each other. God has blessed us." "The biggest deal my mum and dad would always say is, 'You're going to church. No matter what, you're going to church.' And, it just sunk in to all the kids. And I go to Mass every day now. I always have." "We adopted two Korean boys... Then I started coaching high school football...
CSR 4 Mike Candrea
February 25, 2019 08:15 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBCoached Team USA to the Olympic gold medal in 2004 in Athens and the silver medal in 2008 in Beijing in women's softball, but, ten days before the 2004 Games he lost his wife unexpectedly to a brain aneurysm. Now entering his 34th season as the head softball coach (women's softball) at the University of Arizona, he is also the Division I wins leader in NCAA softball history and has been inducted into numerous Halls of Fame. He talks about his faith journey, including his involvement with the...
4th episode, with Mike Candrea
February 25, 2019 08:00Guest quotes "I think anytime you're trying to strive for excellence the toughest part is to try to find that balance; balance between your family, your profession, and then for me it was my faith." "My faith is very important to me. It was something that, at times I was missing because unfortunately in our game we play a lot of games on Sundays, which I've always kind of been confused about because what are we teaching young people? We're telling them how important balance is yet we're ...
CSR 3 Rebecca Dussault
February 18, 2019 08:05 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBShe skied in the Winter Olympics in 2006 in Torino (Italy) and is a world champion, being a multi-sport athlete. Among other topics, she discusses peer pressure she had to stay away from in her late teens relative to partying, the deeper she moved into her skiing pursuits and faith commitment. She is also a mother of five children with her sixth on the way. She mentions having recently moved to Idaho and a 55-acre site where they hope to host Catholic families to be renewed in recreation and...
3rd episode, with Rebecca Dussault
February 18, 2019 08:00Guest quotes: "I'll be skiing 'til the grave. That I do know." "One of the most defining moments was cross country skiing with our priest... and he celebrated the Mass for us while we stood on cross country skis and received the eucharist on our skis... And so I thought that, for me, was a convergence of the gift of sport, the school of moral excellence that sport is, and tasting the faith at the deepest level." "You're either going to stick with your moral high ground and enjoy sport ...
2nd episode, with Kyle Schmidt
February 11, 2019 08:30Guest quotes: "Not to downplay winning a national title... It was incredible and everything I dreamed of, but, the one thing that I couldn't wait to do was get back up to Duluth and later that month become Catholic." "There's obviously different rumors you hear about Catholicism, which, going through RCIA, you learn are all untrue." "I was just devouring Catholicism; Catholic history, traditions, and just what does the Catholic church teach." "I just couldn't wait, once I found out w...
CSR 2 Kyle Schmidt
February 11, 2019 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBPlaying with some teammates who are now in the NHL, he scored the game-winning goal in overtime against Michigan in the 2011 NCAA Championship game in front of 19,000 fans at the Xcel Energy Center and went on to play pro hockey in Germany and Norway. You'll be surprised at the amazing perspective he gives on where that ranks on his "best days of my life" list. He also has great advice on making Mass the priority despite the demands of a tournament and/or sports-related travel.
CSR Episode 1
February 06, 2019 16:29Episode 1 of Catholic Sports Radio introduces the show, outlines the concept, sets the mission, and provides an introduction to the host (pictured below) and what qualifies him to spearhead this initiative. It's a mix of his résumé and his faith life, plus examples from both scripture and saints that demonstrate the connection between faith and sports. As alluded to on this episode, a Facebook group has indeed been launched for listeners to be in community with one another (albeit virtuall...
Introducing Catholic Sports Radio
February 01, 2019 13:35 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBTo launch the show, the host talks about Catholic Sports Radio's mission and what listeners can expect to hear (and how they can help) plus he talks about what qualifies him to lead this project in the first place (his Catholic life and his sports and broadcasting/podcasting background). He also cites examples and quotes from saints who are closely connected to sports, and there is a sportsman prayer that he prays at the end.