Freddie Crittenden - 2024 Olympian, plus Matt's BIG birthday present and what we learned at church
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast:
- Matt shares about his surprise 40th birthday present from his wife Danielle. (04:02)
- Then Matt shares what he learned at church on Sunday. (11:50)
- Lastly, USA Olympian Freddie Crittenden talks about his 2024 Olympic experience in Paris, overcoming injury, becoming a girl dad, signing a contract with Adidas, the transformative experiences during his athletic career, and the significance of love as a core principle in his relationship with Jesus. (26:24)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Matt Forte at the 15 to the 20. |
| 0:06.0 | Splits defenders crossing midfield, a first down to run, a 42-yard run. |
| 0:11.0 | Where Sports and Faith Connect. |
| 0:13.0 | Forte, diving catch, touchdown! |
| 0:17.0 | Forte, who gets the call, he'll slice his way in for the touchdown. |
| 0:21.6 | And now here's your host, former NFL Pro Bowl running back, Matt Forte. |
| 0:30.6 | What's up everybody? It's Matt Forte here with Jason Romano on Sports Spectrum and |
| 0:35.6 | had another great weekend. How about you? Yeah, it was Memorial Day |
| 0:39.3 | weekend. Obviously, you know, Memorial Day is an important holiday, I think, for us to remember |
| 0:44.1 | those who have given their lives for us and for this country. But it's also a time to connect |
| 0:50.4 | with friends. I went to a wedding on Sunday. Had some young adult couple that we minister |
| 0:57.1 | to get married, which is always fun to watch. I think they're 23 and 22, and they're just |
| 1:02.1 | loving the Lord and growing in their faith. So that was fun. And being at church too is always great. |
| 1:08.7 | We don't miss church even if it's a holiday weekend. I know some people might |
| 1:12.0 | because they think they can, you know, just go out and have a cookout or whatever. But if we're |
| 1:16.7 | home, we don't, we try not to miss church. And so it was good to be at church. How about you? |
| 1:22.9 | Yeah, it was good. It's funny. There's a group of people who, you know, I'm not calling people out, |
| 1:28.6 | but there's a group that on those long weekends, they decide to holiday weekend to take off |
| 1:34.1 | church and go, let's go do this. And then there's the people who are like, well, it's a holiday, |
| 1:38.8 | so let me go to church. So like one group moves and one Easter or Christmas or something. |
| 1:44.1 | Yeah, Mother's Day Easter Christmas. |
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