Jade McCarthy, Sports Commentator
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Episode 316
Jade McCarthy is an Emmy-Award winning sports commentator. For 5 years, she was an anchor at ESPN, working on shows such as SportsCenter and NFL LIVE. She was released from her job at ESPN as part of a larger group of layoffs, on April 26, 2017.
Prior to ESPN, Jade had broadcasting stops in Springfield, MA, Huntsville, AL, Philadelphia, PA and Boston, MA.
In the Fall of 2018, she returned to broadcasting, working for NBC Sports Boston as a host on its Patriots coverage.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Jade about her broadcasting journey and how her faith in Christ grew after being let go by ESPN.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.6 | This episode of Sports Spectrum is brought to you by Compassion International. |
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| 0:49.4 | Today on the podcast, we welcome Jade McCarthy to the program. |
| 0:53.1 | Jade is a former ESPN on-air host and an Emmy |
| 0:57.2 | award-winning broadcaster who began her career in Springfield, Massachusetts, then moved to Huntsville, |
| 1:03.8 | Alabama, then to Philadelphia, Boston, then to Bristol, Connecticut with ESPN, and eventually |
| 1:09.9 | going back to Boston in 2018, |
| 1:12.8 | doing some work with NBC Sports on the Patriots covering New England Patriots for NBC Sports. |
| 1:20.2 | Jade is an outspoken woman of faith. |
| 1:22.9 | If you follow her on social media, you'll see Proverbs 3, 5, and 6 listed in her Twitter bio. She's a mommy |
| 1:29.3 | to two boys and a girl and a wife. And lots to talk about with Jade here on the podcast. And the |
| 1:36.5 | main topic I really wanted to kind of go over with her was how her faith really increased |
| 1:42.9 | upon being laid off from ESPN. It was April 26th when |
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