Rob Maaddi - Faith on the Field
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Episode 572
Rob Maaddi has covered Philadelphia sports for the Associated Press since 2000. He's also the author of many books including "Birds of Pray: The Story of the Philadelphia Eagles' Faith, Brotherhood and Super Bowl Victory" and "Mike Schmidt - The Phillies Legendary Slugger."
In 2017, Maaddi launched a radio show called "Faith on the Field" where he interviews athletes and formulates discussions on sports and faith.
On today's podcast, Rob Maaddi shares what it is like to cover Philadelphia sports, the story of accepting Christ into his life, how he lives his faith out in the secular sports world and why he felt God nudging him to launch a faith and sports radio show.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast where we bring Jesus into the conversation. |
| 0:18.1 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:39.0 | Hey guys, welcome to Sports Spectrum. I am Jason Romano, our website, sportspectrum.com. |
| 0:45.2 | Sportspectrum.com. Great place to go to check out all of our content here at Sports Spectrum's ministry. |
| 0:50.7 | We have daily devotionals. You got every single podcast right there at Sportspectrum.com. And then articles, different stories on the intersection of sports and faith written every single |
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| 1:08.4 | ideas maybe some thoughts on today's interview with rob mod, or you have a story idea for a future show. |
| 1:15.3 | Email me directly, jason at sportspectrum.com. |
| 1:19.2 | Also want to direct you to our Sports Spectrum podcast network with the Sports Spectrum show that you're listening to. |
| 1:26.1 | Plus a show called Table 40 with Matt Holiday |
| 1:28.8 | and a brand new show we just launched |
| 1:30.9 | in early November, mid-November actually, |
| 1:33.7 | called Recalibrated with Mallory Brown. |
| 1:36.3 | Mallory is the wife of Donald Brown, |
| 1:38.4 | who is the former NFL running back |
| 1:40.5 | and now Mallory is leading our women's ministry |
| 1:43.4 | here at Sports Spectrum and our |
| 1:45.0 | parent company Pro Athletes Outreach. And we thought this would be a really great idea for |
| 1:51.0 | Mallory to host a show for the women, specifically women in sports. And so think about who she |
| 1:57.1 | interviewed on her first three episodes, Sarah Hasselbeck, Matt Hasselbeck's wife, |
| 2:03.0 | Julie Ertz, the wife of Zach Ertz and the soccer player, the USA Soccer Player, |
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