Sam Ponder, ESPN NFL Host (Part 1)
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Episode 161
Samantha Ponder is the host of Sunday NFL Countdown on ESPN during the football season. She began her career at ESPN with their Longhorn Network in 2011. Prior to her current role on Sunday Countdown, she had been a staple as a reporter on ESPN's College Gameday and college football broadcasts.
In 2012, she married former NFL QB Christian Ponder is since then, has given birth to three children, two girls and a boy.
On part 1 of a two-part conversation, we talk to Sam about balancing motherhood with her broadcasting career, making the transition from College Gameday to Sunday NFL Countdown, growing up with parents who are missionaries, and speaking out on issues as her platform has evolved over the years
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.0 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with ESPN NFL host Samantha Ponder is brought to you in part by Compassion International. |
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| 1:32.3 | Today's guest on the podcast, Samantha Ponder, ESPN NFL host. |
| 1:36.2 | Of course, you see her on Sunday NFL countdown on ESPN. |
| 1:41.3 | She's been with ESPN since 2011, getting her start with the Longhorn Network and then moving over to college football where she was on the sidelines |
| 1:44.6 | for college football games and then of course worked on college game day traveling every week |
| 1:49.0 | to the different cities before switching in 2017 and transitioning in many ways replacing Chris |
| 1:55.4 | Berman and working on the NFL with Sunday NFL countdown which you can see her every week |
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