THIS IS THE SPORTS SPECTRUM PODCAST
WITH JASON ROMANO, FEATURING ANTHONY CALHOUN
Anthony Calhoun is the sports director for WISH-TV in Indianapolis. He arrived in Indy in 1998 after beginning his professional career at WTVH-TV in Syracuse. He’s an Emmy award winner and was voted Central Indiana’s “Favorite Sportscaster” by multiple publications.
Today on the podcast, Anthony Calhoun shares about the variety of events he’s covered in 2024 — including the Super Bowl, NBA All-Star Game and Indianapolis 500 — and about his passion for giving back to the community and hosting charity events. Calhoun also shares how he’s seen the Lord’s hand in his career and the opportunities he’s received. He emphasizes the importance of making sacrifices and staying close to God.
THIS IS THE SPORTS SPECTRUM PODCAST WITH MATT FORTE, FEATURING MOHAMED MASSAQUOI
Mohamed Massaquoi is a former NFL wide receiver who played five seasons with the Cleveland Browns, New York Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars. He was selected in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft by Cleveland after a stellar career in college with Georgia, where he was a first-team All-SEC selection in 2008.
Today on the podcast, Matt Forte talks to Mohamed Massaquoi about his college choice of Georgia, lessons learned from playing with the Browns, his draft day experience, transitioning out of the NFL, the accident that caused him to have four fingers amputated, and how God has remained constant in his life through the highs and lows.
THIS IS THE SPORTS SPECTRUM PODCAST WITH MATT FORTE, FEATURING ALEX CALL
Alex Call is an outfielder with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was traded to Los Angeles from the Washington Nationals on July 31, 2025, and helped lead the Dodgers to the 2025 World Series.
Call was originally selected in the third round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox. He was traded to Cleveland in 2018 and spent the next four years in the minors before making his MLB debut in July 2022. He was selected off waivers by Washington in 2023 and played in 128 games for the Nationals that season, hitting eight home runs. In 2024, Call played in 30 games with the Nationals and hit .343 with five stolen bases in 99 at-bats.
Today on the podcast, Alex Call shares about his journey to the Dodgers, winning a World Series, lessons God taught him this year, and being content in Christ.
THIS IS THE SPORTS SPECTRUM PODCAST WITH MATT FORTE, FEATURING EDDIE GEORGE
Eddie George played nine seasons in the NFL with the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans (1996-2003) and Dallas Cowboys (2004). He was selected 14th overall in the 1996 NFL Draft by the Oilers after a stellar collegiate career at Ohio State, where he won the 1995 Heisman Trophy.
In 2011, George was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and in 2019 his number 27 was retired by the Titans.
Currently, George is in his first season as the head coach at Bowling Green State University, after spending four years as Tennessee State’s head coach (2021-24).
Today on the podcast, fellow Pro Bowl running backs Matt Forte and Eddie George discuss George’s strong faith in Jesus Christ, rededicating his life to the Lord, why ballet is something that helped him as a running back, and lessons he learned in college at Ohio State.
Multiple blowout wins, a rivalry loss, an unforgettable trek to the college football national championship, and a God who orchestrated it all for His glory. The story of the 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes is one for the ages.
Now, executive producers Marlee and Matthew Benson (alongside fellow producers Chris Ritchie and two-time national champion and 2007 Heisman Trophy-winner Tim Tebow) have set out to tell the story with the release of “Redemption,” a three-part documentary on Ohio State’s title-winning football team that magnified the name of Jesus Christ at every step.
Neither Marlee nor Matthew are filmmakers by trade, but they are followers of Christ. And living in Columbus, Ohio, in close proximity to Ohio State, they had a front-row seat to how God was moving on the Buckeye football team. In the summer of 2024, the Lord led them in a most providential way to document the team’s spiritual revival.
“My wife and I go to church here in Columbus, and [former Buckeyes tight end Gee Scott Jr.] actually ended up preaching at our church one Sunday prior to the start of the season,” Matthew Benson recently told Sports Spectrum. “And after hearing Gee preach, we came home and were like, ‘Man, this is so cool to hear what God’s doing in the locker room. This team’s supposed to be amazing this year.’
“We prayed on it and felt called to capture it.”
The Bensons knew Ohio State was among the national title contenders entering the season, but little did they know that — as they told the story of God setting the hearts of young men on fire for Him — they were also telling the story of a national championship team in the making. The original intent was to showcase God at work in the lives of big-time college athletes on one particular team; what that team accomplished just happened to be one of the greatest runs to a national championship in college football history.
“The season ebbed and flowed and ended up obviously winning the national championship,” Matthew said, “and I think just made a bigger microphone for really what the main point of the story is: the radical change that these guys have seen in their lives, and what we’ve seen in Columbus, by people getting exposed to the Gospel.”
“Redemption” is broken into three parts in chronological order, from the start of fall practice and Ohio State’s first game to the team’s title-winning 34-23 victory over Notre Dame at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Jan. 20. Scott was the starting tight end for the Buckeyes that night.
“I was one of the players that had radically encountered the Gospel message of Jesus Christ and was transformed from the inside out,” Scott recently told Sports Spectrum. “I believe the man who entered college at Ohio State and enrolled to play some football left a completely different man. Not because of a football game per se, or anything of human effort, but of the life-changing transformation that only the Lord Jesus could give.”
Scott signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent following the draft and was with the team’s practice squad until last month. Newly married, Scott and his wife, Olivia, have a heart for sharing the Gospel with young, aspiring athletes.
Full of zeal for the Lord, Scott was led to launch an Ohio State team Bible study in 2023, and many trace Columbus’ spiritual awakening to what God did in the hearts of those in that group. A group of college students blossomed into a group of people defined by their relationship with Jesus. Winning on the field — and they did a lot of that — was in service to their greater purpose as children of God.
“In their biggest moments, and even in their lowest moments, they’re pointing to the Lord,” Matthew said.
Scott agreed.
“The whole entire story (of “Redemption”) kind of just encapsulates this pursuit of young men in a world where we could glorify a lot of things. We want to glorify the One who created us,” he said. “It just kind of encapsulates that message while also capturing, ‘This is the very team that goes on and wins a national championship.'”
On Thursday, Matthew’s and Marlee’s church, One Church, will be hosting a film showcase featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes shots from “Redemption” and insights from some of the film’s creators. Scott will be there, as will Tebow and his college coach at Florida, Urban Meyer, both of whom also speak in the film.
