For 17 years, he was an Emmy-Award winning Producer and Senior Manager at ESPN. He has created and produced content for shows such as SportsCenter, NFL LIVE, Mike and Mike in the Morning, Sunday NFL Countdown, College Gameday, Outside the Lines, MLB’s All Star Game and many more.
Listen for how Jason's reflections on thousands of conversations with top-level Christian athletes across many different sports.
(0:00) Intro and Jason's bio
(2:55) How did you get into sports broadcasting
(6:23) How did faith fit with a career in broadcasting at ESPN?
(10:53) How did you see sport and faith fitting together specifically?
(15:06) How hard was it to leave ESPN to work for Sports Spectrum?
(21:35) What do pro-athletes say when they speak of their faith?
(26:33) Is it becoming more acceptable to speak about faith for elite athletes now?
(31:08) What are your thoughts on the public witness of pro athletes on social media?
(36:01) How should we view Christian professional athletes with large public profiles?
(37:01) Outro
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