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• SS at the Super Bowl: Blog Entry No. 5

  By Stephen Copeland

  

  Yesterday, I had a chance to speak with the host of NFL Today on CBS, James Brown. Watch the video below…

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• Another Angle – Super Bowl Media Day In More Than 140 Characters

  By Stephen Copeland

  

  On January 31, I attended my first Super Bowl Media Day—quite possibly one of my most memorable experiences in my short journalism career. I tweeted a lot that day—mostly about serious and spiritual things for our subscribers—but there were also a number of tidbits that didn’t make the, uh, dreaded 140-character Twitter limit. I apologize ahead of time for this brief glimpse into my dysfunctional brain…

  3:21 a.m. – Wake up ready to go, then realize it’s not even 4 a.m.

  Somewhere between 3:22 a.m. and 7 a.m. – Have a dream about purposely tripping Tom Brady at Media Day and justifying my act of violence by saying it’s work related. Seriously.

  7 a.m. – Wake up and realize that’s the best dream I’d had in a long, long, time…
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• SS At the Super Bowl: Blog Entry No. 4 (Media Day)

  By Stephen Copeland

  

  One of the coolest things on Media Day, at least for me, was having the opportunity to interview other members of the media. We talked to EPSN’s Rick Reilly, Fox Sports’ Dan Patrick, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, NBC’s Tony Dungy (yes, he’s media now), and at the media party last night at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, I had the opportunity to sit down with one of my favorite journalists, Indianapolis Star columnist Bob Kravitz. Sure, not all of them were Christians. I’m not sure if any of them were outside of Tony. But my colleague from All Pro Dad and I enjoyed asking them about something that related to faith…

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• SS at the Super Bowl: Blog Entry No. 3

  By Stephen Copeland

  

  Monday, I had a chance to catch up with former Indianapolis Colts head coach and current NBC Football Night in America NFL analyst, Tony Dungy. To see the interview, click below.

  
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• SS at the Super Bowl: Blog Entry No. 2

  By Stephen Copeland

  

  On Saturday night at the Rock and Worship Roadshow, we got a chance to go backstage and interview one of the biggest names in hip-hop, Lecrae Moore. Sure, Lecrae may not be someone we typically feature in Sports Spectrum. He’s not an athlete. He’s a musician. But he relates to athletics because of hip-hop’s influence in the athletic sphere. He recently delivered a message for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and his event manager showed us a number of pictures from a golf round Lecrae played with Bubba Watson, who we featured in our Winter 2012 issue… Continue reading →

• SS at the Super Bowl: Blog Entry No. 1

  By Stephen Copeland

  

  Family first.

  I was sitting at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center listening to NFL alum Freddie Scott speak, when I noticed one of the kids to the left of me. There were 100 kids and 35 parents gathered in the Detention Center’s gymnasium that day, but this kid in particular caught my eye.

  As he listened to Freddie, elbow on the table, sitting with his fellow detainees, he rested his head on his right hand. Tattooed on his right hand was the word “Family.” Eventually I noticed something else tattooed on his left hand: “First…” Continue reading →

• Sports Spectrum at the Super Bowl

  By Sports Spectrum

  

  Starting Sunday, Sports Spectrum will have coverage all week from the Super Bowl. We’ve sent our staff writer, Stephen Copeland, to Indianapolis to cover the week’s festivities and events.

  Steve will be blogging daily about his experiences with exclusive interviews, videos and more. You can also follow Steve on Twitter @Steve_Copeland for live updates. Continue reading →

• Sports Spectrum Staff Picks (Playoffs)

  By Sports Spectrum

  

  Each week, Sports Spectrum staff writers Aaron May, Bryce Johnson, Stephen Copeland, Managing Editor Brett Honeycutt and Vice President of U.S. Sports Ryan DiNunzio will make their NFL picks. Email your weekly picks to sportsspectrumpicks@yahoo.com and compete against our staff for a chance to win SS prizes. Continue reading →

• From the Archives: Reggie White

  By Sports Spectrum

  

  SS: What’s your biggest dream after football?

  Reggie: I want to be used by God. To bring people into the Kingdom. And I pray more and more every day that God will give me, Sarah, and my children more of a compassion for people. A compassion for one another, a love for Him, and I believe that once He gives us even more love for Him, we’ll be more and more compassionate to people. And yet we’ll be more determined not only to share the gospel with them, but also to live the gospel out. And to be able to use our time and resources to help people who are in need.

  SS: How would you like people to remember you in terms of a football player and a person?

  Reggie: For people to remember my life, Sarah, and me, as people who loved God. I want people to be able to say to my children, “You know that your mom and dad were a woman and a man after God’s heart.” I want my grandchildren to be able to say that to their children. That’s the legacy I want to leave. I want people to say that Reggie and Sarah were a man and woman of God. That would mean more to me than anything… Continue reading →

• Old School – Bracketbusters and the Original George Mason

  By Aaron May

  

  This week is all about the underdog, the unknown, the bracketbuster, the next George Mason, the teams you should start paying attention to now in order to fill your bracket out correctly in March. Last week we defined a bracketbuster as a team you’ve never heard of who ruins your bracket predictions by upsetting the big name schools. This week we will take a look at which teams from the smaller conferences are poised to win an NCAA tournament game or two. We will also visit the classroom to find out what school pulled a George Mason before George Mason did… Continue reading →

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