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This week’s guest is Bailey Landry, a two-time All-American for the LSU Tigers softball team. Landry led the Tigers to three Women's College World Series appearances in 2015, 2016 and 2017. She later went on to play professional softball. Ron talks with Bailey about her rise to softball dominance and why her Catholic faith is essential in her everyday life.

This week’s guest is Major League Baseball’s Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Trevor Williams. Host Ron Meyer talk’s with Trevor about his road to the show and the importance the Catholic faith is to this big league hurler. (This is an encore of the 04/22/17 show.)

This week’s B2P collegiate spotlight show features Matt Russel a track athlete at the University of North Dakota. Host Ron Meyer talks with Matt about the integration of sports and his Catholic faith at the division 1 level.

This week’s guest is Mike Lynch the Head Women’s Soccer coach at Belmont Abbey College. Host Ron Meyer talks with Mike about developing a winning culture while committing to excellence and virtue at a Catholic college.

This week’s guest is Andrew Fowler, who talks with host Ron Meyer, about the Knights of Columbus release of a four-part online series exploring the historical connection between the fraternal organization and America’s pastime, baseball.

This week’s guest is Jim Pieczynski, author of The Doubleday Code. Host Ron Meyer talks with Jim about the parallels between the sport of baseball and Catholicism.

This week’s B2P collegiate spotlight show features University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) volleyball player Hannah Ammerman. Host Ron Meyer talks with the Hannah about excelling at the division one level and the role faith plays in her life.

This week’s guest is Tony Bozzela the women’s head basketball coach at Seton Hall University. Despite an extended stay in the hospital due to contracting COVID-19, Bozzella turned in one of his finest coaching performances during the pandemic-stricken 2020-21 season. Ron talks with Tony how his Catholic faith guided him thru this harrowing time.

This week’s guest is Kevin Wells former MLB sportswriter with the Tampa Bay Rays and author of “Priest and Beggar”. Host Ron Meyer talks with Kevin about being a beat writer for a MLB team and why he wrote a book on the life of venerable Aloysius Schwartz.

This week’s guest is former ESPN producer Jason Romano who talks with host Ron Meyer about his book “Live to Forgive”. Jason tells the story of the work God did to help him forgive his alcoholic abusive father.