In this episode of Faith and Sport, John Acquaviva and Ed Billick talk with Mary Stanford, Professor of Theology at Christendom College, Catholic Speaker, author of The Obedience Paradox: Finding True Freedom in Marriage    

Talk today’s sports topics including our Hit or Miss with Ed Billick                  

Special Guest:  Mary Stanford – Professor of Theology at Christendom College, Catholic Speaker, author of The Obedience Paradox: Finding True Freedom in Marriage          

Includes:  Winter Olympic Stat of the Week

In today's episode of Faith and Sport, John Acquaviva and Ed Billick talk with Coach Bob Mahr, a Long-time Youth Coach, offers Sports-Related Wisdom (February 2, 2026)


Talk today’s sports topics including our Hit or Miss with Ed Billick                   

Special Guest:  Coach Bob Mahr, longtime youth coach,  life coach, Catholic speaker, and a man full of sports-related wisdom

In this episode of Faith and Sport, John Acquaviva and Ed Billick speak with Jason Murphy on the topics of the New Year. 

Talk today’s sports topics including our Hit or Miss with Ed Billick and Jason Murphy  
              
Cathlete of the Week:  Christian McCaffrey           

Coincidence of the New Year:  Fr Alan Benander (listening to Radio Maria)

Talk today’s sports topics including our Hit or Miss with Ed Billick and we revisit a classic segment:  Cathlete of the Week                  

Special Guest:  Phillip Leopold – executive director at Sports at the Service of Humanity

Talk today’s sports topics including our Hit or Miss with Ed Billick                  

Special Guests:  Drew Vilinsky Theology Teacher and Director of the St. Ignatius High School (Cleveland, Oh) Sports & Arts Chaplaincy Program  

Special Non Faith and Sport Segment:  Miss Brazil - Maria Gabriela Lacerda

Talk today’s sports topics including our Hit or Miss with Ed Billick 

Special Guests:  Chad Carlson – professor of kinesiology; Brian Bolt – physical educator, dean of the School of Education, author of Faith Sport Life; they are BOTH hosts of the podcast of the same name (FaithSportLife)

Includes a special segment:  Are in-game interviews good or bad?

Talk today’s sports topics including our Hit or Miss with Ed Billick                  

Special Guest:  Anthony Pontarelli – former baseball coach, who had a great experience as a student athlete at a Catholic college, and why he keeps returning to Catholic Family Land            

Special Segment:  When good acts are not always good ideas (OK City HS team gives up state title)

Talk today’s sports topics including our Hit or Miss with Ed Billick                   

Special Segment:  Why long time outs in college football are good          

Plus:  The Catholic Bumper Sticker of the Year

Talk today’s sports topics including our Hit or Miss with Ed Billick                  

Special Guest:  Kristin Sheehan, director of Play Like a Champion Today, an educational series, in cooperation with the Univ of Notre Dame           

Special Segment:  Why sports radio is so good for the fan

Talk today’s sports topics including our Hit or Miss with Ed Billick                 

Special Guest:  Dr Bill Thierfelder, former president of Belmont Abbey College in NC, competed in Olympic Trials, author of Less Than a Minute to  Go:  The Secret to World Class Performance in Sport, Business and Everyday Life           

Special Segment:  What college coaches will do to sign a recruit