Jenny Taft is a reporter with Fox Sports covering college football and soccer. For the past few months, she has been assigned to cover the USMNT at the World Cup. She will be on the call with Fox for the World Cup Final match on Sunday July 19 at 3 p.m. EST

Today on the podcast, Jenny joins guest host Annabelle Hasselbeck to talk about covering the World Cup, re-learning to speak French, covering the USMNT run, prayers from her daughter, growing in faith and being on the sideline during a World Cup match.

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Welcome to TUESDAY MORNING RB with Matt Forte for Tuesday July 14, 2026

Topics:
- The World Cup is down to the Final Four (1:15)

- Matt's World Cup prediction (02:50)

- Seeing famous people at sporting events (07:55)

- Reaction to the ESPN report on NFL players dying from higher dementia rate (12:02)

- What we learned at church (25:28)

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Our guest today on the podcast is Parker Messick. He is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians.He was selected in the 2nd round of the 2022 MLB Amateur Draft by Cleveland and made his MLB debut with the Guardians in August of 2025. In July 2026, he was selected to the American League All-Star roster.

Topics:

00:44 - Wearing old-school stirrups

01:55 - Parker's MLB debut

06:04 - HIs tempo as a pitcher

07:39 - His April 2025 outing taking a no-hitter into the 9th inning

10:55 - Parker shares his testimony of faith

13:30 - Parker shares for the first time the story of his grandfather's cancer diagnosis

18:40 - Identity in Christ and not baseball

22:01 - Praying on the mound before the game

26:13 - Sharing his faith with fans

28:35 - Why he wears No. 77

31:40 - Marriage proposal and preparing for marriage

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Welcome to TUESDAY MORNING RB with Matt Forte for Tuesday July 7, 2026

TOPICS:

(01:01) - USAMT's tough loss

(04:05) - Win or Lose, we praise God

(09:07) - Reaction to Chris Johnson's ALS diagnosis

(26:32) - Shoutout to IJM and their Freedom to Play initiative

(28:54) - What we learned at church

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Ben Zobrist played 14 seasons in the big leagues with the Rays, A's, Royals and Cubs. He played in three World Series with three different teams, winning in 2015 with KC and 2016 with the Chicago Cubs. He was the 2016 World Series MVP.

Today on the podcast, Ben Zobrist reflects on the Chicago Cubs World Series championship 10 years later, his new book "Prepare for the Pressure," the role his faith in Jesus has played in his life and how he was able to overcome anxiety and depression after the Cubs won the World Series.

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Welcome to TUESDAY MORNING RB with special guest CFB HOF'er Danny Woodhead for Tuesday June 30, 2026

TOPICS:

(01:29) - What's Danny doing nowadays?

(04:55) - Young Adults ministry

(11:15) - World Cup thoughts

(30:31) - Shoutout IJM 's "Freedom to Play"

(31:33) - What we learned at church

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Miles McPherson played four seasons in the NFL with the Chargers from 1982-1985. After football was finished, he went into ministry and has been the lead pastor of THE ROCK church in San Diego, CA since 2000.

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Topics:

(02:05) - Being selected in the 10th round of the NFL Draft in 1982

(06:29) - Miles McPherson the NFL player

(11:55) - Running back turned Defensive Back

(15:01) - The importance of sharing the Gospel

(20:59) - Favorite NFL moment

(26:07) - Transitioning away from football

(31:55) - State of young Christian athlete being bold in their faith

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Andy Searles is the team chaplain for Orlando City SC in the MLS.

Andy Young is the team chaplain for the United States Men's National Team at the World Cup and for the Philadelphia Union in the MLS.

Today on a bonus episode of the podcast, Andy and Andy join Annabelle Hasselbeck to talk about faith at the World Cup, the growing community of believers in soccer and the important work being done by International Justice Mission allowing kids in slavery to be free.

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This is TUESDAY MORNING RUNNING BACK with Matt Forte for June 23, 2026

TOPICS:

01:10 - Matt recaps his Father's Day weekend

08:40 - Reading the Bible, not just the Bible App

19:35 - SF Giants players posting Bible verses on their Pride Night hats

31:31 - Shoutout IJM and "the Freedom to Play"

32:58 - World Cup love (USA! USA!)

35:57 - Matt's thoughts on Juneteenth

39:58 - What we learned at church

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Las Vegas Raiders QB Kirk Cousins returns to the show with Matt Forte to discuss his new home in Las Vegas, the decision to join the Raiders, being a steward of his football career, prayer in his life and being a dad to two boys.

Topics:

(01:33) - The decision to sign with the @Raiders 

(04:45) - How faith played a role in his decision

(09:50) - Being a light in Las Vegas

(13:51) - Prayer vs Pride

(19:35) - His favorite NFL moments

(25:53) - Raising his kids to follow Jesus

(30:11) - Preparing for his post-playing career

(33:48) - Kirk shares who is EVERYTHING to him

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