- 33 minutes 12 secondsCSR 387 Chris Massaro
He has competed in a wide array of sports over the years. In high school he played football, basketball, track, and tennis. He tried to walk on to the college football team as a freshman and ended up playing club rugby and volleyball in college, when he also played pickup basketball. He also participated in a number of intramural sports in college. In 2015 he entered the seminary, where he competed in basketball and soccer tournaments. He had biked sections of the coast of California in 2013 visiting the Franciscan Missions. He has competed in six triathlons and in 2023 he biked from Albany, New York, to Arlington, Virginia, with Biking for Babies, which he serves as president of and unites cycling with the formation of young adults into missionary disciples of Jesus Christ.
6 July 2026, 7:00 am - 31 minutes 44 secondsCSR 386 Jon Aliaga
He created Bengals Soccer Camp -- for boys -- nine years ago, after having been hired at Bloomfield High School in New Jersey as head soccer coach for their girls program one year earlier. Three years ago, he created his own organization called Soccer Friends, which is a soccer team that focuses on quality development but also focuses on creating and maintaining good friendships. Back in his days as a student-athlete he had played soccer first at St. Benedict's Prep and then at the Division 3 level for Drew University, later returning to serve as an assistant coach.
29 June 2026, 7:00 am - 35 minutes 27 secondsCSR 385 Rex Kesselring
He just won a national championship last month as a member of the University of Tampa men's lacrosse team, leading the team in the overtime win against Adelphi with four goals, plus adding one assist. He appeared in all 23 of his team's games in 2026, finishing second on the team with 59 points, with his 40 goals being tied for the second most on the Spartans. This season he earned USILA All-American Honorable Mention and USILA All-South Region Honorable Mention honors in addition to being named to the Sunshine State Conference All-Championships Team and 2026 Second Team All-SSC. He has one more year left at UTampa and played lacrosse in high school as well.
22 June 2026, 7:00 am - 45 minutes 55 secondsCSR 384 Wes Walz
He enjoyed a long playing career in the National Hockey League after being chosen by Boston in the third round, 57th overall, of the entry draft. In addition to the Bruins, he played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, and the Minnesota Wild, being the latter's team captain and, at the time of his retirement, that franchise's leader in games played. Along the way he also played four seasons in Switzerland. Shortly after his retirement he became an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He would go on to serve as head coach for three years at the high school that both a son and daughter of his played for. Present day he is a game analyst on Fan Duel Sports Network for Minnesota Wild games.
15 June 2026, 7:00 am - 29 minutes 13 secondsCSR 383 Steven Santini
A defenseman who played in twelve games for the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning this season, picking up one assist and finishing with +1 plus/minus rating. He also played in 33 games with and was captain of the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, recording six assists and finishing as a +10 with them. He had been a second round draft choice, 42nd overall, of the New Jersey Devils back in the 2013 NHL Draft. In total he has played 136 regular season games in the NHL, having also seen action with the St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators, and New Jersey. He helped the United States win a silver medal at the 2012 Under-17 World Hockey Challenge and was named the best defenseman at the 2013 Under-18 World Championship, when the U.S. won silver. He played his college hockey at Boston College.
8 June 2026, 7:00 am - 31 minutes 26 secondsCSR 382 Gabe James
(Caution: sad testimony shared by this guest) He is a goalie for the Lake Michigan College Red Hawks, having also played club soccer for the (Premier 1) Force Shockwave. In high school he not only was a two-year varsity starter but two-time team captain, two-time Team MVP, two-time 1st Team All-Conference, and also earned 1st Team All-County and 1st Team All-Region honors. Along the way he set the school record for most saves in a game and most saves in a career. He was also a part of the football and basketball teams in high school.
1 June 2026, 7:00 am - 34 minutes 10 secondsCSR 381 Peter Piscitello
He competed in baseball and swimming in high school. To keep active while attending Benedictine College, he started running, which has turned into a lifelong pursuit, gradually moving from 5Ks to half marathons and having now completed five marathons, with his last being the 2025 Chicago Marathon last fall. Along the way he officiated soccer games for several years. He has worked in development and business operations in college athletics and has also worked within the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. Present day he is the Director of Operations for Play Like A Champion Today.
25 May 2026, 7:00 am - 36 minutes 40 secondsCSR 380 Jadin O'Brien
She competed three months ago at the Winter Olympics in Italy as a member of Team USA bobsled. She is a three-time NCAA indoor pentathlon champion, having competed for the Fighting Irish at the University of Notre Dame. She competed at two U.S. Olympic Team Trials (Track & Field) and finished fifth in the women's heptathlon at the U.S. national championships in 2025. She started in bobsled in August 2025 and made the U.S. Bobsled team for the 2025-26 season as a push athlete. At her IBSF World Cup debut later that year in Latvia, she would finish fourth in two-woman Bobsled and be named to her first Olympic team for the Games earlier this year in Milano Cortina.
18 May 2026, 7:00 am - 37 minutes 56 secondsCSR 379 Fr Jon Polce
He played basketball and baseball in high school, when he also umpired the latter sport for about four years. He has also refereed some basketball games, plus, he has continued to play in pickup leagues his whole life, including cricket, curling, soccer, baseball, basketball, and golf. He also coached freshman baseball at Strake Jesuit for two years. Furthermore, he played in the national seminarian's basketball tournament in Wisconsin in 2022. Meanwhile, he was ordained to the priesthood in 2022 in St. Louis and two years ago was missioned to Jesuit Dallas to be the VP for Mission and Identity, which is the role he currently still holds.
11 May 2026, 7:00 am - 32 minutes 13 secondsCSR 378 Nick Rennpage
As a student-athlete, he competed in swimming, water polo, and sailing, and he later coached swimming at the municipal, club, and high school levels. In addition to having turned to cycling, he is the Mission Officer at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, where he hopes to help athletes and coaches articulate a vision of sport that is deeply human, spiritually grounded, and attentive to the movement of grace in embodied experience, all while he is pursuing graduate studies at the University of Detroit Mercy, focusing on Ignatian spirituality and athletics.
4 May 2026, 7:00 am - 27 minutes 26 secondsCSR 377 Gavin Doty
He last month led Siena University to the NCAA men's college basketball tournament for the first time since 2010, by way of capturing the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship. He was the MAAC Tournament MVP, after having been the first Siena University player in five years to earn First Team All-MAAC honors. He also set a record for the most points scored by a Siena Saints player through their first two seasons. Earlier this month he announced that he is transferring and will go play at Syracuse University. Before all that he had a record-setting high school career and even starred on the Nike EYBL circuit for the Albany City Rocks.
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