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- Never Feel Forgotten - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2021 from Bruce WawrzyniakOn my personal Instagram I posted a picture from Beijing when I was the Chief Press Officer there at the 2008 Summer Olympics. I was reflecting on the Games because they would've taken place in August in Japan if it weren't for the pandemic. You might've forgotten about that postponement. In ...
Views: 660 - Honestly Evaluating Our Daily Walk - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2021 from Bruce WawrzyniakLate last year as both the NBA and the NHL moved deeper into the playoffs and closer to an eventual champion, we were reminded of how one team needs to win 16 games to eventually be the one to hoist the Stanley Cup or the Larry O'Brien trophy. While they didn't have to go undefeated, you'd still ...
Views: 641 - Hope is not a Strategy - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakIn the second round of the NHL playoffs during a morning press conference on a gameday, Tampa Bay Lightning Head Coach Jon Cooper said, "Hope is not a strategy." And it made me think of the hope that we DO have in every new day, because of our Heavenly Father. I remember my spiritual ...
Views: 877 - Injury Not Needed to Give of Yourself - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakA few months ago I was spending many of my nights watching the NHL playoff series between the Boston Bruins and my hometown Tampa Bay Lightning. Our Bolts, however, were having to play without Steven Stamkos, the team captain, who was injured. It's times like those when you'll hear a coach ...
Views: 572 - Don't Worry, Be Happy - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakThe baseball team that I root for, the Tampa Bay Rays, were up in Boston and swept a four-game series from the Red Sox, and they scored 42 runs over the course of those four wins. After the fourth game, in which they scored 17 runs, one of the Rays players said, "I told you all we'd be fine two ...
Views: 1002 - Aiming for the It's Not About Me Mindset - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakIn the last post that I had put on this website I was talking in that entry about awards and, in particular, MVP, most valuable player. That was taken from Episode 80 of my weekly show and in that interview my guest, Fr. Michael Lightner, proceeded to make a reference to St. John ...
Views: 982 - You Don't Need an Award to Know You're Valued - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakIt's funny that as the sports leagues start back up, the sports media want to start trying to forecast who will win which honors. Of course, the biggest individual trophy is always league MVP. Even in football, when they're still just in training camp, reporters already want to discuss who the ...
Views: 702 - That Comforting Talk to Clear Your Conscience - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakThere have been a good deal of coaches on my weekly "Catholic Sports Radio" show, and as NFL training camps got underway I couldn't help but think of that fateful moment that all players hope to avoid at all costs. It's when they tell you, "Coach wants to see you. And bring your playbook." ...
Views: 616 - Patience is, in Fact, a Virtue - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakWe finally have baseball back, and at the end of this week both the NBA and the NHL will start back up. For diehard sports fans it has been an absolute test of patience, waiting and wondering if and when all those sports, all those teams, all those athletes would be back in action, doing what ...
Views: 660 - Being Cleansed and Getting 'Spiritual Coaching' - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakThere have been a good deal of coaches on my weekly show, and as NFL training camps got underway I couldn't help but think of that fateful moment that all players hope to avoid at all costs. It's when they tell you, "Coach wants to see you. And bring your playbook." There are other times when ...
Views: 671 - Being Obedient to the Rule Book for Our Faith Life - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakThis past weekend I found myself sitting at my desk, working on Catholic Sports Radio at 4:30 on a Saturday afternoon. The next time I glanced down into the corner of my laptop, the time showed FIVE thirty. Again, on a Saturday afternoon. And in that moment I realized that while lots of other ...
Views: 608 - Spiritual Pep Talk - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakEach week I surrender to the Holy Spirit for whatever God wants me to say in the "Ministry Moment" portion of my show. Some might be tempted to say that I have to challenge myself to get inspired to deliver an impactful message to the audience, although I really consider it an honor and a ...
Views: 711 - We're All on God's Team - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakTraining camps are starting back up - as strange as that sounds for this time of year - for pretty much all four sports. And, when you think about training camp, or even school sports, where students are in that same preparation time for an upcoming season, they're trying out to make the team. ...
Views: 651 - Let's ALL Spread the Good News - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakI remember when I worked in the Olympic Movement, as the Chief Press Officer for the women's softball competition at the 2008 and 2004 Summer Olympics in Beijing and Athens, respectively. Back in our world headquarters building there was a small, rather indistinct sign in one of the offices that ...
Views: 743 - Just Be Still - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakIt's fitting that Catholic Sports Radio is a show that you (more than likely) sit and listen to. Maybe at your computer, for example. It conjures up images of the proverbial good old days when fans would sit by a radio console listening to the broadcast of a baseball game. Meanwhile, the ...
Views: 745 - Finding Comfort in Church, Location Notwithstanding - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakThe NBA is reportedly planning to restart the season on July 31st with all games to be played in the Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando at Disney World. The NHL still hasn't announced which two cities will host all the games when that league is ready to resume play. The NFL is no stranger ...
Views: 628 - Speak the Language of the Lord - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakI'm always amazed when I hear football coaches or players refer to the names for certain plays. And I'm not just talking about, say, a two-word phrase like "flea flicker." There are complex calls that the quarterback barks out, which his teammates need to have studied the playbook deeply to ...
Views: 729 - Get Your Head in the Spiritual Game - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakWe've all seen basketball games where a team calls a timeout and all the players huddle around to listen to the coach during that break. Timeouts aren't as common in the National Hockey League but they do happen occasionally in that sport as well. Plus, certainly, we see huddles on the field in ...
Views: 633 - Making Peace with Your Past - by Submitted on May 28, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakI was recently interviewed on a secular radio station on a sports show, both about my sports background and about Catholic Sports Radio, and since I spent ten seasons working in the NHL the interviewer asked me about fighting in hockey. And then when the interview was ending he asked me about ...
Views: 743 - Called to be a Coach? - by Submitted on May 25, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakRecently on my show we heard National Catholic Coaches Association Vice President of Operations Andrew Whitaker talk about his size, with the implication being that his calling wasn't to be an athlete. Yet, with great enthusiasm he spoke of how he *has* still been able to find a way to make a ...
Views: 760 - Embracing Those That Have Been Cast Off - by Submitted on May 21, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakI've been seeing the sports media scrambling for features to write since there are still no games being played anywhere that they can report on. A lot of these journalists are getting historic and reflecting back on all-time type lists. I admit that it made my mind wander in a similar ...
Views: 697 - A Report Card for How Your Day Was - by Submitted on May 08, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakWe just had the NFL Draft a couple of weeks ago. That means that the media have spent the days since then issuing their draft report cards, writing about how they think the teams did, what went well and where they feel they can still improve, or even what they did -- or *didn't* do -- ...
Views: 607 - Athletes, Teachers, and Priests are Real People - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakI remember when I was a young boy and I saw a picture in the newspaper of some of the NHL players that were up on top of a huge mound of snow. They were helping shovel snow around the arena. And I kind of thought to myself that, "They're pro hockey players! What are they doing? They look like ...
Views: 584 - God is Always With Us - by Submitted on May 08, 2020 from Bruce WawrzyniakThere has been talk of pro sports leagues playing to empty arenas. Lebron James came out and said he wouldn't do it. That the fans have to be there. No one can fathom this idea of playing alone, playing without spectators. The WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) has been putting on their ...
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