{"id":3126,"date":"2026-03-13T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/?p=3126"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T01:30:41","slug":"the-jccc-sports-podcast-talks-nfl-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2026\/03\/13\/the-jccc-sports-podcast-talks-nfl-free-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"The JCCC Sports Podcast Talks NFL Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Viewers! Welcome back to another episode of JCCC Sports. Today we welcome Jay back into the studio. With the return, Jay and Prince share a little about their history of sports and why they wanted to be on the podcast. Continuing on, they discuss an unfortunate basketball loss, and the NFL free agency currently going on.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JCCC Sports S1E4 - NFL Free Agency\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vGBBgez-NFQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The podcasts have their own YouTube channel now! All future episodes will be posted there instead of the Main Channel. Please check us out at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheMessengerMicdUp and don\u2019t forget to subscribe!<\/p>\n<p>To find all of our episodes, please go to <a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/jccc-the-messenger\">https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/jccc-the-messenger<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have any stories, please email <a href=\"mailto:themessengerjccc@gmail.com\">themessengerjccc@gmail.com<\/a>, or find us on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/themessenger.jccc\/?hl=en\">@themessenger.jccc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Intro\/Outro music made by Caden Asher.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for tuning in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Viewers! Welcome back to another episode of JCCC Sports. Today we welcome Jay back into the studio. With the return, Jay and Prince share a little about their history of sports and why they wanted to be on the podcast. 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