The call is coming from the inside ... no, not from inside the house, and no, it's not a scream. The call is the moment when you hear God talking to you. You can choose to ignore the voice, or you can jump in with both feet and follow the path less chosen.

It takes some nerve, especially when you're at the top of your game, to muster the courage to walk away from it all, listen to the voice, and wait for the unknown to be revealed. But that's what Mark Viviano did when he left his highly successful 40-year career in sportscasting.

Raised in the St. Louis area, Mark was inspired early to get into sports reporting — by his mother and the legendary commentator Jack Buck.

"The sound of his voice and his description of the game is truly, I will say, what pulled me into the beauty and artistry of reporting," he said. "She gave him the confidence in telling me I'd be good at it."

Mark started broadcasting college and professional sports while still a student at the University of Missouri. After college, he was hired in big sports markets in Iowa, Ohio, Atlanta, and Baltimore working at top news stations.

Mark's illustrious career included reporting from locker rooms and on the field. He had a daytime radio show and delivered evening and late-night television reports. Most of the time, he did all of it in the same day.

"I became a workaholic," he said.

After decades in a career he loved — one in which he was named Maryland sportscaster of the year FIVE times — Mark was driving down the road when he received a message he could not ignore. It wasn't a heart murmur, but it was a literal pressing on his chest that he says was undeniably God telling him to slow down.

"I was shaking, scared, but in awe," he said.

Twenty minutes later, he arrived at the station and put in notice that he was quitting the radio show. One week after that, he met the woman who would become his wife.

"This was somebody that I had worked with for two years and I didn't even know them because my head was always down. I was always working."

It didn't take long after he and his wife Megan had their second son that Mark decided that family was his true passion. He retired from television in 2024 and has since focused on being a fulltime father, parishioner, volunteer, and youth sports coach.

"It's a blessing and I'm blessed to be in the position to do it," he said.

If you're a sports fan from the Baltimore area, you probably know of Mark Viviano, but I'm sure you don't know this side of him. I invite everyone who enjoys talking sports and God to hear him bear all on this week's episode of Chiseled.