To Notre Dame fans as well as to a certain portion of the American Catholic populace, Knute Rockne remains a mythic figure—the founding father of the legend of the Fighting Irish.
Sports
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Pope Leo would ‘love to’ throw a White Sox season opening pitch, team’s co-owner says
The next owner of the Chicago White Sox baseball team said Pope Leo XIV told him that he’d “love to“ throw a season opening first pitch in the future—“schedule permitting.”
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R.I.P. Paul Tagliabue: the commissioner who brought Catholic values to the NFL
While Paul Tagliabue, who died on Sunday, is remembered for his long and successful tenure as commissioner of the NFL, he was also a devoted philanthropist whose causes included Jesuit education and L.G.B.T.Q. ministry in the church.
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It’s 1812 all over again: The Blue Jays meet the Dodgers in the World Series tonight.
The World Series this year features the Toronto Blue Jays against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
America executive editor Sebastian Gomes and senior editor James T. Keane share their thoughts on this year’s matchup.
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How NFL legend Vince Lombardi’s Catholic faith inspired him to fight racism
The same coach who believed in finding God in all people became the first to regularly draft Black players in the NFL draft’s first round.
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Sister Jean’s legacy: A life of faith, service and basketball
“Well done, my good and faithful servant. Go Ramblers.”
Posted inIdeas
Pope Leo is a tennis guy. That checks out.
Leo’s more reserved, reflective and gentle approach speaks to the solitary nature of tennis.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Jocks for Jesus
In ‘The Spirit of the Game,’ Paul Emory Putz offers insights into the synergy between sports and Christianity in the United States.
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Pope Leo XIV: ‘Sport teaches us how to lose’
Athletes who never make mistakes, who never lose, do not exist. Champions are not perfectly functioning machines, but real men and women, who, when they fall, find the courage to get back on their feet.
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On feeling uncomfortable when an athlete thanks God after the big game
A Reflection for Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter, by Zac Davis