A small Jesuit school—Saint Peter’s University of Jersey City, N.J.—upset the mighty University of Kentucky in the first round of the N.C.A.A. tournament.
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Racial barriers, basketball and faith: The legacy of the 1963 Loyola Ramblers
“The Loyola Project” is a new documentary about the breaking of racial barriers in basketball. Loyola Chicago team captain Lucas Williamson discusses his experience as narrator and cowriter, the 1963 team and his faith.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Olympic figure skating always brings the drama. This year is no different.
As the Beijing games draw to their conclusion, my only hope is that there is room for more than just Kamila Valieva’s story in the public imagination.
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The Catholic Church should do Super Bowl commercials
Super Bowl Sunday is an opportunity like no other to get your message out there. So why doesn’t the Catholic Church ever use it?
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Race, religion and roundball: Two new books on basketball
Father Kevin Spinale, S.J. offers his thoughts on the two latest selections of the Catholic Book Club: ‘Miracles on the Hardwood’ and ‘I Came as a Shadow’.
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Cincinnati and Los Angeles bishops face off with Super Bowl bets to raise money for Catholic schools
In what has become something of a tradition, the archbishops of the two cities that will face off in next week’s Super Bowl have placed a wager on the game.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
The Top 5 U.S. Catholic Newsmakers of 2021
In a year filled with good news and bad, more than a few Catholics stood out in the crowd (for better or for worse).
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Catholic youth basketball taught me beautiful (and painful) lessons about fatherhood
How did all of the efforts that had borne buckets a year ago result in so many losses in our final year?
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The Catholic Church is slow to change. When it comes to the names of our churches, that’s a good thing.
Staples Center in Los Angeles is now the Crypto.com Center. St. Patrick’s Cathedral will no doubt continue to change in the coming decades, but one thing it will never do is rename itself #JesusWins Cathedral.
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Interview: ‘King Richard’ director on the family story of Venus and Serena Williams
“King Richard” charts how Richard Williams, the father of Venus and Serena Williams, made good on the promise few believed possible.