March Madness kicks off this weekend with Selection Sunday. What teams will make it to the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament this year?
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Marquette’s Markus Howard is changing the way athletes talk about mental health
Are we closer to ending the stigma surrounding mental health care?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Georgetown University troubled by coach’s involvement in college scam
Georgetown University is “deeply troubled” to learn that a former tennis coach was involved in the widespread college admission scandal which has entangled many nationally known colleges and universities.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
A history of Catholic School Sports, From Babe Ruth to LeBron James
There is no way to explain the success of Catholic school athletes without taking into account a wide range of factors—historical, sociological and, yes, spiritual.
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Meet the Vatican team running for the greater glory of God (and maybe the Olympics)
A new Vatican team supports fitness and the value of being Christian. And they just might make it to the Olympics someday.
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Meet the most Catholic team in the N.H.L.
Despite its explicit Catholic attributes, N.H.L. players are not known for wearing religion on their sleeves the way players do in other sports leagues, like the National Football League or the National Basketball Association.
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How Loyola Chicago’s Sister Jean prays—on and off the court
A conversation with the celebrity sister of college basketball
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Why boxing was the most Catholic sport for almost 100 years
As late as the 1970s, boxing saturated U.S. Catholic culture. It reinforced Catholic ideas about the redemptive value of physical suffering; it also offered a powerful form of assimilation to male Catholic immigrants.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The big money behind March Madness
Watching the N.C.A.A. annual college basketball tournament has become a tradition for many Catholics. March Madness is also a huge moneymaker for everyone except the players.
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When Father Malone is away, guest columnist James T. Keane will play ball.
Matt Malone, S.J., is traveling abroad. But I also suspect he let me be the pinch-hitter for this column in America’s special sports issue out of pity.