Before the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins in Game 7 on June 12 to win the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup for the first time in the team’s 52-year history, Twitter was alive with hopes for a little divine intervention for such a victory.
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Posted inArts & Culture, News
Nun who threw perfect pitch at MLB game is getting her own baseball card
The perfect pitch Dominican Sister Mary Jo Sobieck threw prior to a Chicago White Sox game last summer not only went viral but is still out of the park.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Revisiting the ‘Boys’ Life’ books of sports stories
Looking back on sports stories designed to educate a certain class of white American male into the virtues of postwar civic culture.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why Virginia’s National Championship is the perfect Easter redemption story
Thanks to the resilience of the U.V.A. team—and the fervent prayers of many fans—the darkest day in the program’s history will now be remembered as the first step on their road to redemption.
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
America This Week: March 20, 2019
This week’s guest is Michael J. O’Loughlin, America’s national correspondent. We discuss his article “Meet the Vatican team running for the greater glory of God (and maybe the Olympics).” We also discuss these articles: The difficult questions Catholics need to ask after the college admissions scandal A Jesuit confesses his love for March Madness and NCAA basketball […]
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A Jesuit confesses his love for March Madness and NCAA basketball
A March Madness gets underway, the curious coincidence of basketball and American Catholicism comes into view.
Posted inArts & Culture, Interviews
Joe Lunardi’s Jesuit-educated guide to what teams will make the N.C.A.A. tournament
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?
Posted inArts & Culture, Jesuitical
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.