Hannah Brandt is a forward for the U.S. Olympic team. Marissa Brandt, who was adopted as a baby from South Korea, used her birth name, Park-Yoon Jung, for the Olympics and plays defense for the combined Koreas.
Sports
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Figure skating deserves your attention more than every four years.
The Winter Olympics are upon us once again, and once again, figure skating steps out of its burrow of athletic obscurity.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis sees hope for peace in North and South Korea’s Olympic collaboration
This makes one hope for a world in which conflicts are resolved peacefully through dialogue and mutual respect, as sport also teaches.
Posted inFaith, News
Philadelphia Eagles punter sees God’s hand in path to Super Bowl
Philadelphia Eagles punter Donnie Jones, a lifelong Catholic, believes that God has guided him throughout his NFL career and vocation as a husband and father.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Let the big game begin: Jesuit schools and local bishops gear up for Super Bowl fun
Super Bowl week is the holiest of sports weeks, and the Sunday game the holiest of Sabbaths.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Advice for Super Bowl LII: Don’t mess with Philly phans
Fans of the Philadelphia Eagles are ready to cheer their team on to victory in Sunday’s Super Bowl. They are also ready to boo.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Bishops of Boston and Philadelphia make a friendly Super Bowl bet
Should the Pats win, which oddsmakers say is likely, Archbishop Chaput will donate $100 to Catholic Charities of Boston.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The humbling spirituality of (bad) fishing
My fishing life has been a series of snagged lines and broken dreams.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The ecstatic, tragic life of Muhammad Ali
Readers who identify with Ali will have to shut their eyes to the negatives and praise the positives.
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
Thanksgiving special: A look at Jesuit basketball
For Thanksgiving, we give you an inside look into what Jesuit basketball teams to watch out for this season.