This week, we talk with Brian Larkin of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Larkin is part of the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight. Founded in 2018, the J.B.S. is “a nationwide effort to capitalize on basketball games between Jesuit schools and, through those games, bring greater positive awareness and exposure to Jesuit education and its shared […]
Sports
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The spirituality of the Sunday long run
“The Church of the Long Run” has become an important practice for Christians across denominations.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
First Amendment may protect Trump tweets against N.F.L. protests
The president’s campaign to define—and enforce—patriotism poses constitutional questions for chief executives and football players alike.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
I was a boy when I first saw the Dodgers play. And I will be a boy again tonight.
The World Series beginning in Los Angeles tonight brings up childhood memories of the Dodgers.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic high schools have varied stances on athletes ‘taking a knee’ during the national anthem
Players felt “compelled to raise awareness for the marginalized.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Superman with a Racket
The greatest athletes transcend mere games. They soar above competition, tower over leagues, fuel economies and even change societies. They always represent more; on the field, in the ring and off the court. The truly great ones even continue to touch lives when they’re not competing. Burning with passion, a love of the game so […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
The fall of Ernest Hemingway
“Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald Reading a great biography is like watching a tragedy unfold. The promises of youth gradually give way to the limitations imposed by reality, and demise and denouement inevitably ensue. This is especially compelling when the subject of the biography is a larger-than-life […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
What I learned about my Catholic faith from watching a bullfight
The bullfight enacts the human drama each of us participates in.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
They who are about to die salute us: the price of head trauma in professional sports
Presuming we are unwilling to outlaw these spectacles, we must mend what we will not end.
Posted inFaith, News
Notre Dame great Ara Parseghian was a supporter of school’s Catholic faith
Legendary University of Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian died Aug. 2 at age 94.