“Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would do this with the Cubs and be a priest,” said Father Burke Masters.
Sports
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Football could be their best shot at the American dream.
“Last Chance U,” which will appeal to football fans and non-fans alike, covers E.M.C.C.’s 2015 season in beautiful, intimate detail, from training camp to the last day of class.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Sports can be work of the Spirit, Pope Francis says
“Sport transcends the level of pure physicality and takes us into the arena of the spirit and even of mystery.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Columns
Saying goodbye to legendary Dodgers’ broadcaster Vin Scully
Vin Scully, Southern California’s soundtrack to summertime, is retiring.
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
World Cup Pope Match: Francis vs. Benedict?
Argentina and Germany face off on Sunday in the tournament’s final match.
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
Finding God in the World Cup
As the World Cup continues to draw international attention, we might stop to ponder how God works for our good in all things, even sports.
Posted inFaith, Of Other Things
Why you don’t have to love baseball to love ‘Field of Dreams’
The film is a beautiful reminder of the power of faith in things unseen.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
A Boy Grows in Brooklyn
It is the 1941 baseball season and Joe DiMaggio is not content Fans idolize him He enjoys a record-breaking hitting streak His wife gives birth to a son Yet DiMaggio is moody and saturnine besieged by guilt that he is not the hero his fans expect him to be…
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
An interview with Fay Vincent: The transcript
We have transcribed our interview with Former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent on the morality of baseball. You can listen to the interview here or read it below.
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
The Morality of Baseball: Fay Vincent on the Steroid Scandal
Former Major League Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent speaks about the need for greater moral leadership in baseball in wake of the latest steroid scandal. In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on August 5, Mr. Vincent called for a lifetime ban for all players who use performance enhancing drugs.