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The Gospel of Sports

The Gospel of Sports focuses on faith through the lens of sports.

We're huge Notre Dame football fans, but should they even be playing this fall?

The Gospel of Sports: My friend Chris is a passionate yet levelheaded college football fan. As I've been thinking about the season that might not happen this fall, I asked him to help me process everything.

A fan wears a T-shirt supporting Hong Kong and holds a U.S. flag before an NBA game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the LA Clippers in that city Oct. 22. (Newscom/USA Today Sports/Kirby Lee)

In NBA's China controversy, social justice loses out to the bottom line

The Gospel of Sports: I was suckered in by the NBA's apparent wokeness. But since a general manager got chastised for supporting Hong Kong protesters, I've been reflecting on where I turn for moral leadership.

Remember Catholic teaching on labor in debate about paying college athletes

The Gospel of Sports: Paying college athletes is an issue that Catholics ought to consider with a Sports Illustrated in one hand and the last 120 years of papal writings on human labor in the other.

Gonzaga University, national basketball powerhouse

The Gospel of Sports: How does a small, Jesuit university in Spokane, Washington, end up competing so strongly with the Dukes and North Carolinas of the world? I reached out to Peter Woodburn, who runs the Gonzaga SB Nation site, The Slipper Still Fits, to find out more.

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