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It’s pretty clear, at this point, that New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has become, in the words of The New York Daily News, an “evangelical Christian icon.” It is hard to discuss his fanatical popularity in the heartland of America — think NFL jersey sales — without taking into account this aspect of his life and personality.
According to an in-depth story in ESPN the Magazine, the Summer Olympics are one big sex party â with 100,000 condoms ordered to keep up with all the athlete shenanigans expected in London.
Let’s face it. When the principalities and powers of Major League Baseball dreamed up the whole idea of regular interleague play, one of the main products they were trying to sell was the Subway Series in New York City.
A few readers sent along an interesting story about a Catholic school in Arizona that defaulted rather than play a co-ed baseball team. It reminds me a bit of the New York Times story about the all-girl prom at Hamtramck High School. Both are stories about religion, while the all-girl prom was done for Muslim sensibilities.
After one of the most incredible hitting performances in baseball history Tuesday night â including four home runs and a double â Josh Hamilton immediately gave credit to God.
Last September, as New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera established himself as baseball’s all-time leader in career saves, a New York Daily News writer lamented that the media ignored a key part of what drove Rivera to greatness â his faith in God.
I’ll be the first to admit that, as a guy from a family that bleeds green and gold, I am slightly freaked out that Baylor University’s Robert Griffin III (that Heisman Trophy guy) will soon be the quarterback for the Washington Redskins. I mean, I dislike the owner of the Redskins almost as much as I dislike the owner of the Dallas Cowboys (as a Tom Landry fan, I still have anger issues).
