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After Making Baseball History, Branch Rickey Faced a Spiritual Crisis

How the famed executive who signed Jackie Robinson found renewed hope in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

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Take Me Out to Something Bigger Than a Ballgame

American stadiums have always played host both to major sports and to larger social aspirations.

The Basketball Team Created to Represent God

The Dallas Mavericks were intended to be the first Christian team in the NBA.

Super Bowl Fans Don’t Need a Linebacker Jesus

Using sports to market Christ has a long history, but Sunday’s iteration might skip the muscles for heart.

After Answered Prayers for Damar Hamlin, What’s Next?

The faith intertwined with American football may also call us to care better for the players whose bodies bear the brunt of the sport.

Why We Fight About Football Prayers

The moral authority of high school coaches raises First Amendment questions the Supreme Court will have to consider in “Kennedy v. Bremerton.”

The Witness of the Black Church Rings Through NBA History

Over 75 years of the professional league—and for decades before—Black Christians brought a social conscience to basketball.

ORU Basketball Fans Know to ‘Expect a Miracle’

The team behind this year’s most impressive March Madness upset carries on Oral Roberts’s legacy of embracing sports as Christian witness.

Black Christians Play a Crucial Role in Athlete Activism

Though sports ministries long espoused a “colorblind” approach to race, believers in pro sports are leading the calls for racial justice.

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The Philadelphia Eagles Get the ‘God Squad’ Treatment

A reporter’s inside look at the team’s Christian culture repeats some characteristic flaws of evangelical writing on sports.

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