NFL
Buffalo Bills team chaplain: Prayer that began after Hamlin’s collapse hasn’t stopped
By Scott Barkley — January 12, 2023
Bills chaplain Len Vanden Bos said he has witnessed a unifying desire for prayer among both players and fans since Hamlin fell to the turf in Cincinnati.
Tony and Lauren Dungy: On faith and family, football and race, winning and losing
By Adelle M. Banks — August 8, 2022
(RNS) — 'I think the world looks at us in our times of disappointment much more so than they look at us in our times of triumph,' said Tony Dungy.
Rams or Bengals? The annual divining of the Super Bowl victor through sacred texts.
By Joshua Hammerman — February 11, 2022
(RNS) — My record is impeccable.
DuVernay’s ‘Colin in Black & White’ on Netflix traces the seeds of Kaepernick’s activism
By Tahil Sharma — November 15, 2021
(RNS) — A professional athlete's story turns out to be about all of us.
Like many hajj traditions in a pandemic year, Zamzam water gets a reboot
By Joseph Hammond — July 21, 2021
(RNS) — In an effort to keep COVID-19 transmission to a minimum, Saudi authorities have deployed 20 robots to serve bottles of Islam's holiest water to often bemused pilgrims.
Robert Lesslie, slain doctor, saw ‘Angels in the ER’ and wrote hopeful stories of faith in tragedy
By Bob Smietana — April 9, 2021
(RNS) — The longtime ER doctor and writer said he often saw God at work in tragedy and crisis.
Robert Saleh is the NFL’s first Muslim head coach
By Joseph Hammond — February 5, 2021
(RNS) — For Saleh, who went to a majority-Muslim public high school in Dearborn, Michigan, the Islamic faith and American football have always had a unique synergy.
Changing the Washington NFL team’s name is something, but not enough
By Kaitlin Curtice — July 13, 2020
(RNS) — While this decision is a big one, it’s not enough to show that Indigenous peoples have a place in this nation and that we never deserved the genocide, hate and oppression we have faced.
NFL’s ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ plan will profane ‘Black national anthem’
By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes — July 8, 2020
(RNS) — African Americans’ most sacred hymn shouldn’t be desecrated to support the NFL’s attempts to apologize for its misunderstanding of players’ protests against racism.
Tom Brady’s leap of faith
By Bob Smietana — March 22, 2020
(RNS) — Once a devoted acolyte of Bill Belichick, the Pats' Hall of Famer has put himself in the hands of a trainer/spiritual guide once labeled a ‘snake oil salesman.’
NFL’s Saints fight to shield emails in Catholic abuse crisis
By Jim Mustian — January 24, 2020
The team is trying to block the release of emails allegedly showing its executives 'softening' the impact of the local Roman Catholic archdiocese's burgeoning sexual abuse crisis.
Faith groups, nonprofits team up to help homeless around Super Bowl
By Adelle M. Banks — February 2, 2018
(RNS) — Staying put would have been a logistical nightmare for the 50 to 60 homeless women and men who typically sleep in a church shelter across the street from the stadium.
‘Trumpvangelicals’ top religion journalists’ poll
By Kimberly Winston — December 15, 2017
(RNS) — And the president himself tops the list of religion newsmakers of the year — despite his lack of church attendance and biblical literacy.
Trump, unlikely religious favorite, hails Christian values
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 13, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump assured a high-profile gathering of Christian conservatives that his administration will defend religious organizations, promising a return to traditional American values.
Kneeling at NFL liturgies — it’s a little strange for a Catholic
By Thomas Reese — September 26, 2017
(RNS) — From a Catholic perspective, the controversy over kneeling during the national anthem is strange.
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