National Football League
Patriots owner Robert Kraft campaigns against antisemitism
By Deepa Bharath — March 27, 2023
(AP) — A $25 million “Stand Up to Jewish Hate” campaign launched Monday by the 81-year-old billionaire through his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism aims to raise awareness nationwide about soaring incidents of antisemitism online and in person.
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.
William Barber points to NFL players’ humanity in prayer for Damar Hamlin
By Kathryn Post — January 8, 2023
(RNS) — The league is still reeling from Hamlin’s on-field injury on Monday night.
Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin’s televised collapse should change how we watch football
By Sean Samuel O'Neil — January 3, 2023
(RNS) — The game made me examine my own culpability in treating players like disposable commodities.
The Hanukkah dreidel and America’s gambling problem
By Joshua Hammerman — December 15, 2022
(RNS) — Religious institutions were not prepared for the gambling explosion. We need to catch up.
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.
NFL team’s deep Catholic ties behind role in abuse crisis
By Jim Mustian, Brett Martel, and Reese Dunklin — February 12, 2020
(AP) — The controversy that has led fans to question what exactly the New Orleans Saints did for the church and whether it was appropriate.
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.
Is America losing its religion of football?
By Martin E. Marty — September 11, 2017
Critics and defenders of the sport and business of football, from the grade school level to the National Football League’s market-religious status, agreed that science and media interests have converged to appeal to the public conscience.
Pope tells NFL legends he backs a ‘different’ kind of football
By Josephine McKenna — June 21, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) But what's a pope to do with a golden football helmet?
NFL agent says domestic violence crisis due to ungodly men
By Jonathan Merritt — November 17, 2014
After a strong of scandals, some speculate that the NFL has become a haven for violent men. But one Christian NFL sports agent says that the problem isn't limited to sports and is bigger than domestic violence.
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