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1. American Family Association Applauds Mississippi Senate for Protecting Female Athletes

A bill aimed at protecting female athletes competing in high school and college sports in Mississippi passed in the state Senate late last week by a vote of 34-9 just ahead of the deadline. The "Mississippi ...

Created on 15 February 2021

2. After Nixing National Anthem for First 13 Games, Mavericks' Owner Cuban Agrees to Comply With NBA Edict

... national anthem: Have covered sports all over the world. The US is an outlier when it comes to the pre-game national anthem. Would have more resonance as a rarity instead of being the rule. https://t.co/waCJalxwGG ...

Created on 10 February 2021

3. AFA Compels Mississippi Senate to Keep Level Playing Field in Sports

... Mississippi Fairness Act (SB 2536)." Wildmon pointed to a level playing field and how, at its best, sports are a venue for human excellence and an opportunity to celebrate the designed uniqueness God ...

Created on 10 February 2021

4. Scientology Super Bowl Commercial Again Sparks Controversy

The Super Bowl commercials remain some of the most highly anticipated (and expensive) promotional spots of the year. And as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs battled it out on the field, ...

Created on 08 February 2021

5. Newsflash to the ACLU: Boys Are Different Than Girls

... not binaries," and "Trans athletes do not have an unfair advantage in sports." Accordingly, the only reason to deny a trans-identified student the right to play on the sports' team of his or her choice ...

Created on 05 February 2021

6. Christ-Follower and Home Run Great Hank Aaron Dies at 86

... season started." In 1973, he received almost 1 million pieces of mail, but much of it was filled with hatred for a Black man who was approaching one of the most revered records in all of sports—Ruth' ...

Created on 22 January 2021

7. NBA Star Ja Morant Posts Faith-Filled Message After Ankle Injury

Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant posted a faith-filled message to Twitter in the wee hours of the morning Tuesday after leaving Monday's game with an ankle injury. In the 21-word tweet, Morant ...

Created on 29 December 2020

8. Larry Tomczak's Week in Review: Handling the National Chao

... main thing." Together, let's stay current by investing the time to stay on top of it all by watching this video. Looking Back —Handling the national chaos. —2020's top 10 events. —"Sports Person ...

Created on 18 December 2020

9. Female Athletes Pursue Lawsuit, Seek to Defend Gender Equality Rights

The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging Idaho's Fairness in Women's Sports Act. This commonsense law simply reserves women's sports for female athletes. But the ACLU's lawsuit seeks to force female ...

Created on 14 December 2020

10. Why Politics and Sports Do Not Make for a Good Mix

It's true that many sports fans take their sports very seriously. But to watch sports is to watch people play a game. It is a distraction from the real world. It is meant to be entertaining. It is meant ...

Created on 15 September 2020

11. No, Stephen A. Smith, the Hiring of Steve Nash Is Not 'White Privilege

Must everything be about race? Can nothing be about merit? Can owners of a sports franchise no longer hire the person they believe is best qualified without making it into an issue of race? I'm talking ...

Created on 04 September 2020

12. Why the 'Cancel Culture' Just Came After Tim Tebo

It was German theologian Martin Niemöller who, speaking prophetically of the rise of Nazism in Germany, said: "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist, ...

Created on 10 August 2020

13. 'I Still Stand in Jesus' Name': Orlando Magic's Jonathan Isaac Doubles Down on Anthem Stan

Just days after sparking attention all over the internet, Orlando Magic player Jonathan Isaac is doubling down on his decision to remain standing for the national anthem. Despite the backlash he's faced, ...

Created on 04 August 2020

14. Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles Proves She Still Has 'Courage to Soar

Simone Biles may not be setting world records during the COVID-19 pandemic, but she's still wowing her fans across the world. The 23-year-old gymnast, who owns the most world medals in U.S. history (14) ...

Created on 14 July 2020

15. NFL Star Carson Wentz Says He's Fully Surrendering to 'God's Perfect Pl

Injuries forced Carson Wentz to watch another quarterback lead the Philadelphia Eagles to their first Super Bowl title and put him on the sideline for playoff games in each of the next two seasons. Now ...

Created on 11 May 2020

16. Shawn Bolz: Bob Jones Told Me 'End Time Revival' Would Come After Chiefs Win Super Bow

... We haven't been able to find any recordings of him saying this but he said it often to us. He often prophesied about sports teams and prophetic symbolism. He said when the chiefs win God is raising up His ...

Created on 03 February 2020

17. Why Kobe Bryant's Untimely Death Should Prompt Believers to Contemplate Their Mortalit

We have all come face to face with eternity this week. Kobe Bryant, the basketball legend, the family man and American hero, was tragically killed in a helicopter crash. Eight others were also killed including ...

Created on 27 January 2020

18. How Christians Should Respond to Kobe Bryant's Deat

Kobe Bryant—dead. There must be a mistake. I glanced at the Apple News on my app and clicked another headline bearing a similar message. Disbelief morphed to an intense craving to gain more information. ...

Created on 30 January 2020

19. How Kobe Bryant's Encounter With a Catholic Priest Changed His Lif

... wife Vanessa got back together and started the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation (KVBFF), "which encourages young kids to develop their physical and social skills through sports and charity work." ...

Created on 30 January 2020

20. The Untimely Death of Kobe Bryant and What We Should Learn From It

... stretched far beyond sports, touching art, culture, business and his family. But what does that all matter in the end if he knew not Christ? What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his ...

Created on 29 January 2020