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Football Coach Strives to Be a Father First
Marcus Freeman spent years as a coach to watch: a star linebacker at Ohio State who played in the NFL before he emerged as one of the college game’s ...
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NFL Star Expresses the Heart of Our Problem
A high-level NFL star (it’s Tom Brady if you want to use his name) recently expressed the essence of works-righteousness that lurks in all our hearts ...
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Marathon Runner Changes His Name to ‘Christian’
Pastor Bryan Chapell writes in his recent book Grace at Work:
I have a friend who's a marathon runner. He was in a race a few years ago that he knew ...
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Cricketer’s Humble Beginning Produces Gratitude
Sis Vivian Richards is a legendary cricketer who represented the West Indies in their years of undisputed cricket dominance from the late 1970’s ...
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Cheating Scandal Rocks Fishing Competition
In the fall of 2022, the fishing world was rocked by a cheating scandal. It happened at the Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament.
Jason Fischer, the director ...
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Sport Designed for Visually Impaired Athletes
Top athletes around the region convened in early February for the Cascade Classic, the Northwest Goalball Regional Tournament. If you’ve never seen ...
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How Damar Hamlin Drove a Nation to Pray
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June of 2022, that a Bremerton, Wash., high-school football coach was improperly fired for praying with his players after ...
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The Man Who Invented Waterskiing
One hundred years ago (1922), a Minnesota man named Ralph Samuelson went to a local lumberyard. Most people would have said that Samuelson found two ordinary ...
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Legendary MLB Announcer Thanks God
“It’s time for Dodger baseball … Hi everybody and a very pleasant good evening to you, wherever you may be.”
That was the opening ...
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Masters Winner’s Identity Isn’t Golf but God
In February of 2022, Scottie Scheffler was a 25-year-old beginning his third full season on the PGA Tour, ranked 15th in the world. He was still seeking ...
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