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  Jul 13

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Revelation 13 – Kingdom Sports Blog

  The Beast It's probably not surprising that someone was named "The Beast" in professional wrestling. Yvon Cormier is perhaps the most famous wrestler with that nickname. He and his three...

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  Jul 12

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Revelation 12 – Kingdom Sports Blog

  The Win "The Jets will win Sunday. I guarantee it." Those were the words from Joe Namath in 1969, just a few days before his underdog New York Jets played...

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  Jul 11

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Revelation 11 – Kingdom Sports Blog

  Protection When I coached basketball, most high school teams I coached against either played man-to-man or zone defense. Like most coaches, I found either system could protect the goal with...

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  Jul 10

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Revelation 10 – Kingdom Sports Blog

  Timeout Timeouts are a crucial part of any basketball game and can be the difference between a win or a loss. As a basketball strategy, it can stop the other...

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  Jul 7

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Revelation 9- Kingdom Sports Blog

  The Four Horseman Grantland Rice, a famous sportswriter, helped make four of the Notre Dame football players famous when he named them the Four Horsemen in his newspaper column in...

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  Jul 6

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Revelation 8- Kingdom Sports Blog

  How much longer? Nothing feels more painful than a losing streak for either the teams that experience them or their fans. The suffering never seems to end. Here are just...

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  Jul 5

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Revelation 7- Kingdom Sports Blog

  The Mark For sports franchises, logos have existed since the earliest days of professional sports, with "The National League" in baseball in 1876. Between all the professional teams within the...

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  Jul 4

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Revelation 6- Kingdom Sports Blog

  The Warning The two-minute warning originated in the early years of the NFL when the official game time was kept by a member of the officiating crew, with the stadium...

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  Jul 3

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Revelation 5- Kingdom Sports Blog

  Worthy of Worship In the 1955 musical comedy “Damn Yankees,” the main character Joe Boyd sells his soul to the devil. He’s a long-suffering fan of the pathetic Washington Senators...

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