New Testament
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Team Building
When the fledgling American Football League announced it would have a team in Dallas in 1960, the NFL decided it, too, needed to have a team there. Tom Landry...
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Pleasing Man or God?
Ricky Simmons is an example of a college football player who went from the penthouse to the outhouse. In the early 1980s, he was a star receiver for the...
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Follow the Leader
Who is the greatest women’s basketball coach? Head coach of the NC State Wolfpack women’s basketball team from 1975-2009 would be my pick. It’s not because Kay Yow won...
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Beyond Despair
Serena Williams has been one of the most successful professional tennis champions during the past couple of decades. However, she found all her achievements in sports weren’t enough to...
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Sports Parables
Ron Brown has been using sports parables to teach the Bible for most of his coaching career. He spent 24 years as an assistant football coach at Nebraska, helping...
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Handling Fame
Here’s what Peter Keating, reporting about ESPN’s fourth annual World of Fame 100 issue, wrote about fame or popularity. “You’ll find that our index teaches some basic lessons about the...
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Guard Your Heart
Ohio State football’s memorabilia-for-cash and tattoos scandal forced coach Jim Tressel to resign following a stellar career that included an overall record of 94–22. He failed to report information...
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The Servant Leader
When speaking about his football team, former Detroit Lions head coach Jim Caldwell said, “The more you know about them, the better you can serve them. I’ve always believed...
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Resurrection
In the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, the U.S. hockey team beat the mighty Russian team in a dramatic upset. The U.S. team was made up of college players who...
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