New Testament
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Being Honored
Most athletes and coaches will be honored for something they have accomplished. It might be an individual or team award, but for that moment, the spotlight shines brightly on...
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My Way or the Highway
When basketball coach Rick Pitino was coaching the Boston Celtics, he was accused by his players of being an autocratic leader who believed “My way or the highway.” According...
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Who is the G.O.A.T.?
Who is the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) in baseball? For sure, Babe Ruth would be on most people’s list. Ruth’s statistics help to prove the case. After all...
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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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