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Professionals can help your golf game

How’s your golf game? Does it need some work? What are you doing to improve? If you just keep practicing the same way at the range, are you really expecting to get ...

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Here’s how Christians are sharing the Gospel with Russians during the World Cup

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The FIFA World Cup finals take place every four years and attract a television audience of over a billion. They also draw hundreds of thousands of fans from all over the world ...

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Japanese kid skipping high school to join KC Royals

Kaito Yuki is skipping school in Japan and is instead headed to the Kansas City Royals. The team signed Yuki, a 16-year-old pitcher, out of junior high to a minor league contract ...

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FROM THE CHEAP SEATS By Rob Mooney

The NBA season concluded the way that everyone thought that it would, a Golden State Warriors four-game sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The only surprising thing about the outcome was that Cleveland ...

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Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles’ new book gives behind-the-scenes glimpses

When the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback went down with a torn ACL in week 14 of the 2017 NFL season, many fans―and commentators―assumed the Eagles’ season was over. Instead, Nick Foles came off ...

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‘God is What Matters’ says NBA draft pick Missouri’s Michael Porter

Even though there’s still some question about how much Michael Porter, Jr. will be able to play basketball in the NBA due to an injury, the Denver Nuggets decided to take the ...

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He’s a major-league pitcher — and a plumber — whose faith helps keep him focused

It’s not hard to stay humble when you’re unclogging a toilet…..or when you’re throwing gopher balls to Miracle League ballplayers swinging for the fences. At least that’s how Detroit Tigers ace Michael ...

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Justify’s Jockey Praises His ‘Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’ After Winning Triple Crown

Mike Smith, the jockey riding Justify in Saturday night’s Belmont Stakes, could have said anything in his first television interview.  Instead of thanking the horse’s owner and the trainer, the very first ...

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6 Questions with Stefen Wisniewski

In his childhood, Stefen Wisniewski experienced the power of Jesus Christ through his family and the passion of sports through football. As a Christ-follower, Wisniewski has developed his relationship with God as ...

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Topeka’s hockey team is now the Pilots

Lamar Hunt Jr., the new owner of Topeka’s NAHL hockey team formerly known as the RoadRunners, announced June 5 that the team will now be known as the Pilots. The announcement came ...

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FROM THE CHEAP SEATS By Rob Mooney

I consider myself to be old-school. My favorite athletes are guys that I watched while I was growing up, you know, Roger Staubach, John Elway, Ken Griffey Jr, George Brett, Michael Jordan. ...

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Scarecrows… Tarantulas… RoadRunners… WHAT’S NEXT???

Topeka’s NAHL hockey team, formerly know as the Roadrunners, have scheduled the unveiling of the new team name on Tuesday, June 5th at the Kansas Expocentre. The event will be from 4pm-7pm ...

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Boxer Manny Pacquiao lives out concern for poor

Many know Manny Pacquiao as a world champion boxer but few know he’s also a Senator in the Philippine legislature. The popular boxer is also a devout Christian and has displayed his ...

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GreatLIFE manager is passionate about Junior Golf

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Ronnie McHenry has had a passion for Junior Golf for a very long time. He first got involved at age six or seven. Later on, while pursuing golf at Washburn University, he ...

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Hoping to avoid another attendance meltdown, NFL owners announce new anthem policy

NEW YORK—National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday announced a new policy that will fine teams an undetermined amount if players on the field fail to stand during the national anthem ...

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Mike Smith wins Preakness, keeps Triple Crown bid alive: “All I do is pray”

Justify, with Hall of Famer Mike Smith on his back, emerged from the fog and sloshed his way to another victory, holding off several hard-charging challengers to win the Preakness on Saturday ...

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Jennie Finch takes bold stand over ‘DWTS’ song: ‘I want to glorify God’

Olympic athlete and “Dancing With the Stars” contestant Jennie Finch last week refused to perform to a popular new Janelle Monae track, ‘Make Me Feel,’ citing her Christian faith and desire to honor ...

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PATTY THE MESSENGER – Coach has added more to God’s Kingdom than four national championships

For a few hours on a Thursday afternoon in early March, Oklahoma softball coach Patty Gasso was not in her signature attire — white Nikes, windbreaker pants and jacket, and, of course, ...

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Jockey Mike Smith thanks Jesus after winning the Kentucky Derby aboard Justify

On Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, 157,000 fans gathered to watch the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby. In very rainy and muddy conditions, Justify, a 7-2 favorite, won the ...

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NFL Cheerleader Claims She Was Discriminated Against for Her Faith and Virginity

A former cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins has filed a legal complaint, claiming she was discriminated against by both the NFL and her team for her Christian faith and commitment to virginity until ...

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Chiefs release 2018 schedule, head south of border

The Kansas City Chiefs will head to Mexico City this year it was announced, as the team released their 2018 schedule. Tickets went on sale  on sale last Friday. Chiefs Season Ticket Members ...

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Tim Tebow hitting a homerun on and off the baseball diamond

Tim Tebow doesn’t seem to be slowing down after hitting a homerun in his first minor league baseball game of the spring season. “It was just one day. One opportunity – the ...

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Tom Zobrist speaks on “Doing Sports in a Godly Way”

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Pastor and author, Tom Zobrist, the father of world series Cubs player and former Kansas City Royal Ben Zobrist, spoke at the Northern Illinois Fellowship of Christian Athlete’s annual ...

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ESPN’s Maria Taylor: College athletes are playing tonight for an audience of ONE

For college basketball fans, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. There were 64 teams competing in the 2018 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship tournament. Exciting play will come to ...

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Man behind Chiefs mascot mask testifies at Prayer Breakfast

Before the Apostle Paul could write a substantial portion of the New Testament, God had to get his attention in a dramatic way on the road to Damascus. Dan Meers, the man who ...

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