Home / Tag: football

Tag Archives: football

Starting quarterback one of only three Jews on Brigham Young University campus

starting quarterback

The starting quarterback on the nation’s leading Mormon university is Jewish. Jake Retzlaff, fondly known at Brigham Young University as “BYJew,” is one of only three Jewish students in the school enrollment ...

Read More »

Adopted brothers playing in NFL make Thanksgiving brighter for local adoptive, foster families

brothers nfl

Carlos and Khalil Davis, twin brothers from the Kansas City area who both play in the NFL, provided a Thanksgiving meal to local adoptive and foster families on Saturday in partnership with ...

Read More »

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson credits God for personal, team success this season

lamar jackson

Baltimore Ravens’ quarterback Lamar Jackson is putting up record numbers this season as his team also is enjoying success. In his last game, Jackson completed 16 of 19 passes for 280 yards ...

Read More »

Championship high school coach places God first, then family and football

family football

The successful high school football coach featured in a new Fox Nation documentary encourages his players to prioritize faith and family over football. “The message that we’re telling these young people every ...

Read More »

Patrick Mahomes says he would step away from football for his family

mahomes family

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes put family above football in a recent cover story in “Time” magazine. He said he will keep playing in the NFL as long as it doesn’t “take away ...

Read More »

Chiefs, 49ers have something in common – Christian quarterbacks

chiefs 49ers

Quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers are both fierce competitors. But when they square off in the Super Bowl on Sunday, it ...

Read More »

Faith propels 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy from Mr. Irrelevant to Super Bowl starter

purdy

Football fans can’t help but cheer for San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy (except when the 49ers play the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII on February 11.) He said he leaned on his ...

Read More »

Green Bay Packers player shares  faith, shows support for C.J. Stroud

stroud nfl

Christian players in the NFL are expressing support for Houston quarterback C.J. Stroud after his comments about Jesus in a postgame interview were deleted. “I’m not saying I’m on the same level ...

Read More »

NBC Sports criticized for editing Christian quarterback’s postgame comments

nbc sports

NBC Sports is being criticized for editing the postgame comments of Houston Texans’ quarterback C.J. Stroud after his team’s playoff victory last weekend. The Texans defeated the Cleveland Browns, 45-14, behind his ...

Read More »

Young Chiefs fan, parents, undaunted by attacks over face paint

chiefs fan family lawsuit racism

A progressive website accused a young Chiefs fan of being racist for wearing a Native American headdress and painting his face at a recent game. As it turned out, the boy himself ...

Read More »

Football coach who won SCOTUS prayer case resigns to advocate for religious freedom

coach religious football joe kennedy

Coach Joe Kennedy, who took his fight to pray after high school football games all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, was reinstated as an assistant at Bremerton (Wash.) High School. ...

Read More »

NFL star Benjamin Watson now helping lead fight for unborn

benjamin roe unborn watson

Benjamin Watson was a star tight end in the NFL, but he believes his current position is far more important. Watson is on a mission to save the unborn, working with a prominent ...

Read More »

World Cup 2026 countdown begins as logos go up around Kansas City

cup kansas

The countdown to the 2026 World Cup in Kansas City is officially underway as the new logo is revealed. Kansas City will have brand activations at a number of local landmarks: Union ...

Read More »

NFL Draft in Kansas City kicks off on Thursday

The long-awaited NFL Draft in Kansas City will begin on Thursday evening and continue through Saturday Over the last decade, the draft has evolved from a low-key affair to what is called the ...

Read More »

Missouri considers expanding homeschool access to extracurricular activities

extracurricular missouri

The Missouri Senate recently debated legislation that would expand opportunities for homeschooled students to participate in their local school district’s extracurricular activities. The idea may get widespread support as homeschooling is at ...

Read More »

Atheists attack Colorado football coach for being openly Christian

Deion Sanders, a legendary player in both professional football and baseball, has put God first since being named head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes football team. That has made him the target ...

Read More »

Jesus, the NFL and the “He Gets Us” campaign

he gets us super commercials

If you’ve watched any football lately, or any television for that matter, you’ve likely seen the ads – black-and-white or color images, some video, juxtaposed with music and narration. They’re story-driven, relatable, ...

Read More »

Football player Damar Hamlin who suffered cardiac arrest is committed to faith and family

damar hamlin

Football fans across the nation were in prayer when Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills suffered cardiac arrest during Monday Night Football this week. The 24-year-old remains in critical condition in a ...

Read More »

FCA’s Oct. 12 Fields of Faith unites students

fields faith

Fields of Faith, an annual event sponsored by the Kansas City-based Fellowship of Christian Athletes, will be held on October 12. The event is led by students. Peers invite their own classmates ...

Read More »

University of Oregon apologizes for anti-Mormon chants while mainstream media ignore story

oregon mormon

Leaders at the University of Oregon have apologized for anti-Mormon chants during a game against Brigham Young University on Saturday. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox shared a video of fans chanting on his ...

Read More »

Len Dawson, Hall of Fame quarterback and popular broadcaster, dies at age 87

dawson

Even Kansas Citians who are too young to remember Len Dawson leading the Chiefs to victory in Super Bowl IV know him as a popular local broadcaster. The Hall of Fame quarterback ...

Read More »

NFL chooses racist Ice Cube as ‘social justice’ spokesperson

The face of the NFL’s newest social justice initiative is Ice Cube, a racist and anti-Semitic rapper who in his songs has called for violence against Asians and the murder of Jews. ...

Read More »

Sports Illustrated criticized for story challenging coach’s right to pray

Critics continue to blast “Sports Illustrated” magazine for an opinion piece it published about a pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling about the right of a high school football coach to pray. Joe ...

Read More »

Kansas City selected to host World Cup soccer matches in 2026

The world is coming to Kansas City in four years. FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, announced the host cities for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday, with 11 U.S. cities, ...

Read More »

Case of praying coach could be decided soon by Supreme Court

praying coach

While attention is on attacks and threats against the U.S. Supreme Court over a possible decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, another decision could come within weeks and it involves a ...

Read More »
X
X