Olympic wrestler Aaron Brooks holds nothing back. You don’t have to encounter Brooks long to know the top priority in his life. His Instagram posts regularly reference Scripture verses. In his media ...
Read More »Kansas City-based NAIA enacts policy to ban biological males from women’s sports
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, which is based in Kansas City, will allow athletes to compete in women’s sports only if they were assigned the female gender at birth, the national ...
Read More »South Carolina coach remains focused on road to NCAA title
The undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks will play Iowa in the women’s championship game Sunday at 3pm Eastern. Head Coach Dawn Staley is not afraid to share the secret of her success. “If ...
Read More »Basketball star Caitlin Clark credits faith background for success
College basketball sensation Caitlin Clark of the University of Iowa credits God for keeping her grounded despite playing in a national spotlight. Clark broke the all-time women’s scoring record in February with ...
Read More »NBA player shares message of Jesus’ return at postgame news conference
Basketball player Jaden Ivey of the Detroit Pistons recently shared his faith at a post-game news conference. He said “Jesus is coming back” and attributed his strong athletic performance to divine intervention. ...
Read More »K-State Coach Jerome Tang views coaching basketball as a ministry
Kansas State fans are celebrating their team and coach Jerome Tang after advancing to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA basketball tournament this weekend. First-year head coach Tang, who guided the third-seeded ...
Read More »Faith changed the lives of Kansas Jayhawks teammates
Several Christian players played a role in the Kansas Jayhawks defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels to win the NCAA basketball national championship this week. For them, faith made a difference even ...
Read More »“This is misisonary work”: Tar Heels coach Davis puts faith above basketball
North Carolina basketball coach Hubert Davis was excited to have his team in last weekend’s Final Four, but sports are not the most important thing in his life. Davis, who is in ...
Read More »Christian leaders question Fox News hiring Caitlyn Jenner
Some Christian leaders are criticizing Fox News for hiring Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympic athlete previously known as Bruce Jenner. Tomi Lahren, who hosts “No Interruption” on the streaming service Fox Nation, ...
Read More »FROM THE CHEAP SEATS – Final Four
And just like that, there were four. Yes, the Kansas Jayhawks made a return trip to the Final Four this year, the only #1 seed to do so. They face Villanova. Here ...
Read More »FROM THE CHEAP SEATS – March Madness
It’s that time of the year when we start preparing for March Madness and the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Selection Sunday is March 13th but there’s always a lot of speculation leading up ...
Read More »Vicky Hartzler releases campaign ad criticizing men competing in women’s sports
Missouri Senate candidate Vicky Hartzler is tackling the destruction of women’s sports by transgender men in a new campaign commercial. She begins the ad by referencing Lia Thomas, the University of Pennsylvania ...
Read More »FROM THE CHEAP SEATS – Will the Big 12 have 16 teams?
On July 30, The University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas both accepted invitations to join the Southeastern Conference (SEC), which means they’ll be leaving the Big 12 Conference for the ...
Read More »Here’s the hot-button cases the Supreme Court will rule on this month
June is perhaps the busiest month for the U.S. Supreme Court as it hands down dozens of decisions in “culture war” cases. This year those rulings on their docket include issues dealing ...
Read More »Dem. governor halts Kansas effort to protect women’s sports; override falls one vote short
Conservative legislators have failed to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill to protect women’s sports in the state’s schools. The Senate vote on Monday to override Kelly was 26-14, ...
Read More »Gov. Kelly vetoes transgender ban in girls’ sports
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a bill barring transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports, saying the legislation would endanger the state’s business climate and send a “devastating message that ...
Read More »Seminary degree helps ORU coach create winners on and off basketball court
Paul Mills, who recently coached the Oral Roberts University basketball team to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, may be the first college coach to have a seminary degree. Mills grew ...
Read More »‘It’s Jesus’ says Baylor coach after championship win
Baylor basketball coach Scott Drew discussed his faith on national television after his team won the NCAA championship on Monday evening. During a post-game interview on CBS, Drew mentioned his faith as ...
Read More »USA Today editor who called for ORU to be banned by NCAA fired for controversial tweet
“USA Today” has fired the editor who wrote a controversial column demanding that a Christian university be banned from the NCAA basketball tournament. Hemal Jhaveri, who formerly worked as the race and ...
Read More »Success of ORU in NCAA tournament angers critics but inspires Christian schools
Although Oral Roberts University lost to Arkansas in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA basketball tournament last weekend, the team inspired other Christian schools while angering some critics. “Pandemic effects notwithstanding, ...
Read More »Oral Roberts University players pray after NCAA tournament upset win over Ohio
Oral Robert University basketball players prayed and gave thanks to God after their upset win. The team recorded the biggest upset of March Madness when the No. 15 seed in its region ...
Read More »FROM THE CHEAP SEATS – Keeping up with football, basketball and baseball
If you didn’t foresee the struggles the Chiefs football team would be facing in the Super Bowl against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, then you probably weren’t paying close enough attention. It all ...
Read More »FROM THE CHEAP SEATS – NCAA football 2020
Covid19 is not only wreaking havoc across the United States, it’s also causing a nightmare for the NCAA as they try and get the football season in. There have been over 80 ...
Read More »FROM THE CHEAP SEATS – Sports and politics
It’s amazing to me how the Covid pandemic has affected people differently, in both sports and politics. I don’t mean the folks who test positive but rather the decision-making process of those ...
Read More »NCAA may boycott Idaho over law protecting women’s sports
The “cancel culture” is coming to Idaho after legislators there moved to save women’s sports. The NCAA is considering moving the 2021 men’s basketball tournament games scheduled to be played in Idaho. ...
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