For many years basketball has been the top sport at most of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the US. An all-star team of Jesuit alumni could beat just about anybody. This might be a bit of a down year for Jesuit basketball. Only two teams–Georgetown and Gonzaga–are currently ranked in the top 25 [...]
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Many sports teams at Catholic universities have chaplains. You can sometimes catch a glimpse of these men at basketball games. They are the fellows in black in their Roman collars, hovering the background during timeouts. Did you ever wonder what they do? Fr. Dave Anderson, SJ, explains how it works at the University of Seattle.
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Basketball fans, especially those of a certain age, will love the articles about Bob Cousy in a recent issue of the Holy Cross magazine. (It’s a big PDF file. The Cousy articles begin on page 16.) Cousy was a great point guard. He became famous as a pro. He led the Boston Celtics to six [...]
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