Sports

Baseball great Stan Musial dies at 92, leaving memories of ‘The Man’

  ST. LOUIS (CNS) — A funeral Mass was scheduled for Jan. 26 at St. Louis Cathedral Basilica for Stan Musial, the Hall of Fame outfielder-first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals. Musial, a Catholic who played all 22 of his major-league seasons with the Cardinals, died Jan. 19 at age 92 at his home […]

Ready for NFL draft, Catholic school grad grateful for his faith

Ryan Nassib is feeling pretty darn fine these days, and for good reason. At some point of the upcoming 2013 National Football League draft in late April, the 2008 Malvern Preparatory School graduate will hear his name announced and discover which new destination awaits him. That will fulfill a major part of the payoff for […]

Notre Dame football’s rise paralleled Irish-Americans’ societal ascent

WASHINGTON (CNS) — As Notre Dame prepared to play Alabama Jan. 7 in college football’s Bowl Championship Series title game, it seemed like the clash of the titans. Alabama has won nine titles — at least, first-place rankings in the polls — since the “bowl era” began in the 1930s. Notre Dame has won eight, […]

Pope condemns doping, calls for legal, ethical practices in sports

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI condemned “doping” in sports and called on athletes and coaches to strive for victory through ethical and legal practices. “Every sport, both on amateur and professional levels, requires fairness in competition, respect for one’s body, a sense of solidarity and altruism and also joy, satisfaction and celebration,” he […]

Archbishop Wood to face one of nation’s top teams in state football championship

And then there was one. Hopes of having two teams from the Catholic League capture state football titles was cut in half last Friday, Dec. 7 when La Salle was edged by Coatesville, 42-35, in the Class AAAA semifinals. But to the rescue came Archbishop Wood, which simultaneously manhandled Allentown Central Catholic, 36-6, in the […]

First-ever overtime Catholic League title snatched by La Salle

The word “classic” is not the same as simply being “exciting” or “entertaining.” It means that, in years to come, it is a spectacle that will stand the test of time. And so, years from now, those who witnessed the Catholic League AAAA Division football championship Nov. 10 at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School will have carte blanche to say they indeed saw a bona fide classic.

Lansdale Catholic girls fight hard for soccer title, but lose to Ryan, by inches

A few inches. They ultimately leave almost every competitor in a post-game collective embrace, but for completely different reasons. Because in virtually every sport, just a few inches literally provide the difference between a celebrating champion and a lamenting runner-up. Cheers or tears. Indeed, a few inches can literally design an entire landscape. “We came […]

Priest says prayers, rosary got him across triathlon finish line

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — After California priest Father Thomas Baker finished a grueling triathlon in Hawaii, he acknowledged that parts of the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike race and a 26.2-mile marathon were tough. That’s when, he said later, he “used the rosary, my mantras and the faces of all those praying for me to help […]

Girl’s soccer semi-finals

Lansdale Catholic beat Archbishop Wood in girl's soccer on Wednesday October 24. They will face Archbishop Ryan who beat Saint Hubert the same day. The championship game will be held on October 31 at 5:30 at Archbishop Ryan. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

All things considered, St. Hubert’s soccer loss not so bad

St. Hubert’s soccer season came to an end on Wednesday afternoon at the hands of Archbishop Ryan. That Ryan emerged victorious, 4-1, in the Catholic League semifinal contest was not surprising. The Ragdolls haven’t lost a game all year and, even though Lansdale Catholic stunned the soccer world with a 2-0 win over Archbishop Wood […]