Sports
LaSalle ends 4 year-long undefeated streak of Neumann-Goretti, but Saints still team to beat
Maybe it was the parity up top and emergence of some new star players. Perhaps it was the end of an unbelievable winning streak. Whatever the reason, the 2012-13 boys’ basketball regular season in the Catholic League has been particularly enjoyable. Heading into the final weekend, the top four teams – SS. Neumann-Goretti, Roman […]
Archbishop Wood sets new record by hitting 8 of first 8 shots, all 3-pointers
The team feat of the year in boys Catholic League basketball goes to Archbishop Wood. In a 65-53 win at Conwell-Egan on Jan. 28, Archbishop Wood did something that people are still talking about and probably will for quite some time. The Vikings hit their first three-point shot of the game. Then their second. And […]
Roman Catholic receiver intends to play for Notre Dame U.
Roman Catholic High School’s Will Fuller will sign his intent to play football at the University of Notre Dame on Wednesday, Feb. 6, Roman Catholic announced Feb. 4. Fuller was rated by Scout.com as the number 40 wide receiver prospect in the nation for the 2013 recruiting class and was assigned a four-star rating. He is Pennsylvania’s number two […]
Ravens player says his Catholic faith plays ‘huge role’ in life, career
ROCKFORD, Ill. (CNS) -- Sean Considine, a safety for the Baltimore Ravens who played three seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles, is the first to point out that he belongs to some important families -- God's family, the family his parents began, his hometown community, the family he shares with his wife and four children, and the NFL.
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.