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By Nicole VanDyke, CP Reporter Thursday, April 18, 2024 WNBA player Charlotte Smith | Courtesy I Am Second Ex-WNBA player Charlotte Smith said that starting at as young as 7 years old, she spent countless hours shooting hoops in her parent’s backyard. When she wasn’t on the court, she would spend more time in her […]
This year’s rendition of March Madness has been filled with buzzer-beaters, Cinderella stories and thrilling upsets. It’s also been filled with inspirational stories of faith, as superstars, role players and head coaches alike proclaim the name of Christ. We are highlighting five such individuals, but — no doubt — there are many more (perhaps we’ll […]
Paige Bueckers, who plays on the University of Connecticut Huskies women’s basketball team, recently gave glory to God for helping her grow through “trials and tribulations” during a season of injures that kept her on the sidelines. Bueckers, 22, from Minnesota, scored 28 points against the USC Trojans on Monday, leading her team to another […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, April 04, 2024 University of Connecticut women’s basketball guard Paige Bueckers plays in a game on Nov.19, 2023, at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota (photo credit John McClellan) | Wikimedia Commons/John McClellan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paige_Bueckers_2023_(2).jpg University of Connecticut women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers praised God after her team made it […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, April 04, 2024 University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball Coach Dawn Staley speaks after her team secured a spot in the Final Four of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 2024 Tournament on March 31, 2024. | YouTube/South Carolina Gamecocks A secularist legal group is urging the University of […]
Four former high school friends reunited after years apart in the most unexpected way. They all ended up living at the same retirement home! Life is all about relationships. No one was made to experience life all by themselves. We all require connection with other human beings. Even the most standoffish and anti-social individual wants […]
The head coach of the top-ranked and undefeated team in women’s college basketball on Sunday testified to her faith in God as her players clinched their sixth Final Four during her tenure and continued a historic run. The Gamecocks (36-0) defeated Oregon State 70-58 in their regional final and will play N.C. State (31-6) on […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Friday, March 22, 2024 Todd Greene/Unsplash Ten head coaches of the 68 college basketball teams participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s “March Madness” men’s basketball tournament have identified Christian musicians or bands as their favorite artists. CBS Sports asked all 68 coaches whose teams are participating in the […]
The Iowa women’s basketball sensation who is smashing records and grabbing headlines “takes seriously her call to be” a role model and realizes that her gifts are from God, say those who are close to her and her family. Iowa guard Caitlin Clark broke the all-time women’s scoring record in February with a 49-point performance […]
The 2024 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments kick off today, so if your office seems a bit more sparsely populated or email responses come slower than usual, now you know why. And the lengths to which some will go in order to watch the tournament’s opening days of chaos speak volumes to the […]