“Touchdown Jesus” Articles

Confronted by the inexplicable, our reaction—strangely enough—is joy.

During the draft process, the NFL is often exclusively concerned with a person’s functional worth. Is this justified? I’m not sure.

The sports world will be one of the last places where a nerd with confidence is tolerated.

The battle over Yankee Stadium’s premium seats reveals the tensions between old and new.

Should collegiate athletes be paid?

Ronda Rousey’s defeat signals a universal human vulnerability—one that is meant to equip us for communion with others and with Christ.

More than a Christian who has beaten the odds and taken the world by storm, I hope to aspire to the quiet, dignified example of a Monty Williams.

Coaches are now being treated more like players, viewed as assets that can be moved around on a whim.

Sports fanaticism is not merely moral; it is, in many instances, helpful, praiseworthy, and good.

Sports are a perfect plane for working out our understanding of God’s transcendence and immanence with relatively low stakes.

Sports fans are not simply spectators—we are consumers, enabling the systems that silently encourage athletes to abuse their minds and bodies for the sake of our entertainment

Kobe Bryant’s devotion to basketball is just one example of the countless ways human beings demonstrate a capacity for worship.

If you haven’t noticed, Stephen Curry is really good. I think he’s just realizing this himself.

Peyton Manning is an athlete whose flesh had failed him—whose spirit is outlasting his body—and it resonates with us in ways that goes beyond athletics or sports fandom.

Losing makes you crazy, and the Christian fan is not exempt from being possessed by irrational fan demons.