Last Saturday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish beat the Navy Midshipmen 50-10 in Dublin, Ireland. As I predicted, freshman running back George Atkinson had a big game for the Irish,, which included a long TD run. The team looks good. Here’s a recap video published by the University of Notre Dame that gives a good […]
-WM Fall practice has opened up for the Fighting Irish who have an interesting year ahead of them. They open against Navy in Ireland and then play the toughest schedule in the country, which includes: Michigan State, Michigan, Miami, Stanford, BYU, Oklahoma, BC and USC. Oklahoma and USC will be in the national title hunt […]
Phil Mulryne is another example of men who make the ascent from sporting to religion, the ultimate human sport. Thanks to Iwona major for the link. http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2012/01/27/former-man-united-footballer-to-become-a-priest/ You can see him scoring a goal for the Northern Ireland national team below against Denmark:
by William Michael January 24, 2012 In this article, I’m not going to waste time, but just get right to the issue. We can discuss details in the comments and follow-up articles. Sporting is a means of leading boys and girls from lesser things to higher things. Sporting serves the inferior part of our nature […]
This video was shared by Iwona Major and provides us with another beautiful example of a Christian who realized that the “imperishable crown” of Christian service was more satisfying than the “perishable crown” of sporting. In her life, sports served their purpose, to lead her to the true human contest. *** William C. Michael, […]
In a recent article, I explained that I do not believe that professional sports are good for sports, yet I do believe that competitive sports and personal fitness does have an important place in the moral and physical development of young men and women. In fact, as we develop CLAA schools in the future, sporting […]
by William Michael January 21, 2012 Note 1. Some have refused to read the opening lines of his article and accuse me of calling sporting a waste of time. That’s completely false. I say plainly in the opening lines that I believe that one particular stream of sporting is a waste of time. To learn […]
