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Coaching great John Thompson of Georgetown dead at 78

Aug 31, 2020

John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship, has died. He was 78.

By Joseph White

Priest’s 100-mile bike ride raises COVID-19 aid for parish — and hope

Aug 7, 2020

Father Christopher Heanue started his morning July 27 by celebrating Mass at 5 a.m. and then took off on a 100-mile bike ride. It wasn’t just any ride. Father Heanue called his journey “100 Miles of Hope,” which was a fundraiser to help support his parish, Holy Child Jesus, in Richmond Hill, New York.

By Ian Alvano

MLB’s first woman coach a ‘go-getter’ at Jesuit university

Jul 25, 2020

Another barrier in the sports world was broken July 20 when Alyssa Nakken coached first base in the late innings of an exhibition game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, thus becoming the first woman to appear in uniform on the field during a major league baseball game. The Giants won the game, 6-2.

By Mark Pattison

Chaplain says Washington Nationals’ World Series run is ‘story of faith’

Jul 24, 2020

A baseball season and team are not often synonymous with religious or spiritual themes, but for Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, using words such as “miracle,” “grace” and “faith” are actually the best ways to describe the 2019 World Series champion Washington Nationals.

By Maureen Boyle

Priest’s love of math, baseball helps him develop new stat measures

Jul 18, 2020

Father Humbert Kilanowski, a mathematics professor at Providence College in Rhode Island, has been a baseball stats guy since his freshman year in high school, when he was a student manager of his school’s baseball team.

By Mark Pattison

Paralympian praised by Pope Francis goes under surgery to reconstruct face

Jul 7, 2020

Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi underwent a five-hour surgery Monday to reconstruct his face following a crash on his handbike last month.

By Associated Press

Pope tells injured Italian Paralympics star he ‘made disability a lesson in humanity’

Jun 24, 2020

Pope Francis has called Paralympian and former race car driver Alex Zanardi an “example showing how to begin all over again after an unexpected stop.”

By Crux Staff

What’s in a name? City and Catholic school grapple with Marge Schott in Cincinnati

Jun 13, 2020

Marge Schott’s slurs and other offensive comments while she owned the Cincinnati Reds have organizations in her hometown reconsidering the use of her name on facilities that benefited from her donations.

By Joe Kay