Sports

MILAN, Italy (BP)--For biathlon competitors like Paul Schommer, the sport is a demonstration of athletic opposites.

Let the Games begin! More than 3,500 athletes from 93 countries have gathered in Milan, Italy, where they will spend the next two weeks competing for Olympic gold in sports like skiing, figure skating and ice hockey.  

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers didn’t make it to the Super Bowl, but that doesn’t deter Highland Crest Baptist Church.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (BP) – Reading Scripture and telling others about it is “bigger than football,” New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye told reporters this week.

MARTIN, Tenn. (BP) – Jason Simpson remembers the “aha” moment for his son, Ty.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — If Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine could turn back time, he would not have signed the law that legalized sports betting in his state.

DELAND, Fla. – Sixteen DeLand High School football players were baptized Oct. 16 at Stetson Baptist Church, in an event leaders described as the fruit of four years of simple, steady ministry presence.

TIGERVILLE, S.C. – Most small colleges would feel fortunate to have one former NFL player on their coaching staff.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Pastors and college football megafans George Schroeder and Dean Inserra have kicked off the third season of “Gridiron and the Gospel,” a podcast dedicated to the sport but also matters of faith.

PORTBRUSH, United Kingdom (BP) – Success and Scottie Scheffler have become practically synonymous lately. Yet, it’s the world’s top-ranked golfer’s comments on what constitutes true meaning – and more to the point, what doesn’t –that keeps grabbing attention.