Calvert Hall holds off Loyola Blakefield to claim a 28-24 victory in the 105th Turkey Bowl November 27, 2025By Nelson Coffin Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Calvert Hall quarterback Oliver Noll quickly made amends for a rough outing in last year’s Turkey Bowl against Loyola Blakefield by leading the Cardinals to a 28-24 victory Nov. 27 in the 105th meeting between the Towson-area Catholic schools.
White Sox co-owner says pope told him he’d ‘love to’ throw a season opening pitch in future November 24, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: News, Sports, Vatican, World News A stakeholder — and next owner — of the Chicago White Sox baseball team said Pope Leo XIV told him that he’d “love to” throw a season opening first pitch in the future — “schedule permitting.”
5 Things to Know about the 2025 Turkey Bowl November 20, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Here are five things to know ahead of the traditional Thanksgiving Day football clash between Baltimore-area Catholic schools Calvert Hall Cardinals and Loyola Blakefield Dons.
Sportsmanship and the season of our discontents November 12, 2025By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Sports, The Catholic Difference The deterioration of our games is part and parcel of the deterioration of our culture. And as politics is downstream from culture, end-zone ridiculousness and similar self-aggrandizing debaucheries in other forms of entertainment have inevitably leaked into politics like a poison.
Faith, not fame, defines life for Toronto Blue Jays first-base coach from Severna Park October 31, 2025By John Knebels OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports When Toronto Blue Jays first-base coach Mark Budzinski stepped onto the field during this year’s riveting World Series, he did so as a man who knows that faith, not fame, defines his life.
Baltimore Catholic League has first change in leadership in 25 years October 27, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports The Baltimore Catholic League announced Oct. 24 it will have a new commissioner for the first time in 25 years.
From Poland with love: Pope Leo reins in a royal Arabian gift October 15, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, Vatican, World News At his Wednesday morning general audience, Pope Leo’s face lit up with an unusually bright smile receiving a unique donation: Proton, a purebred Arabian horse from a prestigious Polish stable.
Sister Jean, beloved Loyola icon and chaplain of men’s basketball team, dies at 106 October 10, 2025By John Knebels OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, News, Obituaries, Sports, World News Sister Jean, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball team, died Oct. 9. She was 106.
At 88, Tom Monaghan, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, still has unfinished work September 27, 2025By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: News, Sports, World News Even as he approaches his 90s, Midwestern entrepreneur and philanthropist Tom Monaghan said he still has some unfinished work as he looks back on his business successes and philanthropic projects in Catholic education, media and investing.
Faith fuels John Harbaugh’s NFL coaching style September 25, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Full-Court Catholic, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Sports Good coaching, even at the highest level, isn’t about winning championships, John Harbaugh said. “It’s about becoming a champion for the people you coach.”
A heroic example September 18, 2025By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Sports, The Catholic Difference America needs the example of a real hero: a dedicated hero who enhances natural talents by hard work and takes pride in a craft; an unselfish hero who places team above self.
Dragons race, crowds cheer at Catholic Charities fundraiser September 15, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Sports With the blast of a horn, the dragon boat races paddled off Sept. 13 in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. A fundraiser for Catholic Charities, the biennial race featured local businesses, nonprofits and college teams competing for the coveted dragon trophy while raising money for the nonprofit and its many programs.
