SPORTS news CollegesFeatureLocal NewsNewsSportsVocations Mount St. Mary’s seminarian is at NCAA men’s basketball tourney as a team chaplain Catholic News ServiceMarch 18, 20216 min read Deacon Austin Bosse won’t be shooting three-point shots or dunking. But he is a vital and senior member of the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers, winners of the Northeast Conference tournament and a No. 16 seed in the tournament’s East Regional. FeatureLocal NewsNewsSports Mount St. Mary’s University doubles its NCAA basketball fun with both teams dancing Greg SwatekMarch 17, 20215 min read “In a year like no other, it’s just a real tribute to our coaches and our student-athletes and really the entire university,” said athletic director Lynne Robinson. CoronavirusFeatureLocal NewsNewsSports St. Frances Academy rolls at Spalding as BCL basketball returns Kevin J. ParksFebruary 18, 20214 min read A historic Baltimore Catholic League season belatedly began Feb. 17 with St. Frances Academy opening its quest for a fourth straight championship with a 96-78 victory at Archbishop Spalding High School. FeatureNewsSportsWorld News Florida bishop and Catholic school win Super Bowl food wager Carol ZimmermannFebruary 8, 20213 min read Catholics in St. Petersburg, Florida, will need to get their napkins ready because some barbecue from Kansas City, Missouri, is coming their way. FeatureNewsObituariesSportsWorld News Home run king Hank Aaron overcame racism to excel on and off the field Mark PattisonJanuary 22, 20214 min read Hank Aaron, who was baseball’s home run king for 33 years, overcame racism to make his mark in the game he loved. Aaron died Jan. 22 at age 86. FeatureNewsSportsWorld News Star NFL quarterback announces retirement on feast of athletes’ patron saint Catholic News ServiceJanuary 21, 20214 min read After 17 seasons in the NFL, quarterback Philip Rivers will begin his next career as head football coach at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope in the Mobile Archdiocese. CoronavirusFeatureLocal NewsNewsSchoolsSports High school athletic directors calm coaches, players, parents through pandemic layoffs Paul McMullenJanuary 21, 20215 min read While teachers lead instruction for students in classrooms and at home, interscholastic sports do not translate to Zoom. Coaches and athletes pine over lost seasons; Loovis, Strickland and their peers at 16 other Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore guide them with their attitude and patience. BooksFeatureNewsSportsWorld News Coach’s story not just about basketball but about faith, love, God Brian T. OlszewskiJanuary 21, 20214 min read What makes his contribution to the genre unique is that his autobiography/success story includes 34 references to God, 87 mentions of love, 23 for faith and 71 for family. FeatureNewsObituariesSportsWorld News Tommy Lasorda, baseball lifer and Hall of Fame manager, dies at 93 Mark PattisonJanuary 9, 20214 min read Tommy Lasorda, who won two World Series titles during his 21-year managerial reign with the Los Angeles Dodgers and became an ambassador for baseball in retirement from the sport, died Jan. 7 in Los Angeles at age 93. CoronavirusFeatureLocal NewsNewsSchoolsSports COVID-19 officially ends fall sports in Baltimore archdiocesan high schools Paul McMullenNovember 25, 20204 min read While the traditional Thanksgiving Day football game between Calvert Hall College High School and Loyola Blakefield was the highest-profile prep event affected by the coronavirus pandemic, few teams were as hit hard by the formal cancellation of fall athletics as the soccer team from Mount St. Joseph High School. Previous 1 … 16 17 18 … 26 Next