The subject of today’s #TBT Sports Blog, Doug Flutie of Boston College, almost never got the chance to prove what he could do on the football field with a pig skin in his hand. Boston College was the only Division … Continue reading
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This undersized QB is featured in my book NCAA Football Favorites, and he almost never got the chance to prove what he could do on the football field with a pig skin in his hand.
Boston College was the only Division I school to recruit the 5’9” and 175 lb. Doug Flutie and offer him an athletic scholarship.
Diminutive by big time college football quarterback standards, Flutie didn’t have to wait long to prove to skeptics that he was a natural leader and an elite playmaker.
Continue readingFootball fans need not be Catholic or able to recite the Hail Mary prayer. It’s easy to understand the Hail Mary Pass.
As if through divine intervention, the Catholic Church’s reference to Mary, the biblical mother of Jesus, cleverly descended from heaven and made itself known on the football field.
Continue readingHere’s the intro from my latest ebook available on Amazon about my all-time spiritual sports favorites. Each of my favorites in the book begins with a clever and unique comic and follows with inventive takes on Amen Corner, Pigeon Heaven, Touch Down … Continue reading