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Shirl James Hoffman, Ed.D.
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Shirl J. Hoffman, Ed.D is Professor Emeritus of Kinesiology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he served as head of the department for 10 years. He has served at all levels of education, beginning his career as a physical education teacher in White Plains, New York, before moving on to positions as head basketball coach at Westchester Community College (NY). After completing his graduate work at Teachers College, Columbia University, he served successively as professor at The King’s College (NY) and at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He taught at the University of Pittsburgh for 13 years where he was director of graduate studies in physical education, moving to University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1985. He has an extraordinarily broad background in the field spanning motor learning and performance, sociology of sports and sport philosophy. He is the author of "Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports."

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Rethinking the Penn State Prayer

(18) Comments | Posted November 22, 2011 | 9:19 AM

Watching coaches and players from Nebraska and Penn State kneel for a pre-game prayer in Beaver Stadium a week ago, I had to admire the sentiment if not the practice. Given recent events that have rocked the campus at State College, I, along with many (including apparently, Bo Pelini the...

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Joe Nelms' Prayer Perfect for NASCAR Event

(8) Comments | Posted July 26, 2011 | 12:21 PM

Videos of Tennessee Baptist pastor Joe Nelm's pre NASCAR race prayer, laced with product promotions and references to his "smoking hot wife" have spread like wildfire, not only on YouTube, but on local TV stations and major cable shows across the country.

Drivers with their heads bowed,...

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Touchdown for Jesus: The Relation Between Sports and Evangelism

(237) Comments | Posted July 14, 2011 | 1:07 PM

Some years ago humorist Roy Blount, astounded by the number of professional athletes who self-identified as Christians, set out with tongue in cheek to select an "All Religious Team" and an "All Heathen Team" to compete in what he envisioned as "an imaginary Christians vs. Lions bowl." He eventually had...

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