Survive and advance is one mantra of teams in the NCAA basketball tournament culminating in the Final Four. One strategy for churches struggling in a sports-obsessed culture may be a similar strategy: Adapt and advance.

So does God care who wins the Super Bowl? Well, not exactly. But He will be at that game rooting for each player, owner, fan, and concession stand worker hoping that the experience of the Super Bowl will, win or lose, enhance and deepen their relationship with Him.

UPDATE: Houston's FOX 26 News reports that the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, which previously scheduled the Jewish basketball te...

Research provides evidence that for both athlete and fan, prayer may serve to help them cope with the pressures of sports, and help them keep in perspective that, in the end, it is just a game.

Yet as Tebow's season-ending defeat demonstrates, Jesus' favorite quarterback is capable of great failures, too. As is any athlete to whom Christians might point.

Do people really think God is sitting up in Heaven on a Barcalounger, with a beer, a bratwurst and a Bronco's jersey, handing out touchdowns?

For the love of the game, or the love of the Lord? While sports may be religion for some spectators, the athletes who play them often submit to a h...

Fox Sports has rejected a proposed Super Bowl commercial featuring a reference to a Bible verse, John 3:16, that has been part of the culture of footb...