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Notre Dame alumni coach Lou Holtz speaks to his team before the start of the Notre Dame Japan Bowl football game against Japan in Tokyo July 25, 2009. Holtz, a legendary college football coach and devout Catholic who led the University of Notre Dame to the 1988 National Championship, died March 4, 2026, at age 89. (OSV News/Issei Kato, Reuters)

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Notre Dame coaching legend Lou Holtz remembered for 'building men, not just players'

Leading up to a college football clash between Notre Dame and heated rival Miami in the late 1980s, a team chaplain for the Hurricanes proclaimed that God doesn't care who wins football games. Lou Holtz, coach of the Fighting Irish at the time, agreed. "I don't think God […]

OSV News|Mar 5, 2026|5 Min Read

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A legendary football coach and the Blessed Mother: A love story

Paul Coppola|Nov 11, 2025|6 Min Read

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt in 1953 (left) and in 2013 (right). (Mary Jo Kinney)

Years before March Madness, Sister Jean shaped future leaders in LA

Tom Hoffarth|Oct 21, 2025|5 Min Read

St. Francis' junior running back Max Garrison (2) tears through Mira Costa defenders in the Golden Knights' 38-35 victory March 13, the season opener delayed by more than six months. (St. Francis High School)

How LA Catholic high schools are resuming sports this spring

Mike Nelson|Mar 24, 2021|6 Min Read

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team, is seen March 19, 2021, during the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Sister Schmidt, a member of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was cleared to attend games after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine. (CNS photo/Alton Strupp, IndyStar, USA TODAY Sports via Reuters)

From LA to Indy, Sister Jean’s ‘mad’ run can’t be stopped

Tom Hoffarth|Mar 23, 2021|4 Min Read

Deacon Austin Bosse, left, a seminarian from the Diocese of Peoria, Ill., takes a selfie with Brian Florin, a seminarian from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., as the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers basketball team works out in the background in Indiana March 16, 2021. Deacon Bosse is the chaplain and Florin is assistant chaplain for the Maryland team. (CNS photo/Deacon Austin Bosse via The Catholic Post)

Peoria seminarian is at NCAA men's basketball tourney as a team chaplain

Tom Dermody|Mar 18, 2021|5 Min Read

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Why a Catholic film company produced a secular college hoops documentary

Sophia Martinson|Feb 22, 2021|5 Min Read

Atlanta Braves legend Hank Aaron throws the ceremonial first pitch to former manager Bobby Cox April 14, 2017, prior to the first game at SunTrust Park. The longtime home run leader died Jan. 22, 2021. He was 86. (CNS photo/Brett Davis, USA TODAY Sports via Reuters)

Home run king Hank Aaron overcame racism to excel on and off the field

Mark Pattison|Jan 22, 2021|4 Min Read

Then-Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers is seen playing against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium Dec. 29, 2019. Rivers, most recently with the Indianapolis Colts, retired on the feast of St. Sebastian, patron saint of athletes. He will be the new head football coach at a Catholic high school in Archdiocese of Mobile, Ala. (CNS photo/Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters)

Former Chargers QB announces retirement on feast of athletes' patron saint

Rob Herbst|Jan 20, 2021|3 Min Read

Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda during a Major League Baseball game on Sept. 22, 2011, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. (Shutterstock)

The faith of Tommy Lasorda, the baseball manager who 'gave God a jersey'

Tom Hoffarth|Jan 13, 2021|7 Min Read

Hall of Fame Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda is pictured in a Sept. 30, 1999 photo. Lasorda, a Catholic, who led the Dodgers from 1976 to 1996, winning two World Series titles, four National League pennants and eight division crowns, died Jan. 8, 2021, at age 93. (CNS photo/Reuters)

Dodger legend, lifelong Catholic Tommy Lasorda dies at 93

Mark Pattison|Jan 9, 2021|3 Min Read

The new Robinson Family Aquatics Center at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino. (Courtesy Crespi Carmelite High School)

New Crespi Carmelite High School aquatics center courts Olympians

Angelus Staff|Nov 23, 2020|2 Min Read

Assistant coach Sean O’Grady (left) leads a “pod” of six St. Genevieve football players in a conditioning drill Aug. 3. (St. Genevieve High School)

Masks, pods, and lots of wipes: CIF sports eyes return to action

Mike Nelson|Aug 10, 2020|6 Min Read

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Start of CIF fall sports delayed until December

Mike Nelson|Jul 22, 2020|4 Min Read

St. Pius-Matthias Academy's empty Smet Stadium on April 9, 2020. (Image via Facebook @PiusMatthiasAcademy)

SoCal Catholic high schools cautiously prepare to resume sports

Mike Nelson|Jun 26, 2020|6 Min Read

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