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CHUCK KIRMAN/THE STAR Oaks Christian's Maya Brady prepares to face an Agoura pitcher in a recreation at Agoura Excessive Faculty. 05/10/2016 Agoura, CA (Photograph by Chuck Kirman)CHUCK KIRMAN/THE STAR Oaks Christian's Maya Brady fouls out on a bunt try in a softball recreation at Agoura Excessive Faculty. (Photograph: Chuck Kirman)CHUCK KIRMAN/THE STAR Oaks Christian's Maya Brady advances to second within the Agoura Excessive Faculty softball recreation. (Photograph: Chuck Kirman)CHUCK KIRMAN/THE STAR Oaks Christian's Maya Brady, proper, steals second base as Agoura's Alina Guevara holds the ball in play at Agoura Excessive. (Photograph: Chuck Kirman)CHUCK KIRMAN/THE STAR Oaks Christian shortstop Maya…

Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione, June 11, 2023. (AP Photograph/Tyler Kaufman) After hitting a lead-off double within the high of the seventh inning Sunday evening, Kentucky’s Nolan McCarthy took off for third base when he noticed the ball get away from Oregon State’s catcher. As he neared third, McCarthy observed that OSU’s pitcher wasn’t masking house plate. So he bolted for home, ignoring his third-base coach’s directions to cease. McCarthy’s head-first slide into house gave the Wildcats a 3-2 lead, which they held onto for the victory, thus capturing their first NCAA Tremendous Regional victory. It booked Kentucky’s first-ever trip…

SS PODCAST: Adam LaRoche on combatting human trafficking, partnering with Water Mission By Jason Romano Jun 10, 2024 Adam LaRoche in 2014. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon) THIS IS THE SPORTS SPECTRUM PODCAST WITH JASON ROMANO AND SCOTT LINEBRINK, FEATURING ADAM LAROCHE Adam LaRoche performed 12 seasons of Main League Baseball with the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Crimson Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals and Chicago White Sox. He was chosen within the twenty ninth spherical of the 2000 MLB Draft by the Braves and made his MLB debut in April 2004. Throughout his profession, he accrued 255 residence runs and 1,452…

Every day Devotional: Monday, June 10 – Mission Motivation By Sports Spectrum Jun 10, 2024 Boston Celtics ahead Jayson Tatum, Could 27, 2024. (AP Picture/Darron Cummings) “However you, preserve your head in all conditions, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all of the duties of your ministry.” — 2 Timothy 4:5 >> Sign up here for Sports Spectrum devotionals sent right to your email inbox > Do you know Christ personally? Learn how you can commit your life to Him Subscribe to Sports Spectrum Magazine for more devotionals and stories where sports and faith connect Purchase “The…

You might have already seen this video beneath that went viral, however right here it’s simply in case: At a current service at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas—the most important congregation in the USA with 43,000 worshipers per week—Victoria Osteen had this to say: “I simply wish to encourage every of us to comprehend that after we obey God, we're not doing it for God—I imply, that's a method of taking a look at it—we're doing it for ourselves, as a result of God is happy after we're joyful . That’s what makes Him most joyful. So I…

The world is watching as Beijing hosts the XXIV. winter olympics. There's one thing in regards to the Olympics that evokes nationwide delight, from the colourful parade of countries to the rousing podium anthems to the transferring tales of particular person athletes. However is sport a type of patriotic motion? To be extra particular, is a sports activities victory a form of diplomatic victory? If the USA loses to China in ice skating or to Russia in hockey, is {that a} strategic blow? Ought to that make Individuals query our braveness? GK Chesterton offers helpful reflections on the intersection of…

A non-public tour personally led by the peripatetic Python and an all-access behind-the-scenes expertise that lets you sit in on the stay broadcast from the Traditional FM studios in London's Leicester Sq.. These are simply two of the objects that kind a part of a group of particular experiences that bidders will be capable to bid on because of a web based public sale going down this month. The Nationwide Church buildings Belief's 2024 'Go, Go, Save!' public sale will elevate much-needed funding for its work to assist historic church buildings throughout the UK keep open and guarantee they…

Final week I posted just a few economics-related strains from the Westminster Bigger Catechism. In a single place the place the catechism prohibited “usury” I added the gloss “e.g. usury'. This led to a stern rebuke within the feedback thread: Kevin, You already know very properly that usury was not outlined as “mortgage” within the Bible and within the seventeenth century WCF. It was outlined as charging an rate of interest higher than zero. You might assume the Bible is outdated and incorrect on this. However please have the braveness to come back out and say you assume the Bible…

After his final match, Roger Federer expressed uncommon admiration for his opponents: “I really feel extraordinarily grateful. We pushed one another and collectively we took tennis to a brand new degree.” That is competitors in its purest kind. Compete – the Latin phrase from which we derive competitors – means “joint effort”. Federer and Nadal have mixed for 40 matches and 9 Grand Slam finals; a powerful bond was fashioned by means of him. Nevertheless, a lot of the Christian literature on sports activities, particularly on the elite degree, focuses on the adverse features of competitors. in The Good Recreation:…

MUNCIE, Ind. – When Jajuan Wells and Christian Wells take the ground at Muncie Fieldhouse, they know precisely the place it’s. Up in the identical place at each Central residence sport — on the south finish within the part simply above the band, at Entrance No. 3. He drives from Carmel to Muncie, often accompanied by a number of members of the family.Christian peeks in there in the beginning of each sport. Jajuan avoids trying as a result of one of many members of the family may make him giggle.Bonzi Wells, among the finest gamers in storied Bearcats historical past,…