Motivational Articles (all in pdf format)
Sports & Religion Articles (all in pdf format)
1)Pleasing God: A Visit with Grant Desme (Catholic Online) 2/11/10
2) Quarterback for Life (Inside the Vatican Magazine) 2/6/10
3) UPDATED: Desme retires to become Catholic Priest (Baseball America Blog) 1/22/10
4) Grant Desme discusses decision to become a priest (SF Gate) 1/22/10
5) A’s prospect leaving baseball for call of the priesthood (Yahoo Sports) 1/22/10
6) Tim Tebow uses eye black to convey messages of victory of the field (The Times-Picayune) 12/28/09
7) Darryl Strawberry’s Way to the Cross (CBN.com) 9/21/09
8) Former baseball star works with special needs people (Catholic.org) 7/15/09
9) Red Sox Mike Lowell: Faith sustained him through cancer (Catholic.org) 7/10/09
10) Former baseball player speaks to teens about his faith journey (Pittsburgh Catholic) 4/24/09
11) Florida QB makes John 3:16 Hottest Google Search (WorldNetDaily) 1/09/09
12) The Faith of a High School Coach (ESPN The Magazine) 12/22/08
13) An Athlete For Christ (Catholic World Report) 12/08
14) Ravens Head Coach Harbaugh, Faith On and Off the Field (Catholic.org) 11/19/08
15) Family, education and God (Pittsburgh Catholic) 10/31/08
16) Fr. Joe will root for Buffalo (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) 9/5/08
17) Brett Favre, exemplary American Catholic (Dallas News) 3/27/08
18) Spring Training Baseball Inspires Homilies (Catholic.org) 3/27/08
19) Milwaukee Brewers catcher sports major-league Catholic faith (Catholic.org) 10/5/07
20) Joe Garagiola - A man of great humor and deep faith (Catholic.org) 7/5/2007
21) Top 10 Catholic Heroes of the Super Bowl (Catholic.org) 1/30/08
22) Does Jesus Wear Purple Pinstripes ? (Time Magazine) 10/28/07
23) Volleyball coach has higher calling (The Seattle Times) 10/26/07
24) Green Bay Packers Brett Favre and Wife Credit Catholic Faith (Catholic News Service) 10/25/07
25) Catholic faith, family home runs for “Champions” baseball star catcher (Catholic.org) 9/12/07
26) Q&A: Jeff Suppan, pitcher, Milwaukee Brewers (Catholic Digest) 9/4/07
27) Q&A: Mike Piazza, designated hitter, catcher, Oakland Athletics (Catholic Digest) 9/4/07
28) Dreams Can Come True, Pope Affirms (Zenit.org) 9/3/07
29) Use Catholic faith to help survive life’s ‘blitz,’ football star’s dad says (Catholic.org) 4/3/07
30) $42 million guy next door (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) 2/18/07
31) Super Bowl Sacraments (National Catholic Register) 2/1/07
32) Team chaplain sees humility in Super Bowl Colts (Catholic.org) 1/28/07
33) Notre Dame kicker gets strength, confidence from his Catholic Faith (Catholic.org) 1/3/07
34) In Rome, Royals star inspires crowd with stories of living his faith (Catholicnews.com) 11/20/06
35) Baseball star’s pitch to students:Be prepared for faith challenges (Catholic.org) 10/27/06
36) For Catholic pro-football players, faith more than a pre-game prayer (Catholic.org) 9/20/06
37) Relying on faith (The St. Petersburg Times) 8/13/06
38) Prayer eases path for sister in standings (The Buffalo News) 7/16/06
39) Taking the Field (Breakaway) 5/06
40) God reigns at sporting events (The Washington Times) 5/13/06
41) Catholic baseball star credits God, church for not striking out in life (Catholic.org) 4/4/06
42) NCAA basketball success transforms George Mason (Catholicnews.com) 3/29/06
43) Trading cleats for collar: college football player to tackle priesthood (Catholic.org) 2/14/06
44) Sports fans: Beware of confidence in superstitions (Pittsburgh Catholic) 2/3/06
45) Rooney family applaudef for strong Catholic roots (Pittsburgh Catholic) 2/3/06
46) Super Bowl players tell the world’s media of their faith (BP News) 2/2/06
47) A man of faith, football (The Indianapolis Star) 1/10/06
48) Teaming up for prayer (The Washington Times) 12/6/05
49) Vatican More Anxious to Get Into Game (Zenit News Agency) 11/19/05
50) Football players to bring their faith to Superbowl on Sunday (CatholicNewsAgency.com) 2/4/05
51) Rich Gannon Interview (Catholic Digest) 11/2004
52) Baseball Player “Went to the Lord for Help” to Pitch World Series (Charismanews/com) 10/26/04
53) The Call of a Lifetime (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) 3/21/04
54) Marlins answer McKeon’s prayers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) 11/7/03
55) Parents of NHL player killed in crash forgive teammate (PittsburghLIVE.com) 10/12/03
56) Orel Hershiser on trusting God (Focus on the Family) 7/2002
57) The “Big Catholic” thanks the Virgin Mary for cure (National Catholic Register) 9/17-23/00
58) Brett Butler Interview (USA Today Weekend) 6/20-22/97
1) P.U.S.H.
2) Fallen Iraq Marine Awarded Medal of Honor (CBS News) 1/11/07
3) Football and Life (The Way) 10/8/06
4) 12 Famous People Who Succeeded Against the Odds
5) These players belong to the head of the class (Dallas Morning News)
6) How Failure Breeds Success (Businessweek.com) 7/10/06
7) Tigers adhere to Leyland’s doctrines (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
8) Take a career cue from Dr. DeLeeuw (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
9) Mel Gibson (Paul Harvey)
10) Sweet Sorrow (Sports Illustrated) 11/11/02
11) For the Love Of the Game (Sports Illustrated) 9/16/02
12) Krzyzewski motivates campers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) 7/23/02
13) A Howland success: Demanding coach turns Pitt into winner (PIttsburgh Post-Gazette) 3/18/02
14) Manto musings (Buffalo News) 8/25/01
15) A Name on the Wall (Sports Illustrated) 7/23/01
16) True survivor (Buffalo News) 7/9/01
17) Irvin’s rebirth makes his wife a golf widow (Buffalo News) 6/19/01
18) ESPN’s Mayne perseveres despite personal tragedies (USA Today) 11/19/97
19) Persistence keeps us great (USA Weekend) 3/7-9/97
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