Joe Espada in Spring Training

This year brings the 50th anniversary of publication of perhaps the most-quoted story series about Christians in sports. Frank Deford—voted U.S. Sportswriter of the Year six times, and known generally for his 37 years of commentary on NPR’s Morning Edition—castigated in three consecutive issues of Sports Illustrated what he called “Sportianity”—“thanking God, paying Him off for getting them another big one Read more... The post Joe Espada in Spring Training appeared first on Christianity Today.