Sports

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (BP) -- The Union University women’s basketball team fell to Cal State Dominguez Hills 68-50 Wednesday evening in the semifinals of the NCAA Division II national tournament at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.

The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) announced Daniel Smith of Boyce College as the recipient of the 2025 Pete Maravich Award for Men’s Basketball. Named after legendary basketball player “Pistol Pete” Maravich, the award reflects Maravich’s legacy both on the court and in his later years as a devoted follower of Christ.

BUTLER, Tenn. (BP) – Pastor Donald Winters is accustomed to the extreme, whether it involves alligators, rattlesnakes or voluntarily risking hypothermia in icy waters every other weekday.

On Wednesday (Feb. 5), President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order mandating the end of biological men participating in women’s sports. The order, entitled, “Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports,” reads in part:

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Judging by the television audience, Americans certainly care about the Super Bowl. Few, however, think God shares their concern.

ATLANTA (BP) — As the seconds ticked off the clock in Mercedez-Benz Stadium Monday night, they closed out Ohio State’s ninth national championship as well as the longest college football season ever. Both may also become markers for when the faith of players and coaches reached a new level of prominence.

FAIRHOPE, Alabama (BP) – Ryan Smith remembers the scene after Riley Leonard’s team at Fairhope High School lost a big game against a major rival.

AUBURN, Ala. – Chette Williams, a longtime Auburn University football chaplain, died Dec. 15 after falling into the water at Lake Martin while getting off his pontoon boat. He was 61 years old.

CLINTON, Miss. (BP) — Mississippi College will become Mississippi Christian University, a statement from the school’s board of trustees announced on Nov. 18.

MOUNT VERNON, Ga. (BP) — Stephen Roberts has seen his son, Daniel, finish first many times at the track.