Orthodox Stance

Dmitriy Salita is a literally orthodox boxer. Check out this review of "Orthodox Stance".

2007 Top 10 Most Popular Stories

1. Kaka planning future as evangelical minister (soccer)
2. NBA's Nastiest and Most Unusual Records (nba)
3. Thanksgiving Day Prayers and Football (nfl, thanksgiving)
4. Jon Kitna doesn't have to go to hell (nfl, thanksgiving)
5. Fast forward to the 5th Stage of Grief (nfl)
6. NHaiL Satan (nhl)
7. Ferocious (boxing, myspace)
8. South Park: Jesus wins! (boxing, branding, wwe)
9. Robert Guerrero Knockout Video (boxing)
10. blogs4God (blogs)

American Gladitors reinvented for Epiphany

NBC is reinventing the classic competition series American Gladiators and is currently filming a brand new series with new Contenders and a new team of Gladiators for their upcoming premiere season. Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali (Muhammad Ali's daughter) will be the brand new hosts for the series which airs 6th January 2008 on NBC.
That day is Epiphany (Greek: επιφάνεια, "appearance" or "manifestation") - a Christian feast intended to celebrate the "shining forth" or revelation of God to mankind in human form, in the person of Jesus. Some Christians commemorate the visitation of the Magi to the child Jesus on this day, while others use the day to commemorate the baptism of Jesus as an adult.

South Park: Jesus wins!

You can make it true. Just use your A S D and arrow keys and Jesus wins.
Comedy Central features a funny beat'em up South Park style.
Besides having Jesus win the tournament, you can as well choose to show up as Satan and perform special moves more evil than resurrection, holy fist, slight healing or Santa's gift.

One religious sign of the game is so small, but don't miss it:
Kyle throws a David Star shuriken, if you like.

Hardly sports, but surely religion.

Ferocious

There is a myspace profile around that list the following hero:

"THE MAN THAT I THANK FOR EVERTHING HES DONE
IN MY LIFE! GRACIAS DIOSITO! SIN TI NO PODIA SER NADA!"

The Official Ferocious Fernando Vargas's Details are not as suprising:
Status: Married
Here for: Networking
Orientation: Straight
Hometown: Oxnard
Body type: 5' 10" / Athletic
Ethnicity: Latino / Hispanic
Religion: Catholic
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Occupation: Boxer/Businessman

Two-time world champion “El Feroz” Fernando Vargas (26-4, 22 KOs) and three-time world champion Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga (27-6-1, 22 KOs) clash in what will be a street-style brawl at Staples Center the day after Thanksgiving on Friday, Nov. 23. Check out some Quotes at KO Corner.

Robert Guerrero Knockout Video

First round knockout along with the post fight interview with Robert Guerrero. First of all he thanks Jesus Christ, who makes the boxer able to cope with all the ups and downs of the last weeks. Guerrero's wife is in hospital for cancer treatment.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr Thanks God

WBC world welterweight champion "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather will meet British icon and world junior welterweight champion Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton in "UNDEFEATED", for the world welterweight championship on Saturday, December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, USA."First of all, I want to thank God... I think we’re going to do a hell of a job with this fight against Ricky Hatton on December 8."

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Peter/McCline Final Press Conference Quotes

Samuel Peter:

“I have been blessed already in my life. My Lord has been good to me. Now let’s do this in the ring come Saturday night.”

Jameel McCline:

“This fight was not supposed to happen for me because of my knee injury [against Valuev]. But God brought this to me. It’s in his hands.”

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Peter vs. McCline

Don King is a lover of big words. Peter vs. McCline is not just a fight but merely a question of Faith, Hope and Glory. Do the two boxers agree?
Samuel Peter is known to be a devout Christian man who neither drinks nor smokes. So we could call him faith-based.
Jameel McCline shows a collection of assorted family photos on his website. The first two pictures show wedding and Christmas scenes, his wife and two daugthers. So he is really a man of hope.
Both of them are longing to be WBC heavyweight champion and want to enjoy the Glory of the title. Don King is right.

Extraordinary Lives - Who moved you the most?

USA TODAY lists 25 people who moved the editorial staff in the past quarter-century.

Here are sportswomen and -men among them:
#5 Lance Armstrong
#14 Arthur Ashe
#15 U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, 1999
#19 Pat Tillman
#20 Muhammad Ali

Spiritual people are just found in the top 10:
#7 Pope John Paul II
#10 Mother Teresa

Muhammad Ali: A Look Back in Photos

Curated by Ali's daughter Maryum 'May May' Ali and his long-time manager and friend Gene Kilroy, time.com collects 17 pictures of Muhammed Ali.
Photo #7 shows Muhammad Ali praying to Allah before defending his crown in London in 1966.

Joy Enrique blesses Virgil Hill

Joy Enriquez's myspace profile is filed under "Christian / Pop / R&B".
As her next upcoming show you find:
"Mar 31 2007 8:00P Live Performance Munich"
Most of her songs are based on faith. In Munich she will perform her new song "Conquer" as walk-in for her friend Virgil Hill after presenting The Star-Sprangled Banner.

Thank God Rocky is back

What a great Christmas gift for all the fans in the whole wide world: Rocky is finally back. In the trailer alone this movie has plenty of spiritual references: Rocky's coach wears a big silver cross around his neck and the champion makes the sign of a cross in his ring corner. Don't forget to check the official movie blog. Peter Chattaway largely discusses religion in the previous Rocky movies combined with chronological errors.

Jesus, James and Ali

My new favorite picture
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Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day and James Brown died on that day. SFGate lists more connections between the Godfather of Soul and the Sun of God. James Brown was a real sportsman too as in 1974 he performed in Zaire as part of the build up to the The Rumble in the Jungle fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.