Beliefnet’s Top 12 Christians in Sports
February 6, 2008 – 8:20 am Posted by bryan in » Christianity, sports
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Over the weekend Beliefnet.com posted their “Top 12 Evangelicals in Sports”. Who made the list? Read on to find out…
Joe Gibbs, who is no longer a two-sport athlete participant with his retirement from the Redskins. (The world feels more right with him back in NASCAR full time, doesn’t it?)
Mariano Rivera, who does a fine job juggling the seemingly oxymoronic roles of Christian and Yankee (sorry, couldn’t resist) and who has one of the strangest baseball cards ever, courtesy of 92 Bowman.
Derek Fisher, who’s known for being a sacrificial father more than anything else (as he should be.)
Shaun Alexander, who we learn in the story, was a virgin when he married his virgin wife. (Not sure that i ever want a detail so personal in any bio of mine.)
Allyson Felix, who we all know as…wait, who is Allyson Felix? (Answer: She runs really fast, she silvered in the 04 Olympics, and she should win some more hardware in Beijing this summer.)
Hunter Smith, who we’ve mentioned here before (Hey, he even left a comment to that post…how cool are we?)
Jake Peavy, who we’d love to have on our fantasy baseball team this year. (We’re involved in a complete redraft in a keeper league, so much preparation must be done between now and the draft.)
Tony Dungy, who needs to spend some time with Brett Favre teaching him the art of making timely off-season decisions.
Curt Schilling, who needs to spend some time with us, teaching us how to write thousands of words per blog post while holding down a day job.
Tim Tebow, who we mentioned on Friday, is apparently the champion of homeschoolers everywhere. (he’s got a bill named after him!)
Michael Waltrip, who isn’t the boogity! boogity! boogity! guy in case you were wondering. (that’s his older brother) .
Zach Johnson, the Joaquin Phoenix lookalike who beat Tiger Woods by 2 strokes at the 07 Masters. (1 of 3 career PGA Tour wins)
Did they leave anyone out? Offer up your additions and subtractions in the comments…
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2 Responses to “Beliefnet’s Top 12 Christians in Sports”
By Luke Gelinas on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
What about AC Green?
By Rick on Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Yeah, somebody beat me to AC Green. He became a Christian in my hometown of Hermiston, Oregon.