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Mormon purchases soccer team, saves it and becomes Costa Rican celebrity
MR says: One funny part of the article: locals apparently came to think he not only owned the team, but also owned the LDS temple there and was the leader of the LDS Church. They even knocked on the temple doors and asked to see the owner! Near the end of 2012, the soccer team Club Sport Herediano was in a...
3 Mormon brothers grow together on and off the basketball court
BUENA VISTA, Va. — It's not unusual for young athletes to be on the same team as their brother, possibly in high school or on a league team. But it's not very often that three siblings get the chance to play basketball together in a college starting line-up. For the past two years, that's been...
Returned Mormon missionaries in sports garner national attention
MR says: Congrats to these faithful, high-performing athletes! A pair of returned Mormon missionaries were recently featured in the national media. Tyler Haws, a shooting guard for the BYU Cougars, was the subject of an article by Anna Katherine Clemmons on ESPN.com Thursday. Xavier Su'a-Filo, an...
BYU football player named Defensive Performer of the Year
MR says: Kyle Van Noy received the honor last night. Congratulations to him! College Football Performance Awards named BYU linebacker Kyle Van Noy Defensive Performer of the Year and presented him the award at halftime during the BYU men’s basketball victory against Utah State. Van Noy was also named an...
Mormon athlete Bryce Harper on Sports Illustrated cover - again
MR says: The issue came out today. Bryce Harper has joined the exclusive club of D.C. athletes to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated in the last three years. His company includes Stephen Strasburg and Robert Griffin III — a small but mighty cadre. It’s Harper’s first SI cover as a pro (he also...
Former NFL QB Brett Favre joins with LDS Church members in tornado cleanup effort
MR says: Very cool. Apparently this group also rose early to begin helping - they started around 4:30 a.m. last Saturday. Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre teamed up with Mormon Helping Hands after a devastating tornado ripped through Favre's hometown of Hattiesburg, Miss., earlier this month. On Feb. 10...
Cougar Converts: The LDS conversion of BYU football player Sete Aulai
MR says: An inspiring story (such stories are always fun to read). This is an excerpt from the book 'Cougar Converts: Life-Changing Stories from BYU Athletics.' Originally from the small village of Vailoa on the island of Savai'i, Samoa, Sete Aulai grew up in a Christian home in Carson, Calif. Located on the...
Viral video: Mormon 2-year-old basketball star becomes famous for 'trick shot' video
MR says: This. Is. Incredible. Two-year-old Titus Ashby of Derby, Kan., has been shooting baskets since he could walk. At 18 months, he could score a basket without even looking. Now, six months later, he has made it on national television. Read the full story at deseretnews.com...
Some coaches are losing interest in mission-bound LDS athletes
MR says: The NCAA has reduced scholarships for incoming freshmen, and many non-Utah colleges don't have a mission program in place to juggle athletes who leave for two years - so some schools are specifically asking to look at non-LDS athletes only. Sean Barton believes he was born to play football. So...
Three LDS players shine for Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII
MR says: One of the players, Dennis Pitta, became the fourth BYU alum to score a touchdown in the Superbowl. As the Super Bowl came to a thrilling end on Sunday, several players with roots from the state of Utah earned themselves a ring as the Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers 34–31....
Mormons in Super Bowl history
MR says: Did you know 5 Mormons will be participating in the Super Bowl this coming Sunday? Five Mormons are set to participate in Super Bowl XLVII this Sunday in New Orleans, including four for the Baltimore Ravens and one for the San Francisco 49ers. That's what sparked the idea for this list. Here are 40...
Opinion: Should LDS athletes play on Sunday?
MR says: What do you think? So what about football and the Sabbath? Are they compatible? It’s an issue that has been discussed for decades. In a Sports Illustrated story that will be published this week, writer Mark Oppenheimer attempts to address the complex dynamic. The issue: Is pro football really...
Utah Utes draw star LDS recruit after he sees institute building
MR says: “Playing football isn’t the most important thing for me right now — serving a mission is and Utah has a great environment to help me prepare for that." Sometimes it takes just one specific thing to tip the scales for a particular football program in a recruiting battle. Fortunately for Utah,...
BYU basketball: Cougars angered by Portland’s ‘dirty play’
MR says: The Cougars beat Portland in this game on Saturday night. Portland fell to 0-8 all-time against BYU with Saturday’s 85-67 loss at the Chiles Center, but some rough tactics by Pilots reserve guard Tanner Riley in the second half that left the junior from North Bend, Wash., hitting the showers early...
Manti Te'o's LDS bishop adds his perspective to saga
MR says: Te'o's bishop stands by the football player in saying that Te'o was the victim of the hoax. Among other things, Bishop Carrier says he talked to Te'o's "girlfriend" several times on the phone. As much as Jim Carrier had dealt with the absurd in the past month, the Mormon bishop said he was still...
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