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...nice guys finish last” could’ve easily come from the Bible. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were not particularly nice guys and they did all right. Criminals Ty Cobb, Ray Lewis and Mike Tyson all ruled their respective sports (indeed, Mike Tyson is proof that God is a twisted sports fan—how else could the world’s scariest man have the girliest voice...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weinlanguage: God, the Almighty Sports Fan | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

...problem with God’s role in sports is not the Tysons. It’s the Evander Holyfields—men who profess righteousness but father an army of out-of-wedlock children. This kind of hypocrisy should certainly be condemned—perhaps God sent Tyson to smite Evander?...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weinlanguage: God, the Almighty Sports Fan | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

...there are even more problems than the sins of “religious” athletes. What happens when Boston College plays Notre Dame? Who does God root for? What about in Brigham Young’s games...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weinlanguage: God, the Almighty Sports Fan | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

...thing I take from Job is that God does not reward charity or reading to blind people or even devout worship. Praying to God will not help the Red Sox beat those damn Yankees...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weinlanguage: God, the Almighty Sports Fan | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

...view God as an amoral ruler of all the Universe, then He clearly operates forces outside human control. There are Angels in the Outfield. They don’t care which team has been praying, but they will guide the winds to send fly balls over the fence...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weinlanguage: God, the Almighty Sports Fan | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

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