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Randy Alcorn's Blog: athletes

Tim Tebow, Jason Hanson, and Kurt Warner: Faith and Football

Tim TebowNanci is more football-crazy than I am, but we both really enjoy football season, and sort of hate to see it winding down as the Superbowl approaches. The national college championship game was played a week ago. Congratulations to the Florida Gators and quarterback Tim Tebow, named Most Valuable Player. If you would have told us three years ago that Nanci and I would become Gators fans we'd have said "no way." Nothing against the Gators, but Florida and Oregon, land of Beavers and Ducks, are geographical opposites, and in the past we haven't followed closely what happens ...

My Thoughts on the Beijing Olympics, and Darfur

Olympics Men's RelayI love the Olympics. Nanci and I were jumping and screaming yesterday when our American guys came from behind to win the 4 x 100 freestyle relay. An amazing race. Wow!

Sadly, last week China revoked the visa for Joey Cheek, Olympic gold-medalist and co-founder of Team Darfur, a coalition of 400 athletes from around the world speaking out about the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan. Team Darfur decathlete Chris Boyles' visa was also revoked last week. The Chinese government didn't give their reasons for denying or revoking visas.

Joey Cheek
Team Darfur's website explains the situation in Sudan: The current ...
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