Mary Beth Ellis writes from Orlando, Florida.

God and the Sports Page

With a victory in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 5, 2004, Smarty Jones will have captured horseracing’s most elusive prize—the Triple Crown. No horse…

Holy Week Hook-Up

Pop quiz, which is the biggest sin? A) Missing Mass on Easter Sunday B) Because you were out until five in the morning on Holy…

Boldly Going Again

I saw Mars last night, a tiny spark of crimson in an expanse of frosty black. It’s tough to miss. First red planet to the…

Hope and Glory

Crystal Ball v. Gore On the evening of the 2000 election, I sat before Judith Regan Live watching a psychic make a prediction about the…

Holding the Line

There are certain things one simply does not announce about oneself upon meeting a marriage-eligible member of the opposite sex. Such as: “I’ve refrained from…

Fourteen

In November of 2002, baseball’s all-time hits leader had the following conversation with the commissioner of baseball, Bud Selig: “Yes, sir, I did bet on…

Bad Birthday Karma

Hey, are you like me? You know?screwed? I am one of those poor unfortunate souls born in that ungodly space between Thanksgiving and Martin Luther…