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Falcons looking to cut down the Irish

By Bill Curry
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, October 17, 2002

My favorite story about prayer in sport concerns a boxing match. A young parishioner invited his priest to go with him to the fights and was impressed when one of the boxers knelt, prayed, and made the sign of the cross prior to the match. "Will that help him Father?" asked the young fan. "Yes, my son, it will help him a great deal&if he is a good fighter." The wise old priest had been in the ring before. Ask any real student of college football to name the 10 most respected active coaches an ...

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