Tim Reynolds

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The Salesian Sisters greet players prior to Game 1 of the NBA Finals basketball series between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs

The superfans known as the 'Spurs Nuns' aim to bring divine intervention to the NBA Finals

New York has Ben Stiller, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan among its superfans; San Antonio has a group of nuns who wear Spurs jerseys over their habits.

Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, the Loyola University men's basketball chaplain and school celebrity, sits for a portrait in The Joseph J. Gentile Arena, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Chicago. (AP photo/Jessie Wardarski, file)

Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago's beloved chaplain, dies at 106

Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106.

NBA players hailed by pope at Vatican for demanding justice

Pope Francis met with NBA players at the Vatican on Monday, lauding them as “champions" and saying he supported their work on social justice.

 

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