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Where will Tamika Catchings rank amongst this year’s Top 30 Christian Sports Stories of 2012?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the year ends, it’s time again to reflect on the top sports stories that involved Christian athletes. Inspiring Athletes has already selected these 30 stories and ranked them using a very complicated scientific formula. Okay, so it was really just me going back through my archived posts and working a little Google magic.<\/p>\n

Some of these stories feature big name athletes like Tim Tebow, Robert Griffin III, Jeremy Lin, Kevin Durant, Tamika Catchings, Gabby Douglas and Bubba Watson, along with more obscure names like Grinnell College basketball player Jack Taylor and Colorado Christian College head women’s basketball coach Tim Hays.<\/p>\n

So in preparation for this three-part series (December 26-28), let me know what was YOUR top Christian sports story of 2012! Use the comment section below to share that opinion with everyone and then come back next week to see if your pick made the cut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the year ends, it’s time again to reflect on the top sports stories that involved Christian athletes. Inspiring Athletes has already selected these 30 stories and ranked them using a very complicated scientific formula. Okay, so it was really just me going back through my archived posts and working a little Google magic. 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