For years, Around The Horn host Tony Reali has proudly worn the mark of Ash Wednesday upon his forehead while hosting that day's program. While other talent on other networks might not have such freedom, Reali's clearly a person who both believes strongly in his faith and works on a program that doesn't take itself…

Pitchers and catchers! Popes, ranked! But how's this for synergy? The late Pope John Paul II, on a visit to California in 1987, stepping inside a batting cage to take a few hacks while a dude and a couple of pontificate minimi stand around talking softball. The Vatican's sports broadcasting division released this…

1. John XXIII
2. Gregory I
3. Leo I
4. Peter
5. Gregory VII
6. Pius IX
7. John Paul II
8. Innocent I
9. Clement II
10. Innocent III
11. John Paul I
12. Clement XIII
13. Linus
14. Felix IV
15. Leo XII
16. Pelagius I
17. Boniface IV
18. Pius VI
19. Evaristus
20. Conon
21. Clement XIV
22. Pius VII
23. Urban I
24. John…

Here is what we presume was Brian Kelly's internal monologue during Notre Dame's loss on Saturday:

This web site right here is where the dorkwads of ballhawking and the geekwads of baseball stats meet and do a Vulcan salute. There's enough nerdiness here to power 10 Strat-O-Matic leagues and a new season of Battlestar Galactica.