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March 16, 2012

Faith, Sports and Muscular Christianity

Trent Toone, Deseret News

When the New York Times featured Nathan Whitaker last October for partnering with sports figures like Tony Dungy and Tim Tebow to write about how Christianity guides their lives, he posted his biggest disappointment about the article on Facebook.
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