Article January 18, 1999 Issue

Prayer in sports

An interview with National Football League running back Tommy Vardell

Rick Lipsey

A Graduate of Stanford University, where he starred on the football team, Tommy Vardell is a running back with the Detroit Lions. He has played in the NFL for seven years. Vardell is a Christian Scientist, and Rick Lipsey, a reporter at Sports Illustrated, spoke with him about the spiritual approach he brings to the gridiron.

I consider the NFL as my metaphysical laboratory. It is where I've been able to learn about God and my relationship to Him, to see that my happiness and my freedom lie in God.

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