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At midweek, the chaplain of Villanova University's basketball team cheered as one of his former star players led the New York ...

No, not the real pope. A fan decided to dress up like Pope Leo, who it turns out is a White Sox fan and NOT a Cubs die-hard.

The Villanova Wildcats are now proudly represented in Manhattan and Vatican City. After Thursday’s Conclave in the Vatican’s ...

Jalen Brunson and Pope Leo XIV are both Chicago kids who attended Villanova, so it only makes sense that the new Pope watches ...

When Villanova University’s president, the Rev. Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a theatre student, a future pope wasn’t far away on campus, studying math two grades below him.

When Villanova President Peter M. Donohue asked the Pope if he would be commencement speaker, the Pope replied, "Very funny." ...

Prevost, the 267th leader of the church and the first American pope, is now Leo XIV. But back when he was skinny undergrad at Nova, he was just Robert. The Chicago native was in what the church calls ...

Mike Woodson coached IU the past four seasons, going 82-53 with NCAA Tournament appearances his first two seasons. It was ...

Galetto, Prevost’s former classmate turned fellow priest, said Prevost’s years saw the beginning of Rollie Massimino’s reign.

Pittsburgh continues to wait on Aaron Rodgers, the “Pat McAfee Show” personality who played QB for the Jets for the last two ...

In a hilarious moment on Friday’s “First Take,” ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst explained why, if the new Chicago-raised ...