sportianity

sportianity
n.
Christianity as practiced by members of professional sports teams.
Example Citation:
"In 'Two-Point Conversion' [Marjorie Garber] tracks links between organized sports and evangelical Christianity ('God has had His hand on this football team,' a Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback tells a reporter)....From the foothold of 'sportianity' she jumps to the subject of Jewish assimilation..."
— Liesl Schillinger, "2 Thine Own Self B True," The New York Times
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