On large screen televisions in living rooms and bars across the United States Wednesday night, sports fans got to learn first-hand about the “Miracle of St. Anthony,” and the Saint who made it all happen – Bob Hurley. The introduction of Bob (Bob Hurley Wins Best Coach at ESPYS 2017) captured some of the man’s […]
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Bob Hurley Honored at ESPY Awards
Bob Hurley, former St. Anthony basketball coach, honored at ESPY Awards He isn’t coaching hoops anymore, but the accolades keep on coming for Bob Hurley. The former head of the storied boys basketball program at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, which closed earlier this year, won the Best Coach Award at the ESPYs […]
St. Anthony High School's Bob Hurley Featured In The Ringer
St. Anthony’s Unanswered Prayer – Over 45 years, Bob Hurley turned his Jersey City basketball program into an unlikely national power. Now, after 28 state titles and decades of staving off closure, St. Anthony is shutting its doors, and the Friars family is trying to cope with running out of miracles.
Faith? I Lost Mine Last Week.
Photo by Jim Salzano I was speaking with a good friend Thursday about the Catholic Church. He’s left it. I’m right behind him. He and his wife gave up when his local parish kept asking for money, and they saw no improvements in their church…the school…or their programs. Turns out the money was going to […]