"I was blessed with a beautiful marriage and a challenging career," Dole regularly tells prayer breakfast groups throughout the country. "Gradually, over many years, I realized what was missing. My life was threatened with spiritual starvation."

Darrell Green’s most important race began one evening in 1988. He was driving home from one of those personal appearances that professional athletes make – the kind that gets them good publicity but adds little to the lives of those they visit. Green had gone to a downtown Washington apartment complex, but as he made his way home, he started thinking about what he had just done.

The Buffalo Bills’ Frank Reich, pro football’s man of the moment, says the impending Second Coming of Jesus Christ prepped him for his backup role in leading the Bills to a record come-from-32-points-behind victory over the Houston Oilers last Sunday. The Second Coming? And the NFL playoffs?

Throughout the recent Wednesday evening, the 15 Washington Redskins gathered at the Northern Virginia home of wide receiver Ricky Sanders enjoyed the special fellowship that they have come to share in their weekly sessions off the field.