Picture this: After falling short of a national championship last season, Bruce Pearl finally gets the Auburn Tigers their first-ever title. Celebrations are held all across Alabama, in Pearl's home state of Massachusetts and .... also the Vatican?
Catholic cardinals elected a new pope Thursday, and he's a college basketball fan. Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native, was selected to be the 267th pope. He'll go by Pope Leo XIV.
It's not a new or unique thing for a pope to be a sports fan. Pope Francis was a supporter of San Lorenzo, one of the oldest clubs in the Argentine Football Association.