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Pope Leo XIV’s impact on the college basketball betting market is real with Villanova wagers surging
According to a report from Ben Fawkes of Yahoo! Sports, money came pouring in on Villanova to win the 2025-26 national championship in the 24 hours after the Papal Conclave elected Robert Francis Prevost to become the next pope. Before he became Pope Leo XIV, Prevost was a Villanova Wildcat, graduating in 1977.
Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, begins his papacy
Pope Leo XIV has been chosen to lead the 1.4 billion Catholics across the globe after a surprise election following the conclave to pick Pope Francis’ successor. Cardinal Robert Prevost is the first American pontiff in history to lead the Catholic Church.
Some Knicks fans think the fact that Pope Leo is a Villanova alum — like the team’s stars Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Mikal ...
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 ...
Robert Prevost, now known as His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, graduated from Villanova with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics in ...
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 ...
At midweek, the chaplain of Villanova University's basketball team cheered as one of his former star players led the New York ...
This story first appeared in Garden Party, a daily-ish playoffs newsletter from Boston Globe Sports. Click here to join the ...
After Thursday’s Conclave in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, the world learned that the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly ...
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.
Here is the latest as Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope adds players from the transfer portal, loses others to exhausted ...
When Villanova President Peter M. Donohue asked the Pope if he would be commencement speaker, the Pope replied, "Very funny." ...
The Pennsylvania university best known for its basketball program has a new most famous alumnus in Pope Leo XIV.
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