I'm sure that your Ravens / Colts thing might interest those of a more political bent, but I stull fail to see how either is specifically interesting to Catholics, largely (I'm not sure who the "ultra-Catholic" is to whom you refer).

I'm completely lost with your reference to "the name of the one... the other by poetry..."  I don't know what you mean.  

Regarding sports teams as "mercenaries" who are "good at pointless competition" - I fully agree.  Does it have a place in my "Catholic ghetto"?  I suppose it doesn't.  But I think it a fair question which leads me to consider this:  What is the point or mission of a Catholic media.  Thanks for being thought-provoking.