On this feast day of St. Teresa of Avila (October 15), I am reminded of when I first started reading her work during a very stressful time of my life. I wanted to learn how to pray and to find ...

If you loved watching Ryland Grace MacGyver his way through impossible problems in space, you need to meet Mark Watney. He's ...

Here be monsters... Myths, muses, lizard demons and more populate Tori Amos’s remarkable 18th album, In Times Of Dragons.

Obrist hopes that the Holy See Pavilion will help people rediscover the importance of listening. Saint Hildegard as a bridge between heaven and Earth The other curator, Ben Vickers, described Saint ...

Follow all of Saturday's NCAA Tournament second round games withUSA TODAY Sports' live updates. Just like that, the career of one of the most interesting figures in recent college basketball history ...

Robbie Avila stole the hearts of the men's college basketball world when he led Indiana State to a magical yet viral run in the NIT two years ago. He garnered the nicknames of "Cream Abdul Jabbar" and ...

Robbie Avila wears goggles because he needs them to play, and over time they became part of his identity on the court. Avila said he considered switching to contact lenses in high school, but his ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Robbie Avila is the first to admit he doesn’t look the part of a basketball player, with his thick goggles that seem too small for his head, and the way the 6-foot-10, 240-pound ...

Robbie Avila has averaged 14.6 points and 3.4 assists over two seasons each at Saint Louis and Indiana State. Ishika Samant / Getty Images BUFFALO, N.Y. — Indiana State had a new coach from Division ...

Robbie Avila is more than a cool nickname or a fun March Madness story. He may not have eye-popping numbers or a deep NCAA Tournament run on his résumé, but the 6-foot-10 center out of Oak Forest, ...