After every big sports event, it seems, reporters make their way into the winning team’s locker room, where we hear player after player give all credit for the victory to Jesus.

I hope that someday an enterprising cub reporter will go to the losing team’s locker room, so we can hear the players complain that Satan has let them down.

Given Jesus’ sports record in recent decades, I’m surprised that any athlete trusts Satan these days. The Jesus team always wins the big games, and yet there is always a losing team, too. Don’t those players know that the Devil’s a liar?

Actually, maybe that’s how Satan lures them in.

Have you ever thought about finding out which team Satan’s backing in a big game, and laying down a lot of money on the other team? It seems like a sure bet, doesn’t it? But I resist that temptation when I consider that perhaps Satan’s been throwing all these games just to run up the odds, and that someday he’ll win a game and cash in big time. Perhaps that’s the story he tells his hapless players.

Never trust Satan, folks. He cheats.