Damar Hamlin

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin says he’s “rooted” in his faith in God as he enters his first NFL season following a cardiac arrest on national television that nearly ended his life.

During this year's ESPY Awards, an emotional Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin thanked the medical team that saved his life earlier this year.

Buffalo Bills Safety Damar Hamlin has apologized for wearing a controversial Jesus jacket during Superbowl LVII.

Less than six weeks after suffering a cardiac arrest on national television, Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin on Thursday walked onto a stage and told a cheering crowd that his brush with death was part of God’s plan for his life. 

In his first on-camera interview since collapsing on the field during a nationally televised football game, Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin shared that God is using him as a “vessel” to help children in need.

Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin is heading home from the hospital after receiving care for over a week following a cardiac episode.

On Monday, doctors announced that Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been transferred from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center to a hospital in Buffalo, NY. This comes just one week after he suffered a cardiac episode during a Monday night game.

What are critics of religion thinking about this national response to the collapse of NFL player Damar Hamling? According to Swaim, “They will consider the whole pray-for-Damar episode a mass expression of some irrational atavistic impulse. ... Let the fans ‘pray’ if that’s what gives them comfort, but it changes nothing.”

In one sense, I agree with them.