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Beloved March Madness icon Sister Jean dies at 106

Beloved March Madness icon Sister Jean dies at 106
sports10/10/2025

Beloved March Madness icon Sister Jean dies at 106.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the team chaplain for the Loyola University Chicago basketball team who became a national celebrity during the school's 2018 underdog March Madness run, has died at 106. The university confirmed her death in a statement o... [2604 chars]