Contemporary high-performance sports are often about stories of athletes as heroes and legends, as the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) achieving something superhuman. Such a view neglects the human nature of the athlete. This paper offers a theological critique of the sacredness in high-performance sports by considering modern sports in light of John D. Caputo's radical theology of the cross. Rather than seeing the cross as the site of divine victory, Caputo argues that the cross symbolizes the mortality and vulnerability of both humans and God. The cross represents the shattering of our expectations and illusions of power, status, and control. But it is exactly this shattering that opens up the possibility of the impossible beyond our expectations. What does this mean for sport? Instead of focusing on achievement and status, this paper argues for a view of sport in which the sacred is found in human vulnerability.