AltWeeklies Wire
Strong Safetynew
Has the NFL gone too far trying to monitor players' off-field antics?
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
01-31-2006 |
Sports
Tags: football, law enforcement
Young African-American Aims to Be Champion Bowlernew
Somebody forgot to tell 21-year-old Emil Williams Jr. that bowling is for fat, beer-guzzling honkies.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
09-27-2005 |
Sports
The Truck Stops Herenew
Southern Illinois vegetable farmer David Metzger has but one other passion: long-haul trucking, which doubles as his full-time occupation. This week, in Tampa, he'll find out whether he's the best in the U.S.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
08-18-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: trucking
Three Nights In Junenew
River City Rascal hitting coach Jack Clark gives off an aura reminiscent of Muhammad Ali post-prime, a variation on what might be termed "Tough Guy Zen." He and his coiled bat used to treat an oncoming fastball as though it were a blacktop possum.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
08-02-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Big Bad Bottlenew
By the turn of the century, Forties of malt liquor had been left for dead. With antiquated delivery and brewing methods, there was no compelling reason for anyone to rescue either Forties or malt liquor. Which is exactly why one man is trying to save them both.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
06-13-2005 |
Food+Drink
Kicking & Steamingnew
Nobody doubts that well-heeled 36-year-old Bucks County businessman Michael Hetelson is a fine salesman. It's his latest product -- professional indoor soccer -- that many, including his father, have grave doubts about.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
02-11-2005 |
Sports
Tags: Soccer
Drop-Kick Gorgeousnew
Bad timing and institutional racism kept Gorgeous Gary Jackson out of pro wrestling's spotlight. But he's got St. Louis in a hammer lock.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
11-29-2004 |
Sports
Tags: wrestling
Prince Joe's Lamentnew
Where was Joe Henry when Major League Baseball coughed up money for ex-Negro Leaguers? In the dark.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
11-17-2004 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Riverfront Times Calls Election for Kerrynew
As of 1:27 p.m. CST today, Riverfront Times projects that Democratic candidate John Kerry will become the 44th president of the United States, defeating incumbent Republican President George W. Bush.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
11-02-2004 |
Comedy
Geeks Gone Wildnew
"More geeky nerd types have gotten laid at Archon than ever would in the outside world," the Empress Inebria says of the annual science fiction convention. This doesn't quite explain the mahogany-skinned man in the courtyard sporting a velvet cape. It's Star Wars alum Lando Calrissian.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
10-22-2004 |
Recreation
Tall Boysnew
Tyler Hansbrough, who starts at center for the Poplar Bluff High School Mules, last year's Missouri state Class 5 champions, drives a big red GMC pickup truck with a giant sticker of a bucktoothed jackass on its rear window -- homage to the Poplar Bluff High mascot. The top pro prospect in his class, he may be the answer to Larry Bird's prayers.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
09-02-2004 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Dirt Track Nationnew
In the sport of baseball, if you throw a 96-mile-per-hour fastball and a wicked curve, you are going to get your chance with the big club. In auto racing, however, if a terrific driver doesn't have the connections or resources necessary to upgrade his equipment, he's relegated to the dirt ovals for life. If there's a baseball parallel to be drawn here, it's to the Negro Leagues, whose stars shone in relative obscurity owing to circumstances beyond their control.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
07-28-2004 |
Sports
Raggedy Dandies: The Clandestine Cloth of Rock Star Ragsnew
Thanks to Rock Star Rags, what Nadine, the Electric, LoFreq, the Spiders, the Phonocaptors and a handful of other upwardly mobile St. Louis-area acts are likely to be wearing is high-quality vintage clothing. Ditto Lucinda Williams.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
06-02-2004 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
