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Derby Rolls Againnew
Roller derby's St. Louis roots run deep -- now a new generation of skaters vows to bring this rock-'em sock-'em sport back to life.
Riverfront Times |
Julie Seabaugh |
05-26-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Bracketologynew
Two Saint Louis University professors say they've solved the world's most challenging math problem: your office NCAA pool.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
03-27-2006 |
Sports
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
Legendary Baseball Organist Tickles the Keyboardnew
All great musicians have their quirks; for St. Louis Cardinals organist Ernie Hays, it's his notorious potty mouth.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
10-11-2005 |
Sports
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
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
Ask a Negro Leaguernew
A former all-star infielder for Negro League baseball teams in the 1950s answers questions about arrogant players and Tony LaRussa's shades.
Riverfront Times |
Prince Joe Henry |
08-01-2005 |
Sports
Tags: Barry Bonds, Tony La Russa
Ask a Negro Leaguernew
An all-star infielder for Negro League baseball teams in the 1950s names the pitcher he'd like to see start Game Seven of the World Series.
Riverfront Times |
Prince Joe Henry |
07-26-2005 |
Sports
St. Louis Parties During the Final Fournew
It's not every year that St. Louis hosts an event that relegates the Redbirds to the nether reaches of the daily sports dispatches and turns the city's moribund downtown upside down.
Riverfront Times |
Unreal |
04-07-2005 |
Sports
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
He Writes the Signs in the Ballparknew
Marty Prather's obsession with holding up handpainted signs began during the 1985 World Series, when he flashed a sign that read: "The Fat Lady Is Singing."
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
10-19-2004 |
Sports
Golf Ball Fishing in Americanew
“There’s gold in these waters,” says Michael Aux Tinee. He is part of the secretive world of golf ball retrieval, an industry worth an estimated $200 million a year.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
10-19-2004 |
Sports
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
