AltWeeklies Wire
A Tour of St Louis Baseball Landmarks From the Famous to the Infamousnew
Welcome to St. Louis, a baseball town then, now and forever.
Riverfront Times |
Ian Froeb |
07-10-2009 |
Sports
St. Louis Puts Lipstick on the Pig to Clean House for MLB All-Star Gamenew
St. Louis has undergone a substantial facelift in the hope of impressing visitors to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. And, like a pretty-but-pimple-faced girl primping for prom night, the makeup is being applied in layers.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
07-10-2009 |
Sports
St. Louis Will Field a New Pro Women's Soccer Team Next Springnew
It has been more than 30 years since the city last fielded a professional outdoor team. That all changes, though, next April when the new Women's Professional Soccer league kicks off its inaugural season in seven cities, including St. Louis.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
10-03-2008 |
Sports
Immigrant Soccer Players from Across the Globe Go Balls Out at a St. Louis Parknew
La Liga Latino Americana de Futbol has grown from a weekend assemblage of 4 teams -- all hailing from the same small town in southwestern Mexico -- to 28 teams, with more than 1,000 players representing nearly every corner of the map: Nigeria, Kenya, Iraq, Brazil and Hungary among them.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
07-25-2008 |
Sports
Brian Barton Chooses Baseball Over Aerospace Engineering ... For Nownew
Baseball ain't rocket science. But if it were, that wouldn't stop rookie St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Brian Barton. He's pretty good at both.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
06-27-2008 |
Sports
Baseball's Green Teamsnew
The St. Louis Cardnials scramble to join the ranks of the environmentally conscious.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
03-28-2008 |
Sports
Thousand Dollar Babynew
By day Jamie O'Hare studies for a master's in social work. Her night job is anything but.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
03-21-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Basketball by the Booknew
Legislators call for a probe of the nonprofit that governs Missouri high school sports.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
04-20-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Jermaine Andre Brings the Code of the Samurai to Cage Fightingnew
Bow to your sensei.
Riverfront Times |
Molly Langmuir |
03-30-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Ready to Rumblenew
Kerri Morgan is prepared to crash the smash-happy world of quad rugby.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
01-05-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Ping Dynastynew
The Yao Family is set on making St. Louis a global powerhouse in table tennis.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
12-01-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Basketball by the Booknew
The Vashon High School Wolverines have won five state titles in eight years, but did they play by the rules?
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
11-03-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Twist of Fatenew
This former St. Louis Blues star has skated on some thin ice since leaving the rink.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
10-10-2006 |
Sports
Tags: hockey, tony twist
Ballsynew
A pair of local entrepreneurs has a Barry Bonds home run ball for sale, but so far they're going down swinging.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
08-14-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Oblique Strainnew
When a blogger fingered him in the Jason Grimsley scandal, strength coach Chris Mihlfeld found himself in a world of pain.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Paynter |
07-17-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
