Author: Nathan Tucker

  • Blazer Beat: L&C 86, Southeastern Illinois 72, Blazers Fend Off Falcons For 4th Straight Win

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   While winter break rolls on for Lewis and Clark students, the school’s basketball teams are back at work inside the George C. Terry Riverbend Arena. On Wednesday January 8, the men’s…

  • Anarchy Wrestling

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   The Arch in St. Louis is known as the “Gateway to the West”, in honor of St. Louis’s part in the westward expansion of the United States. A few miles north…

  • Blazer Beat: L&C 73, STLCC 62: Blazers Bust Winter Break Rust

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   While the winter break at Lewis and Clark is seen as needed respite for many beleaguered students, war-torn from finals week, it has a different effect on those students who represent…

  • Better Know A Sport: Cricket

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   Despite being the second most popular sport in the world with over 2 billion fans, the first subject of this Better Know A Sport series is known more as the name…

  • Good Enough: The 2019 St. Louis Cardinals In Review

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   It’s often difficult to summarize a Major League Baseball season. One hundred and sixty-two games that can feel pointless at times and far too finite in others, the trek of a…

  • NBA Preview: From Teams To Beat To Greek Freaks

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   It’s only been five months since Kawhi Leonard led the Toronto Raptors to NBA Finals glory over the Golden State Warriors. In that five months, the NBA’s landscape has drastically shifted,…

  • Blazer Beat: Trailblazers Drop ‘Hawks in Double OT Thriller

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   In their first home contest in almost two weeks, the women’s basketball Trailblazers were back in action on their own hardwood Friday November 22, hosting the Blackhawks from Southeastern Community College…

  • Lion’s Den: Lindenwood 34, UIndy 27, Lions Lap Greyhounds

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   Lindenwood got hot at the right time of the football season. After a rough start, Lindenwood went 4-0 in the month of October, and more importantly, in the Great Lakes Valley…

  • Lion’s Den: Lindenwood 35, SVSU 31, Cardiac Cats Coop Cardinals

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   After a momentous win over ranked conference opponent Truman State last week, Lindenwood hosted the Cardinals of Saginaw Valley State in non-conference action on October 19. SVSU enters the game with…

  • Much More Than MLS: An Incomplete History of Soccer in St. Louis

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   It’s been coming for some time now, but as of Aug. 20, it became officially official. St. Louis is joining Major League Soccer, and toasted the occasion with hundreds and hundreds…