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  • Better Know A Sport: Jai Alai

    Nathan Tucker

    By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu In this edition of Better Know A Sport, we hit the casinos of South Florida to take a look at jai alai. Now nearly forgotten, jai alai (pronounced high uh-lie) once…

  • BattleHawks Back In 2021? Their President Says So

    Nathan Tucker

    By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu “Lifelong” BattleHawks president Kurt Hunzeker spoke to Randy Karraker and Michelle Smallmon this week on their 101 ESPN morning show about the potentiality of professional football coming back to St. Louis…

  • Bubba Wallace And Changing NASCAR’s History 

    Nathan Tucker

    By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu Bubba Wallace, in his fairly short racing career, has already established himself as the most successful black driver in NASCAR history. His life on the racetrack began before he was even…

  • NBA Players are Adapting to Their New Normal in The Bubble

    Chris Thomas

    By Chris Thomas cbthomas@lc.edu Covid-19 has thrown a lot of curveballs that we did not expect. It has changed the way we play sports, interact with others and participate in activities. This new normal is…

  • ESPN’s “Long Gone Summer” Review: Had To Be There

    Nathan Tucker

    By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu On Sunday, June 14, ESPN debuted it’s latest documentary “Long Gone Summer”. The documentary was a look into the 1998 MLB home run race between Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire and Chicago…

  • Cardinals Chairman DeWitt: “The Industry Isn’t Very Profitable”

    Nathan Tucker

    By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu In a radio interview with Frank Cusumano on 590 “The Fan” on Tuesday, June 9, Cardinals owner and Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. turned heads with comments he made on the financials…

  • Sports Are Back(?): A Look At Professional Sports Restarting In The US

    Nathan Tucker

    By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu Despite surging positive cases of coronavirus in some regions of the US, the nation’s biggest team sports leagues have decided to push onward and start playing games in July. Popular non-team…

  • Better Know A Sport: Endurance Racing

    Nathan Tucker

    By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu While motorsport might not be an outside concept to most sports fans here in the States, most tend to think of NASCAR, or stock car racing. A more dedicated racing fan…

  • We Love Our Sports, Don’t We Folks?

    Nathan Tucker

    By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu As the world at large is reeling from constantly growing numbers of sick and dead from COVID-19, Donald Trump has prioritized the important things. “We have to get our sports back,”…