Sports News
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Illinois Football Preview: Lovie’s Lucky Year?
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu It’s been five long years since the last time Illinois Fighting Illini football has touched a postseason bowl game. 82 out of 130 FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision, the top tier of…
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Blazer Beat: Late Summer Heat
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu With the heat index soaring into the mid 90s, the men’s Trailblazer soccer side hosted Missouri Baptist University’s Reserves on a muggy early September day at Tim Rooney Stadium. Returning with…
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Blazer Beat: Sunday Rainy Sunday
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu A cool, breezy, and very rainy late August Sunday played as the backdrop to the second games of the season for both the men’s and women’s Trailblazer soccer sides, who hosted…
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Blazer Beat: Soccer Season Kicks Off
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu Trailblazer Women vs. Allen County Red Devils Before I could even tweet out a picture from Tim Rooney Stadium on the Godfrey campus of Lewis And Clark, the women’s soccer Trailblazers…
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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 August 20th, it became officially official. St. Louis is joining Major League Soccer, and toasted the occasion with hundreds and hundreds…
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Blazer Beat #1
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu April 9th might have been the most pristine day of the Lewis and Clark Trailblazer spring sports season yet. Beautiful blue skies, temps in the 70s, spring had officially sprung, just ask…
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STL Sports Blog
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu This edition of The Bridge’s STL Sports Blog puts a spotlight on the area’s lesser known but currently most successful pro sports franchise, the first place Saint Louis Football Club. While Major…
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LC Sports Report #1
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu Welcome to the first installment of the LC Sports Report, an online home for Lewis & Clark Trailblazer sports across all fields and courts. Each week I will wrap up what I…
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Major League Baseball’s Looming Labor Crisis
Nathan Tucker ntucker@lc.edu In a normal baseball offseason, the biggest talk in the last week of January is usually the anticipation of pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training. This is not a normal baseball…
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L&C Shines A Spotlight on Kavon Lacey
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu Recognized by many as “the greatest Alton basketball player of all time”, Kavon Lacey is synonymous with greatness in the Riverbend’s basketball scene, but he never let that hype go to his…