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MLS, At Soccer’s Expense
By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu As the St. Louis MLS team awaits their big unveiling this week, news has come out about the city’s current and only pro soccer team, Saint Louis FC, who will likely…
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BattleHawks Back In 2021? Their President Says So
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…
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NBA Players are Adapting to Their New Normal in The Bubble
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…
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ESPN’s “Long Gone Summer” Review: Had To Be There
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…
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Cardinals Chairman DeWitt: “The Industry Isn’t Very Profitable”
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…
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Sports Are Back(?): A Look At Professional Sports Restarting In The US
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…
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We Love Our Sports, Don’t We Folks?
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,”…
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Cardinals Chairman DeWitt: “The Industry Isn’t Very Profitable”
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…
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Bridge Sports Classics: The Premier League Comes To St. Louis
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu In this latest dive into classic contests of sport past, we go back to Thursday, May 23, at Busch Stadium. Usually, this would be the time for one of at…
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“A Luxurious Prison” A Look At Soccer’s Return In America
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu Just days after the Bundesliga returned to action in empty stadiums across Germany, MLS minds have hatched a scheme to resume the soccer season on this side of the Atlantic. Like many…