The New Orleans Pelicans have agreed to trade superstar forward Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers
As the Toronto Raptors won their first NBA Championship in the history of their franchise, St. Louis native Patrick McCaw made a milestone as part of the team.
The lovefest that the St. Louis region underwent as the St. Louis Blues went from worst to first to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history made it clear who is the official, unofficial, and alternate favorite hockey team of the city. The team also is one signature – that…
It was a tremendous year of boys’ track and field in the St. Louis metro area in 2019. The area produced three state championship teams in East St. Louis, Hazelwood West and Trinity, plus several sparkling individual performances.
The St. Louis Blues won their first ever Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night in Boston. Ryan O’Reilly scored for the fourth straight game and rookie Jordan Binnington stopped 32 shots in Game 7 – and led the St. Louis Blues to a 4-1 victory over the Boston Bruins .
Lewis Hamilton, Formula 1’s first black driver and five-time champion, is dominating the 2019 schedule and is a heavy favorite to win his sixth driver’s title. He won his first title with McLaren and the remainder with Mercedes, for whom he still drives.
Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant underwent surgery for a ruptured Achilles, he confirmed Wednesday on Instagram.
Game 5 of the NBA Finals was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, an Oscar-worthy motion picture, an Emmy-earning TV show and a Tony Award-winning performance all wrapped into one.
Sources told ESPN that Kevin Durant flew to New York City on Tuesday and was set to undergo an MRI on his injured Achilles.
It was excellent season for the girls’ track and field athletes in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Not only did the area produce many standout individual performers, but East St. Louis, Parkway North and Trinity brought home state championships.
In most professional sports, championships are determined by some type of tournament. Usually, a league’s best teams/competitors engage in a series of matchups until the top two faceoff for all the glory.
Lauryn Taylor, McCluer North - Girls Track and Field
Former St. Louis Cardinals standout running back Theotis Brown has been named director of player personnel for St. Louis’ XFL franchise, the league announced last week.
The St. Louis Blues evened the Stanley Cup Final 2-2 with a 4-2 victory Monday night at Enterprise Center.
(St. Louis Public Radio) - When the St. Louis Blues take home ice Monday night against the Boston Bruins for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, fans will be singing, as they have since the franchise was established in 1967.
According to Yahoo Sports, The Golden State Warriors are expecting Kevin Durant to return to the starting lineup at or halfway through the NBA Finals.
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Athletes from the St. Louis area showed up and showed out at last weekend’s Missouri State High School Activities Association Championships.
And then there were two.
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer team has not only fared much better than their male counterparts in international play, it is also more diverse.
The East St. Louis Flyers boys track and field team took the baton from its state championship girls’ team by bringing home a trophy of their own.
According to Espn.com, Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant traveled on the team's charter to Toronto on Tuesday ahead of Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors, even though he has been officially ruled out of Game 1 with a strained right calf.
Justin Robinson, Hazelwood West - Boys Track and Field
Veteran NFL cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones announced his retirement on social media after 12 years in the league .
Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb told TMZ that he deserves to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The top track and field athletes in the state of Missouri will convene in the state capital this weekend for the Missouri State High School Activities Association State Championships at Jefferson City High School.
In February of 2003, I recall hopping in the whip for a road trip down I-55S to Memphis, Tenn. It was my second trip to Memphis in an eight-month span, alongside Mike Dickson, my good friend and former co-host of Boxing Addictz and In the Clench YouTube boxing shows. Both trips were to get a…
Wayne Gretzky was 9 years old when he saw highlights of Bobby Orr’s Game Four Stanley Cup Finals goal that beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 and brought the NHL championship to Boston for the first time in 29 years.
Josh Sutton, MICDS - Boys Track and Field
(St. Louis Public Radio) - Enterprise Center and much of St. Louis erupted in bedlam Tuesday night as the final horn sounded, sending the St. Louis Blues to the 2019 Stanley Cup Final.
The East St. Louis Flyerettes won the Illinois Class 2A state championship last weekend in Charleston. It was their first state title since the 2011 season.
The Golden State Warriors swept the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
A month after he resigned from The Los Angeles Lakers, Magic Johnson opened up about what led him to step down.
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr gave more insight on Kevin Durant’s injury after the Warriors Western Conference finals Game 2 win.
The top small-school track athletes in the state are headed to Jefferson City this weekend to compete in the Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 1-2 Championships.
The 2019 NBA Draft Lottery, aka the Zion Williamson sweepstakes, was the first since the NBA Board of Governors switched up the odds to discourage teams from tanking. Previously, the team with the worst record received a 25 percent chance at the top pick. The second-worst team received a 19.…
The junior sprinter was one of the top individual performers at last weekend’s Class 5, Distict 3 meet at Eureka.
The world will have to wait until June 20 to see if the New Orleans Pelicans select Duke one-and-done star Zion Williamson with the first pick in the NBA Draft. For now, it seems like a no-brainer but this franchise has demonstrated a lack of mental capacity throughout its history, including…
The top girls track athletes in Illinois will convene in Charleston this weekend at the IHSA Track and Field Championships at Eastern Illinois University.
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NBA guard and former Wellston resident Ben McLemore returned to St. Louis recently to pay homage to his brother Kevin, who passed away last year.
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(St. Louis Public Radio) - Women make up just a fraction of professional basketball referees, coaches and owners. A St. Louis woman is doing her best to change that. Khalia Collier is owner and general manager of the St. Louis Surge, the region’s only professional women’s sports team.
A source told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne that Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant will have his strained right calf reevaluated on Thursday and will miss at least Tuesday's Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Dallas Cowboys running back and St. Louis area native Ezekiel Elliott will pay for the funeral expenses of Jaylon McKenzie, a promising East St. Louis eighth-grade football player who was killed by a stray bullet as he left a party last Saturday night.
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The road to the state championship for Class 3, 4 and 5 track and field programs in the state of Missouri begins this weekend with district meet competition.
Barring a blockbuster discovery that Zion Williamson is Communist Russian Al-Qaeda operative, the Duke superstar is a lock to be the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. That means there is currently more anticipation for the NBA’s draft lottery, than the draft itself.
The senior standout was one of the top individual performers at last weekend’s Class 2, District 2 meet at Principia.
St. Louis’ XFL franchise will feature a black head coach in Jonathan Hayes when it kicks off in 2020
The XFL will bring something new and historic to St. Louis’ professional sports scene when it kicks off in February 2020.
St. Louis native Pat Maroon scored 5:50 into the second overtime - which led the St. Louis Blues to beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal playoff series Tuesday night.
The Cleveland Naval Jr. ROTC Commanders are no strangers to postseason success in boys’ track and field.
Tiger Woods received the Presidential Medal of Freedom Monday at the White House
Jaylon McKenzie, an eighth-grader who attended Central Junior High in Belleville, Ill., died after being shot Saturday night in Venice, Ill.
It was a cold and rainy day at last weekend’s Dale Collier Invitational at Kirkwood, but that did not stop the athletes from putting on some sparkling performances.
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