Former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler collapsed Friday during the taping of a television show and was taken by ambulance to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The 77-year-old coaching great became ill at WXYZ-TV in Southfield the day before the Ohio State-Michigan showdown, the station said. Schembechler also was hospitalized Oct. 20 after […]
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Cards sign clutch-hitting Spezio
Scott Spiezio, signed by the Cardinals early in Spring Training this past season, re-upped with the club on Thursday, agreeing to a new two-year contract with a club option for 2009. The utilityman won his second World Series ring with the ’06 Cardinals and joined his father, Ed Spiezio, as a world champion in a […]
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Pinnacle sweetens its pot
Named Lumiere Place Saint Louis, Pinnacle announced that the downtown project will now cover 20 acres when it is complete, include a pair of underground walkways and have additional residential and retail units. The initial phase of Lumiere Place is priced at more than $475 million and will feature two hotels and a casino with […]
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Hip-hopped out of McCluer North
The principal , dr. Hopper, and the school district of ferguson- florissant, made a judgement that the dynasty program should be discontinued in it’s mccluer north high school, as well as all of it’s other schools. This decision comes on the heels of us expanding the program to all of the highs schools, mccluer , […]
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St. Louis American Athlete of the Week
Paul Cannon Kirkwood Football The 5’8” 190-pound senior has been a two-way standout for the undefeated Pioneers throughout the 2006 season. Cannon enjoyed a typical performance last Friday night in the Pioneers’ 35-11 victory at Rolla in the Missouri Class 5 state quarterfinals. He provided offensive punch by rushing for two touchdowns. On defense, Cannon […]
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Fired up
City Fire Department officials who have seen this before know that the widely disliked Channel 5 reporter Mike Owens must have been visiting with Slay’s chief of staff Jeff Rainford again, because Owens has been poking around the Fire Department asking about preparedness and how well the department could operate if it were to consolidate […]
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Electronic Roberts
Roberts Companies wants to extend a thank-you for the wonderful write-up in the “Salute to Excellence in Business” section in today’s American. We would look to have this story for our archives, but can’t seem to locate it online. Keesha Dhaene Roberts Broadcasting Editor’s note: Typically, stories that appear in special sections such as the […]
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Aloha to Roger Wilson?
The Missouri Democratic Party is not quite ready for prime time in the city of St. Louis. The faith of many black folks – and young people of any color – was set back considerably by the performance of various state party officials at the big Barack Obama rally for Claire. Roger Wilson’s introduction of […]
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Crumpton vs. Morgan
On Monday the St. Louis Branch NAACP will hold its annual election for officers and executive committee members at the Harris-Stowe Library, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. You must be a paid member to participate. Firefighter James Morgan, a former branch, president is running against the incumbent, Harold Crumpton. For all the dissatisfaction with […]
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AS I SEE IT
City can’t deny the crime problem By James H. Buford Guest Columnist A general rule of good housekeeping is that no good thing can come from sweeping dirt under a rug. Try as you might to clean up the other parts of your house, if you keep sweeping dirt under your rug, you will eventually […]