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The football field got national attention when Lindenwood University installed its infamous maroon and gray striped turf in 2012.

Mizzou and Memphis are squaring off in a “neutral-site game” on Saturday night at The Dome in St. Louis. I put “neutral-site game” in quotation marks, as St. Louis is overwhelmingly Mizzou country, and the fans in attendance reflect that. But making any fans watch games...

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The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association and Trans Am Series are bringing the 2023 Gateway Speed Tour to the World Wide Technology Raceway this weekend.

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 69-Treb Jacoby[2]; 2. 17E-Matthew Edler[4]; 3. 19-Trey Harris[6]; 4. 1S-Tommie Seets Jr[1]; 5. 22A-Steve Meyer Jr[8]; 6. 13K-Kodi Savage[3]; 7. 19C-Jimmy Cummins[14]; 8. C4-Chris Soutiea[12]; 9. 13-Zach Whaley[11]; 10. 5D-Joe Dresch[10]; 11. 12-Dan Bimson[7]; 12. 88J-Joshua Dolenz[13]; 13. 66M-Jordan Meadows[15]; 14. 79-Nathan Wright[20]; 15. 83S-Chris Stahlschmidt[19]; 16. 6G-Ashton Gaffner[27]; 17. 9-Jay Sansone[24]; 18. 23P-Holli Palmer[18]; 19. 8J-Jimmie Smith[9]; 20. 45-Chandler Smith[23]; 21. 5-Collin Parmer[16]; 22. 42X-Dillon Foster[25]; 23. 7-Drew Walsh[26]; 24. (DNS) N1-Gary Archambault; 25. (DNS) 81-Creg Cannon; 26. (DNS) 444-Logan Dockery; 27. (DNS) 11P-Dallas Pickelheimer; 28. (DNS) 360-Jacob Steinkoenig.

Internationally-known beatboxing duo Nicole Paris and Ed Cage, of St. Louis, will lead a workshop and perform at the Scenic Regional Library Pacific Branch on Thursday, Sept. 28. Starting at 6 p.m., the father-daughter duo will engage library patrons and tell the story of their beatboxing journey as well as...

Billed as the “Lineman Olympics,” the International Lineman's Rodeo brings together the most talented and athletically gifted linemen from utilities all over the globe. Ameren Illinois held an internal lineman's rodeo competition on September 20 at its Metro East Training Center in Belleville to help determine who will represent the utility at this year’s event.

“It feels pretty good but without my O-line and my receivers and all that blocking for me there’s no way I could have done it.”

A little close to two weeks after Gun N’ Roses postponed their concert at Busch Stadium due to an illness, the band made it official Thursday that concert was officially canceled.

Belleville, IL. (9/24/23) Driving into the second to last weekend of potential points-earning possibilities, the Stuff Haven Storage POWRi Midwest Mod would find a duo of racing days available as the National Championship chase wages. Weekend racing would find Ben Newell gaining feature victory on Friday at Midway while Tanner Kade would see checkers displayed first on Saturday at Springfield.

Belleville, IL. (9/23/23) Electrifying the speedy surfaces of Lil Texas Motor Speedway in support of the Eibach Championship Night in the Second Annual Micro Mania KKM Challenge would see Braxton Weger earn the feature victory in Restrictors as Braxton Flatt would find victory lane driving in the Jr Sprint division.

The Salem Lady Wildcats are the Cahokia Conference golf champions. They shot 330 to finish ahead of Breese Central who shot 349, Columbia was 3rd with a 360, Freeburg 370 and Roxana 407. Freshman Mya Russell tied for the individual conference champ shooting 75 to tie Columbia sophomore Avery Arendell....

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Belleville, IL. (9/23/23) Chelby Hinton would lead twenty-two of the thirty-lap feature event to win Eibach Championship Night of the Lil’ Texas Micro Mania KKM Challenge with the POWRi Outlaw Micro League presented by Rush Race Gear to claim his third seasonal league victory after an intense and incredibly impressive star-studded event.

East St. Louis football coach Darren Sunkett has been in this position before with his Flyers’ teams. For reasons unknown, most schools in the area will not schedule his team during the non-conference season. That is why you see the Flyers scheduling teams from Chicago and other parts of the country.

Pickleball, a sport previously deemed as low-risk and suitable for all age groups, is gaining popularity. However, this popularity has resulted in an alarming increase in sport-related injuries.

CARLINVILLE, IL - The Principia Men's Soccer team opened up their conference season on the road at Blackburn College on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers put together their highest scoring performance of the season as they scored five goals for the first time in two years. The 5-2 victory...

When you have a mascot matchup of Tiger vs. Tiger, it’s important to stand out in a few, unique ways. LSU does this by wearing white shirts and yellow pants wherever they go, even if it’s at home. And they have a fun, old-timey screaming tiger adorned to their helmets as well to hit home the point of who they are. Fun!

The 3-1 Salem Wildcats take their 1-0 record in the Cahokia to Jim Finks Field tonight when they welcome 10th ranked and undefeated Roxana. Salem is coming off a decisive win over Wood River last week while Roxana shutout Columbia 37-0 to open their conference schedule. Game time at 7pm on 100.1 FM and streaming at WJBDradio.com.