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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 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.

Mizzou football safety Carl Gettis had just hauled in a one-handed pick off Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase in the fourth quarter of the 2010 Arch Rivalry game, and then he delivered a message to the sideline that his teammate and roommate, running back De’Vion Moore, still remembers. Gettis and Moore were roommates through...

“We had athletes thanking us for this bus, some because they had transportation now and others because their friends who were in wheelchairs now had transportation,” an officer said.

The Dome at America’s Center will be extremely busy this weekend with Mizzou Tigers football set to play in St. Louis for the first time since 2010. Along with that there is a flag football event that will strive to help kids say out of trouble.

Freeburg High School is playing Columbia High School. The schools are also facing each other to Tackle Hunger! Learn more at KSDK.com/Tackle.

Luther Burden III will lead the Missouri Tigers into an America’s Center showdown with Memphis at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23. Burden excelled to become a 5-star recruit, and the highest rated prep wide receiver in the nation, while playing for East St. Louis High School. Burden, who also played for Cardinal Ritter before becoming Flyer, is the most highly rated recruited to play for the Tigers in team history.

(GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS) Tri-City Speedway, in collaboration with Longhorn Chassis, Kenny Wallace Racing, and Gundaker Racing, will be raffling off a brand-new 2023 Longhorn Modified Chassis this weekend during the 19th Annual Modified Mania at the Granite City, Illinois oval! All proceeds from this raffle will be donated to Frankie Rawlings AKA “Jughead” who is battling serious health issues and trying to get seen at the Mayo Clinic. The racing community has been awesome in supporting Frankie and his family through a GoFundMe campaign and the hope is that even more money can be raised through this raffle.

ALTON - The Riverbender-area football teams go into week five of the 2023 football season with Edwardsville looking to stay undefeated at Belleville West, Alton seeking to bounce back from a disappointing loss at Belleville East, Collinsville also looking to bounce back in a home game against Granite City and East St. Louis hosting O'Fallon in a key Southwestern Conference game Saturday afternoon.

Inaugural Gateway SpeedTour — featuring Trans Am presented by Pirelli, SVRA vintage racing and Hagerty Cars & Caffeine car show — set for Friday and Saturday. ST. LOUIS, September 19, 2023 — This weekend, the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli heads to World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, to compete on the 1.6 mile-infield road course for the very first time. As the longest-running professional road racing series in North America with a rich history of visiting some of the continent’s most storied tracks, it’s rare that Trans Am competitors get to race on a circuit for the very first time. While the series raced on the same raced property in 1985, at what was then called the St. Louis International Raceway, the facility has been completely renovated and competitors will be racing on a road course circuit that was constructed in 1997.

Christ Our Rock competed at Bent Oak Golf Course in Breese. Mater Dei won the team title shooting 149; O’Fallon added 161 and Christ Our Rock 193. Parker Boehne was match medalist shooting 2-under 34. Tom Cox added 51, Timmy Meyer 53 and Silas George 55. Owen Moss shot 35 to lead Mater Dei with 36 coming from Owen Musenbrock. Colten Weaving and Calvin Meyer led O’Fallon with 39s.

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Battlehawks games just got better. Coming off of a strong 2023 season, the Battlehawks are preparing to go even further this season, but they aren't the only ones getting ready. Battlehawks front office is working extremely hard as well to bring something new for fans to enjoy. This season fans can look forward to the relaunch of the Battlehawks Bridge as well as a new, all-inclusive food package for the suites. The suites are decked with new televisions as well to enjoy the game wherever you may be within the bridge.

Author Michael Loynd will lead a talk about the first Olympics on U.S. soil on Tuesday

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!

With the way the Cardinals’ season has gone, maybe it was a wayward swallow making its way back to Capistrano. Or just a lost loon.

Before Wednesday night's matchup between St. Louis City SC and LAFC, there's a food drive at CITYPARK.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) – Jonathan Jordan dreams of being a professional golfer. The 17-year-old from Rolla High School is well on his way after winning the Missouri Class 4 Golf State Championship. He’s got a bright future on a road no one thought he’d travel. When he...

The St. Louis Cardinals struggle on offense as the Brewers batters get at starting pitcher Zack Thompson early as they fall to Milwaukee 8-2 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo. Photos by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com.

A look at the top varsity high school football performances around southwestern Illinois for Week 3. Vote here for our football player of the week.

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.