Bucky Dent is a sportswriter at various publications, including the Effingham Daily News and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He primarily covers SIU sports and delves into themes such as competitive and professional sports, sports business, and broadcasting. Bucky's work has been featured in notable outlets like Deadspin, Lindy's Sports Annuals, and NewsBreak.
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Bucky Dent's coverage is heavily focused on local sports, particularly SIU Athletics, basketball, and football. As such, pitches directed to Bucky should be tailored to provide insights or stories related to these specific areas.
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Fernando Tatis Jr. is playing like baseball’s best player, helping the Padres surge into the NL Wild Card race with October approaching.
CARBONDALE — If you don't know much about West Florida, SIU's opponent in the season opener Thursday night in Pensacola, don't feel stupid.
CARBONDALE — Not much is expected from the SIU volleyball team this year.
If you don’t quite understand what’s happening in college sports right now, I have a message for you: You’re not alone.
CARBONDALE — As Elvis Presley once crooned, a little less conversation, a little more action.
Season openers don't get much more disastrous than this. No. 16 SIU came into PenAir Field in Pensacola Thursday night favored by as many as 20 1/2 points.
CARBONDALE Welcome to the Dawg Bites, a weekly feature that will attempt to take a deep dive into three topics after every SIU football game this year, win or lose.
By: Bucky Dent
Bucky Dent | Special to the Post-Dispatch FREEBURG, Ill. — They honored the opposing coach before Friday night's game.
CARBONDALE — Penny Warner made the most of her 16 minutes Sunday.
CARBONDALE — SIU coach Nick Hill said on Monday during his game week Zoom call with media that the status of star quarterback DJ Williams was “week to week" after
