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The Brad Beal Elite 16U boys basketball team made history by winning the championship at the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League Peach Jam on Sunday morning. BBE defeated CP3 72-67 in the championship game on Sunday in North Augusta, S.C. The Peach Jam is the most prestigious summer grassroots basketball event in the country. The […]

The Summer Olympics are here and I cannot wait for Friday’s opening ceremony in Paris. A Summer Olympics fan since I started watching them in 1972 when I was seven years old, I also love its history. One of my favorite shows as a youth was “The Olympiad,” a series of documentaries on the Olympic […]

The summer grassroots basketball season came to an end last weekend and some very talented girls teams came home with national championship trophies. The Napheesa Collier Elite 16U team won the Platinum Division title at the National Championships in Louisville, KY. Phee Elite defeated Drill 4 Skill in the championship game to win the 32-team […]

The USA men’s and women’s basketball teams have both advanced to the quarterfinals at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France with perfect 3-0 records. St. Louisans Jayson Tatum and Napheesa Collier turned in solid performances in helping the USA cruise to three victories during pool play last week. Both players have been starting for their […]

The track and field competition is in full swing at the Summer Olympics in Paris and American athletes have been performing brilliantly. While we are all paying attention to what’s going on in France, there is another track and field athlete from St. Louis who is used to doing big things on the world stage. […]

St. Louisan Napheesa Collier is a new two-time Gold Medalist and also a part of the biggest American team dynasty in Olympic Games history. The former Incarnate Word Academy star helped the USA defeat France 67-66 in the women’s basketball gold medal game on the final day of the Olympic Games on Sunday in Paris. […]

The games of the 33rd Olympiad in Paris have ended and I’m already missing the non-stop action.

Luther Burden will be an NFL first-round draft in 2025 mock drafts. He will line up for his junior season at Mizzou beginning with a home game against Murray State on August 29, 2024 Credit: Photo of 247 Sports | Courtesy of University of Missouri

Lutheran North and MICDS have been two of the top football programs in the area for several decades. These two conference foes will meet on Saturday afternoon in a Metro League showdown at MICDS. Kick-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. Both teams are once again enjoying very successful seasons. Lutheran North enters the game with […]

St. Louisan Napheesa Collier had a season to remember in leading the Minnesota Lynx to a runner-up finish in the WNBA playoffs. The New York Liberty edged the Lynx 67-62 in overtime in the fifth and deciding game of a tremendous WNBA Finals series on Sunday night in Brooklyn. Collier, the former Incarnate Word Academy […]