EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — One of 10 children from a single-parent household here, Dominic Williams could have become a statistic. Instead, he works professionally in statistics. As a boy, he’d escape the hell of his crime-infested community into a haven t…
Jeff Gordon: Baseball owners must partner with the players, not step on them
So the mindless baseball lockout continues. After failing to reach a deal with the players Tuesday, the owners canceled the first two series of the regular season, deepened their rift with the players, and alienated more fans. “Today is a sad day,” MLB…
Ben Frederickson: Have MLB owners underestimated fan angst if regular season gets postponed?
Whenever Major League Baseball decides to stop treating its fans like spent sunflower seed shells and chewed-through bubble gum, it’s going to have to lure them back to ballparks to buy tickets and overpriced everything else. How about handing out a sp…
A shutout for Binnington, two goals for Perron in 4-0 win over Chicago
CHICAGO – When Jake McCabe slammed David Perron into the boards on the day after Thanksgiving, Perron’s season took an ugly turn. He missed the next 11 games with a concussion and then also was sidelined by COVID. The Blues’ leading scorer from last se…
Jordan Kyrou has two goals and an assist as Blues beat Sabres, 5-3
ST. LOUIS — It was a game that had trouble written all over it for the Blues, one game at home against a non-contending team sandwiched between two four-game trips. It was enough of a concern that Blues coach Craig Berube addressed the situation with h…
Editorial: When the world faces this kind of crisis, national unity is paramount
The stock market took a plunge. Gas pump prices are edging upward by the hour. Whether Americans like it or not, the war in Ukraine is going to affect them in profound and unpleasant ways. No amount of complaining and political finger-pointing about wh…
Editorial: A new, unfiltered Trump social platform where lies will know no boundary
Former President Donald Trump, infamous for having lied tens of thousands of times during his presidency and now facing a subpoena in New York for possibly having lied on his financial forms and tax returns, is now launching an ironically named new soc…
Missouri Senate overcomes dress code dilemma, approves $4.5 billion spending plan
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A fight over one senator’s bib overalls was shunted aside Wednesday so the Missouri Legislature’s fractured upper chamber could finally approve a midyear budget adjustment that boosts state worker pay and bans funds for Planned Pa…
Editorial: Even Durham says some media have gone down the rabbit hole regarding his probe
Conservative media joined a certain former president last week whipping up the political right over what they claimed was a smoking gun: proof from an ongoing investigation by special counsel John Durham that Hillary Clinton and other Democrats “spied”…
Just like old times — Binnington, Blues beat Flyerss
PHILADELPHIA — It was a night for sweet nostalgia. Brayden Schenn returning to the place where he established himself in the NHL. Craig Berube was back in his adopted hometown, where both his playing and coach careers began. And most of all, beleaguere…