Professional Sports

After more than a century the Olympic Games are set to return to St. Louis

St. Louis will join Los Angeles, Paris, London, Tokyo, and Athens as the only host cities to host events in multiple summer Olympic Games. 

and | Staff Writer and Senior Sports Editor

NIL is ruining college sports

After decades of universities making millions off of athletes, NIL was meant to level the playing field. Instead, it has ushered in an era of player mobility that has turned college football, basketball, and other sports into a transfer free-for-all. 

| Senior Sports Editor

Fantasy front-runner: I accidentally dominated my fantasy football league

At this point, the extent of our combined football knowledge was that Travis Kelce is on the Chiefs, and that’s about it. So appropriately, Ella named our team the Taylor Swift Fan Club. 

| Managing Photo Editor

WNBA playoffs begin, but league snubs St. Louis’s bid for expansion

Every city that was selected already has an NBA team and thus has a proven basketball fan base — something St. Louis is missing. In the meantime, the WNBA postseason perfectly showcases why St. Louis should want to be part of the league.

| Junior Sports Editor

Shanghai supremacy: Piastri leads McLaren one-two as Ferrari unravels in post-race chaos

Piastri leads McLaren one-two at Shanghai as Ferrari unravels in post-race chaos

| Senior Sports Editor

Melbourne madness: Norris triumphs amidst rain and wrecks in F1 season opener

​The 2025 Formula 1 (F1) season commenced not with a whisper but with a storm — figuratively and literally. The Australian Grand Prix delivered a race of attrition and audacity, where strategy and precision mattered as much as outright speed.

| Senior Sports Editor

Can the NBA All-Star Game be revived?

I remember a time when I looked forward to the NBA All-Star Game. I was six years old, and the idea of seeing legends like Kobe, Melo, and LeBron share the court (alongside the Knicks’ very own David Lee) was mind-boggling. I remember anticipating the event for a week, but I was surprised when my dad told me he had a dinner scheduled during the game. 

| Staff Columnist

Jayson Tatum joins bid to bring WNBA team to St. Louis

Boston Celtics superstar, NBA champion, four-time All-NBA selection, and six-time NBA All-Star Jayson Tatum is joining a $200 million bid to bring an expansion WNBA team to his hometown of St. Louis.

| Staff Writer

When the wonder kids make you feel ancient: The strange joy of watching younger athletes

Anyone who knows me well knows that my Saturday mornings are reserved for one thing: Borussia Dortmund (BVB) (and, of course, tweeting about Dortmund shortly afterward). Like clockwork, I get up early every Saturday morning, brew coffee, and watch with about 20% excitement and 80% dread as a soccer club from northwest Germany dictates my mood for the next few days.

| Senior Sports Editor

The most comical rule in sports: The technical foul

If you haven’t seen a video compilation of the worst technical fouls in the NBA, you’re missing out. You’ll see Jayson Tatum getting a technical for lightly bouncing the ball after giving up a foul; Lance Stephenson for doing the air guitar celebration; and best of all, Tim Duncan getting one for laughing on the bench. The video goes on and on, and you’ll notice that an overwhelming majority of these techs come from the last 10 years. It leaves me with one takeaway: The technical foul is the most comical rule in sports.

| Staff Columnist

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