Earl Austin

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 […]

Simmering my favorite Summer Olympic memories

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 […]

American sprinter Noah Lyles provided one of the most electrifying moments of the Olympic track and field competition by winning the gold medal in the 100-meter dash on Sunday in Paris, France. In one of the most dramatic races in the history of the event, Lyles edged out Kishane Thompson of Jamaica in a photo […]

The football program at Hazelwood East is on the upswing. The Spartans were once a state power for decades as they competed for state championships while sending players to the college ranks and the National Football League. East has been out of the spotlight for awhile, but the program has been making positive strides. The […]

The marquee matchup in high school football this week is the annual Metro Catholic Conference showdown between CBC and DeSmet. Friday’s night’s game at De Smet will likely determine the MCC champion, and one of the statewide powers has been a representative of St. Louis in the Class 6 Show-Me Bowl in recent years. De […]

St. Louisan Napheesa Collier seems to have made it a habit to make history throughout these WNBA playoffs. Led by Collier and guard Courtney Williams, the Minnesota Lynx pulled off the greatest comeback in playoff history as they stunned the New York Liberty 95-93 in overtime to take a 1-0 lead in the WNBA Finals […]

We are in the home stretch of the regular season with just two more weeks left of football before the playoffs begin on both sides of the river.  As we get closer to the playoffs, there are still a few big regular season contests on the docket this week. The big one on the Illinois […]

The high school football regular season ended last Friday with a pair of spectacular games that were decided on the final play of the game.  On the Missouri side, Lutheran North edged Cardinal Ritter 50-48 in an epic contest between favorites to win state championships in their respective classes. The Crusaders snapped Cardinal Ritter’s 35-game […]