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Champions Classic Comes to Chaifetz Arena
St. Louis has been chosen to host an exciting night of tennis, as the 2011 Champions Series comes to Chaifetz Arena. The Champions Classic is a competitive tennis competition that tours all over the U.S (with stops in 12 other cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago), legendary names like McEnroe, Borg, Courier and Chang. The one-night tournament is tomorrow, on October 21, when the four players split up into two semi-final matches. The winners of these two matches go head-to-head in the final match. The players are competing for a prize pool of $1 million, to be shared between… more …
Major League Sports Going Green… Together
Is it simply a coincidence that major league baseball’s opening day and Earth Day both occur in the same month? Uh… yeah, it probably is. But pro sports do have a big environmental impact: from the energy and water needed to run big league venues, to the massive amounts of trash created at each game, to the carbon footprint of tens of thousands of fans heading to the ball park, the football stadium, or the hockey rink.
Over the past several years, a number of teams, and even leagues, have worked to identify elements of their environmental footprint they… more …
Over the past several years, a number of teams, and even leagues, have worked to identify elements of their environmental footprint they… more …
Baseball & Bites
I’m a baseball fan to the core. Baseball season is my favorite time of the year. For me, it means walking to my gym, laying poolside while reading my latest obsession, and 160-plus days of game watching. And there’s nothing I love to do more during a St. Louis summer—besides actually attending a game—than to enjoy dinner while watching a Cards game.
St. Louis has an endless number of bars and restaurants to game watch, but one I’ve become fond of is The Over/Under Sports Bar on Washington Avenue Downtown. The biggest draw—the 120-inch projector that plays the game on their… more …
St. Louis has an endless number of bars and restaurants to game watch, but one I’ve become fond of is The Over/Under Sports Bar on Washington Avenue Downtown. The biggest draw—the 120-inch projector that plays the game on their… more …
