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New year, new coach for Bills

Jack Smedile August 20, 2003

After last season's trial by fire for the relatively young Saint Louis University field hockey team, the Billikens are holding high hopes for the upcoming season. The fastest Bills on turf, excluding the...

Steroids and cheaters: listen up sports fans

Robert Seefeldt July 30, 2003

A few weeks ago, brothers Aaron Boone of the Cincinnati Reds and Brett Boone of the Seattle Mariners squared off in Major League Baseball's All-Star game. The once skinny, now brawny siblings have something...

Academics, Arenas and TV Rights

Jack Smedile July 30, 2003

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY ATHLETES TAKE ACADEMIC HONORS The Saint Louis University Billikens put the student back into student-athlete, again. Conference USA named SLU as the recipient of the Institutional Excellence...

Freshmen provide impact for women’s soccer

Krissy Claes July 30, 2003

Women's soccer is gearing up for a faster, younger season, as a group of freshmen from St. Louis and several veteran players step up to take the places left by nine seniors who graduated last year. Coach...

Men’s soccer poised for success

Joe Albert July 30, 2003

Success can be a blessing and a curse. In the sports world success can be a good thing for obvious reasons: builds team chemistry, attracts fans and drives a team to do better. Unfortunately success can...

Volleyball team ready to roll

Jack Smedile July 30, 2003

Who said anything about rebuilding? There are not many teams that could honestly say they feel pretty confident going into a season after graduating five of their program's best players just last spring....

Sports and heroes; losers and legacies

Jack Smedile July 30, 2003

If I took away nothing else from my childhood, which is entirely possible, it is this: you can never have too many heroes. I wish I could say that I had a third grade teacher or a little league coach...

Discerning where the line lies, when it is crossed

Sharon Turlek April 30, 2003

We all know what can happen at college parties. Boy and girl enjoy the company of friends, music and alcohol. We know what happens next: boy meets girl, boy and girl begin talking and make a love connection....

Finding heroes in sports, in life

Zach Borowiak April 30, 2003

When Muhammad Ali defeated Gorge Foreman in 1974's Rumble In the Jungle, the look on Ali's face was pure astonishment--after taking a beating mere mortals couldn't stand, he flew to the ropes, eyes wide...

Billikens knock off Panthers

Jack Smedile April 30, 2003

You know the one about the sun shining on a dog's butt every once in a while? Or how a rainbow always follows a summer thunderstorm? It was kind of like that. Yesterday afternoon, the Saint Louis University...

Billiken legend to be honored

Sharon Turlek April 30, 2003

After majoring in history at Saint Louis University, Ed Macauley wanted to be a high school teacher and basketball coach. "I never got to do that," the 75-year-old said with a chuckle. Instead, Macauley...

Bills split with SEMO

Victoria Richards April 30, 2003

The Billikens took one of two games against Southeast Missouri State last week in St. Louis. The Saint Louis University softball team had a very slow-starting week, splitting a doubleheader against Southern Illinois...

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