I'm a sucker for a good sport. You know, someone who goes out of his or her way to display class in the heat of competition. This year's Musial Award honorees put their own special twists on class. Telling their stories is the highlight of my writing year. There's Florida State softball coach Lonni Alameda, …
Finding a career in your passion for the outdoors
Parents have to work really hard to pull kids away from the video games, mobile devices and all things digital or virtual to give them a healthy dose of reality. Not surprisingly, many find an "escape" in the reality of nature and the outdoors. What a shame it would be to put it all away …
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Is this heaven? No, it’s the Musials
I was working on my favorite assignment of the year, telling the stories of the Musial Award winners for the St. Louis Sports Commission, when I was reminded of my husband's favorite movie, Field of Dreams. There's this scene in which Shoeless Joe Jackson returns from the dead and looks with awe at a baseball …