"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said the 'ultimate measure of a man is
not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he
stands at times of challenge and controversy.'"Those words resonated last week after I interviewed...[whose name goes here?]."It's news quiz time, boys and girls! The passage above is excerpted from a column by Sylvester Brown Jr. in Tuesday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The interviewee whose name belongs where the brackets are is:A. U.S. President-elect Ba
Jennifer SilverbergBonner in the gym last year.Vashon High School boys' basketball coach Anthony Bonner told me today that he's hung up his high-school whistle in order to pursue a new career opportunity with the New York Knicks.Bonner quit substitute teaching at Vashon in December and spent his last day as the Wolverines' coach on Monday. Assistant principal Marvin Talley, a former teacher and coach at Riverview Gardens High School, took over Tuesday. "As much as I love those boys, and that sch
The Public High League once dominated the local gridiron scene, and suburban districts were perennial doormats. Now it's the other way around. Ever wonder why?
Everybody wants Hazelwood Central's Kalen Grimes and St. Louis' junior class of hoopsters. But recruiting in the city is a courtship dance and a high-maintenance affair.
