After suffering a knee injury in training camp, the anticipated arrival of wide receiver Jahcour Pearson was delayed until Week 4. It was worth the wait. A.J. McCarron tossed a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns – including a strike to Pearson in the corner of the...
The football field is a refuge for Battlehawks’ safety Qwynnterrio Cole. The Dome at America’s Center will be his sanctuary this Saturday when St. Louis (2-1) hosts the Memphis Showboats (1-2) in Week 4 UFL action. The game will be especially meaningful for Cole – a...
A record setting crowd of 40,317 attended the UFL’s primetime main event on Saturday night at The Dome in St. Louis. Accordingly, the Battlehawks and Renegades put on a heavyweight fight full of haymakers and counterpunches. Andre Szmyt delivered the final blow with a...
“I think, number one, St. Louis is a top-tier fanbase – for all sports.” – Battlehawks’ head coach Anthony Becht. I was a kid when the NFL returned to St. Louis, and I remember hearing a tale that is surely apocryphal but nonetheless foreshadowed what was coming....
For a moment it appeared the “Kaw-diac” ‘Hawks had struck again. A.J. McCarron and wide receiver Marcell Ateman awakened a slumbering Battlehawks’ offense to grab the lead in the final moments of the 2024 UFL season opener at Ford Field on Saturday – just as McCarron...
Inspired by YouTube clips of his dad’s legendary career at the University of Alabama, A.J. McCarron’s six-year-old son Tripp asked A.J., then 31-years-old and nursing a torn ACL suffered during the 2021 NFL preseason, to keep playing football so he could watch the...
After months of boardroom intrigue culminated in the birth of a new league, few predictions for the United Football League’s inaugural season can be made with confidence. But at least one sure bet remains: The grim concrete confines of the BattleDome in St. Louis are...
When Anthony Becht returned to the Hilton Garden Inn following St. Louis’ stunning Week 1 comeback over San Antonio, the hotel staff had a surprise waiting on ice – a bottle of bubbly for the Battlehawks’ rookie head coach to celebrate his first career win. Becht...
The Battlehawks kickoff the final regular-season weekend in the XFL with uncertainty surrounding their playoff fate. Win or lose against the Orlando Guardians (1-8), St. Louis won’t know if they advance to the North Division championship until the game between Seattle...