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...
BERNIE BITS Predictions for 2024 I will turn 65 on Feb. 15. I will write many words and stress my voice by hollering for hours and hours on the radio. I will subscribe to too many sports-data sites. I will not watch the NBA until the postseason gets underway. I will...
The oracle of the “Greatest Show on Turf”, Mike Martz, handed the game ball to Battlehawks’ head coach Anthony Becht prior to kickoff Sunday afternoon. Perhaps the fireworks that followed inside The Dome at America’s Center were inevitable. Unfortunately for the...
Gary Jennings reached 22.20 mph on a 64-yard sprint to paydirt that ignited the Battlehawks’ rally over the Vegas Vipers last Saturday. On the sidelines, head coach Anthony Becht hopped toward the endzone at a much slower but no less joyful pace – shouting and waving...
“I would expect some extreme things, maybe. Trick plays, special teams’ things; we always put ourselves in their shoes. This is a desperate team.” That was Battlehawks’ head coach Anthony Becht on Thursday, predicting how the Vegas Vipers – the only team eliminated...
Leading up to Sunday’s kickoff at Houston, St. Louis head coach Anthony Becht told his players that, to be a great team, the Battlehawks needed to play winning football more consistently. “Last week we played three great phases: offense, defense, and special teams,”...
It was a frigid night in Seattle but inside the visitors’ locker room at Lumen Field, the party was heating up. Moments after Donny Hageman drilled a game-winning field goal as time expired, the Battlehawks were celebrating a 20-18 win over the Sea Dragons – St....
Before St. Louis departed for America’s playground, head coach Anthony Becht delivered the buzzkill. “We already had our talks – keep our butts in the hotel,” edge rusher Carson Wells said earlier this week when asked if Sin City’s bright lights would blind the...
Another enormous crowd packed The Dome at America’s Center for an XFL football game, but for the first time St. Louis’ football faithful didn’t fume at their favorite infamous target. A new public enemy No. 1 was in town – running back Abram Smith and the unbeaten...
