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Cardinals' Kim gets first win since April, drives in first two big league runs in 7-4 win vs. Diamondbacks

ST. LOUIS — As Cardinals left-hander Kwang Hyun Kim quested Wednesday for his first victory in 11 starts and in more than two months, he checked off a couple of firsts. His two-out drive over the head of Arizona left fielder Josh Rojas in the second inning was his first…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 30, 2021

Editorial: College athletes move a step closer to ending their exploitation by the NCAA

The NCAA took a major step this week toward loosening restrictions designed to protect college athletes’ so-called amateur status. It’s time for the authorities governing college sports to recognize that there’s nothing amateur about the exploitative, multibillion-dollar industry they oversee at athletes’ expense. Coaches rank far higher than university chancellors…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 30, 2021

Editorial: With Georgia suit, Biden shows he's not surrendering on voting rights

The Biden administration last week upped the ante in the struggle over voting rights, announcing it is suing the state of Georgia to prevent it from enacting draconian new restrictions. Given the filibuster roadblock that Senate Republicans imposed, just days earlier, against legislative attempts to address vote-suppression schemes in Georgia…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 29, 2021

'Middle of a crisis': In southwest Missouri, health officials urge vaccinations to prevent further spread

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Farmers Market of the Ozarks was packed Saturday with shoppers browsing through stalls of coffee beans, pottery, fresh vegetables, soy candles and birdhouses. At one end of the market, staff from the local health and fire departments offered doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 28, 2021

Blissful biscuits: 6 great recipes

Talking about biscuits can get downright sensual. Even a little naughty.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 28, 2021

Best Bites: Tangy Sweet Chili Crunchions

Harvest Snaps’ new Crunchions look suspiciously similar to Funyuns, but the tangy sweet chili variety made with red lentils is a little more enticing than fried, onion-flavored cornmeal. The Crunchions are delightfully crispy without the huge air pockets that give many crispy puff snacks that fake, cardboard flavor. They are…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 28, 2021

Daniel Neman: What is it with classic films and root vegetables?

Scarlett O’Hara has just arrived safely at Tara with the bedridden Melanie, after surviving a terrifying flight from an Atlanta in flames.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 28, 2021

Wainwright stops another Cardinals slide with 3-1 win over Pirates

ST. LOUIS — When it’s Wainwright ... things will be all right.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 26, 2021

Biles takes charge, as usual, at Olympic trials

ST. LOUIS — At times during Simone Biles’ routines Friday night, the crowd in the Dome at America’s Center seemed to hold its collective breath and refrain from noise, as if the world’s best gymnast might falter.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 26, 2021

U.S. men playing catch-up as Olympic gymnastics trials begin

Sam Mikulak is open about the challenges he faced during a layoff from competition that stretched from February 2020 to early this month at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 24, 2021