St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — “Whitey Ball” reappeared at Busch Stadium in all its 1980s glories Thursday night. In the first two innings, Cardinals runners Paul Goldschmidt and Harrison Bader went from first to third on batted balls that stayed on the infield. Tommy Ed…

In the National Hockey League postseason, home ice actually doesn’t really matter too much. I know, I know, it’s all any Blues fan is talking about right now — the Blues, it seems, have just got to get home ice against Minnesota. When it comes to the p…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The games are dwindling down and the wins are stacking up for the St. Louis Blues. They bid adieu to the Arizona Coyotes and Gila River Arena on Saturday with a 5-4 overtime victory. After squandering a 4-1 lead in the third period to…

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds went down to their 11th consecutive loss on Saturday and who more fitting to send them there than Dakota Hudson? The Cardinals’ right-hander blanked the Reds on two hits for 6 2/3 innings as he beat them for the sixth t…

Election prognosticators increasingly predict Congress will fall to the GOP in this year’s midterms. The reasons have less to do with Republican policy proposals (those are scarce nationally these days) than with inflation, President Joe Biden’s low ap…

It turns out Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans weren’t alone in concluding that Donald Trump’s campaign to overturn the 2020 election was illegitimate and dangerous. Two top Trump-supporting Republicans said as much in the run-up to Jan. 6, 2021, ac…

One of the most dysfunctional aspects of America’s dysfunctional health care system is medical debt. Even insured patients today can find themselves saddled with crushing debt from hospital stays. It’s a problem that will only be solved when America fi…

Playoff hockey, it occurred to me Saturday evening while sharing a confined space with a mix of colleagues and strangers turned friends, is kind of like getting stuck in an Enterprise Center elevator. In the end, the only thing that really matters is e…

MILWAUKEE — What started with Steven Matz zeroing in on his first chance to make a better second impression with his new club became the first true showcase of the season for how the Cardinals intend to end taut games. The Cardinals’ bullpen inherited …

MILWAUKEE — A few times already this fledgling season the Cardinals have flaunted the potential depth of their lineup around a power-packed start from Nolan Arenado. It’s getting pitchers deep into games that’s been missing. Miles Mikolas became the fi…