Feeney, 56, is a native of Granite City and graduated from Granite City South in 1978. He was a part-time writer for the old Granite City Journal from 1979-84 before attending Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, from which he earned his BA in journalism in 1988. He has worked for newspapers in Sikeston, Mo., Rocky Mount, N.C., Seneca, S.C. and in Charleston-Mattoon. He also worked for the old St. Clair County Suburban Journals.
His biggest accomplishments include gaining an exclusive interview with Michael Jordan when he was playing minor-league baseball and for an interview with Charles Duke, who walked on the moon as part of the Apollo 16 crew in 1972.
He is single and currently resides Collinsville with his twin brother Colin. He is an avid fan of the three St. Louis sports teams (Cardinals, Blues, STLFC); Missouri, Illinois and Eastern Illinois in college sports; the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League; the Geelong Cats and Carlton Blues of the Australian Football League (Australian Rules football); the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League in Australia; and the US Men's and Women's national soccer teams.
In his spare time, he volunteers for St. Louis community radio station KDHX-FM and is an active member of the Ethical Society of St. Louis. He also is a fan of classic movies (three of his all-time favorite films are early MGM silent films) and of the television quiz show Jeopardy! and has auditioned twice for the show; he describes himself as a "future Jeopardy! champion."
ALTON – Alton’s American Legion baseball team had several days off after being eliminated in the Illinois District 22 playoffs. Post 126 knew, though, that hosting the Illinois state tournament would give them a second chance under Legion baseball rules that give host teams an automatic...
EDWARDSVILLE – Carlinville’s Cory Landon turned in an outstanding time in Saturday morning’s Mud Mountain 5K race at SIU-Edwardsville’s cross-country course. “I felt pretty good, honestly; I took a look at the watch with about 100 meters to go and I was kind of surprised,”...
ALTON - “It’s an honor to be playing (American) Legion ball and be in this situation.” So said former Cardinals third baseman Ken Reitz Friday evening as he started his remarks to a gathering of the six teams who will be playing in this weekend’s American Legion state baseball...
ALTON – Alton American Legion Post 126’s baseball team is hosting this weekend’s state American Legion tournament. It’s a big opportunity not only for Post 126 to reach the Legion Great Lakes Regional tournament, set for Aug. 8-12 at Mercy Field in Napoleon, Ohio, but also...
AVISTON – Edwardsville’s American Legion Post 199 baseball team knew that it was going to be a difficult proposition to go through the loser’s bracket to reach the Illinois state Legion tournament this weekend in Alton. The Legionnaires won their first game Tuesday evening as...
AVISTON – The opportunities were there, but Edwardsville American Legion Post 199’s baseball team couldn’t take advantage of them. Edwardsville could only get a first-inning run from Tate Wargo Sunday afternoon as they dropped a 2-1, eight-inning decision to Salem Post 128 i...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville American Legion Post 199 found themselves trailing Belleville Post 58 early on in their Illinois District 22 championship round game Friday evening at Edwardsville’s Hoppe Park. Post 199 fell behind the Hilgards 3-0 in the middle of the fifth inning; undaunted,...
ALTON – Alton’s American Legion baseball team has had quite the pitching staff this summer. The staff conceded just four runs throughout the Illinois District 22 playoffs – but Post 126 will have to wait a week before they host the Illinois State Tournament. Alton found themselves...
EDWARDSVILLE – Joel Quirin had a big opportunity in Tuesday night’s Illinois American Legion District 22 baseball playoff game against Valmeyer at Hoppe Park. Quirin stepped up to the plate with one out and the bases loaded with Post 199 trailing 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh and the...
EDWARDSVILLE – Andrew Yancik was called on Wednesday night to pitch for Edwardsville American Legion Post 199 in a big game. Yancik delivered for Edwardsville, and did so in a huge way. Yancik struck out 13 – 10 of them on called third strikes – as he hooked up with Alton’s...
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