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."
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. - Alton American Legion Post 126 traveled to Crawfordsville, Ind., for an out-of-district baseball game against Crawfordsville Post 72 Saturday and came away with a 8-4 win in six innings to move to 23-13-1 for the summer. Alton will host Valmeyer in a first-round game of the...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville High’s under-17 summer baseball team had a pair of big wins Friday in the opening day of group play of the Diamond Sports Promotions Midwest Classic tournament, the Tigers taking a 1-0 win over Legends Baseball in their opener and then scoring four times...
EDWARDSVILLE – Thursday night’s winner-take-all showdown between Edwardsville American Legion Post 199 and Highland Post 439 for the Illinois District 22 regular-season championship came down to one swing of the bat. Edwardsville’s Alex Schreiber drove a pitch from Cole Carlson...
EDWARDSVILLE – Hayden Moore and Evan Funkhouser helped the Edwardsville under-15 summer team to a big win Tuesday evening over the St. Louis Recruits club team at EHS’ Tom Pile Field. Moore went 2-for-3, including a triple to open the game, with two runs scored for the Tigers in a 14-0,...
SEE RACE VIDEO BELOW: HIGHLAND – Highland’s Chad Zobrist had a very good Saturday night at Highland Speedway when the UMP Summer Nationals card took place. Zobrist won his first Summer Nationals late-model championship when he took the night’s feature race, driving fo...
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ALTON POST 126 9, AVISTON POST 1239 5: Alton and Aviston traded four-run innings in the top of the second and bottom of the third in Aviston Monday evening, but Post 126 rallied from 5-4 down to take a 9-5 American Legion baseball win to go to 20-12-1 on the summer with...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville’s under-15 summer baseball team got off to a quick start against the St. Louis Recruits club team Tuesday evening at EHS’ Tom Pile Field, the Tigers scoring twice each in the first and second innings and four times in the third while going on to post...
PONTOON BEACH – Here are the results from Friday night’s racing card at Tri-City Speedway: 600CC OUTLAW WINGED MICROS HEAT 1: Jake Cheatham, Bethalto; Mattison Lienemann, Granite City; Rob Love, no hometown; Charlie Keevan, Hazelwood, Mo. FEATURE RACE: Cheatham; Lienemann;...
SEE VIDEO BELOW: HIGHLAND – Here are the results from Saturday night’s UMP ProModifieds Summer Nationals racing card at Highland Speedway, a quarter-mile dirt oval in Highland: HEAT 1: Andrew Johns, Belleville; Matthew Edler, St. Louis; Nathan Schmitt, no hometown; Stephen...
SEE VIDEOS BELOW: ALTON – Some 200 entrants took part in a milestone event for the Alton Road Runners Club Sunday morning. The event was the 40 th Hit-N-Run Pee-Wee Run at Gordon Moore Park, a non-competitive quarter-mile and half-mile road-race run; the event is the second...
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