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 – Marquette Catholic had their backs to the wall Tuesday afternoon. The Explorers were behind 2-0 in the rain-delayed final of their IHSA Class 2A regional at Gordon Moore Park in the bottom of the sixth and the top of their order coming up against Piasa Southwestern's Bailee Nixon,...
BELLEVILLE – Alex Gray's hopes as repeating as the IHSA Class 2A tennis doubles champion came to a shocking end Saturday evening. Gray was going to his car when he slipped and fell on his right elbow, breaking a small bone. The injury was enough to put him in a cast and sling and knocked...
BELLEVILLE – Edwardsville's boys tennis team got a bad break Saturday night. Literally. Tiger senior Alex Gray, who had reached the doubles semifinals along with Seth Lipe earlier in the day Saturday, slipped going to his car and broke a bone in his right elbow, forcing him out of the IHSA...
CHARLESTON – East Alton-Wood River freshman Jayden Ulrich made some Oiler history in the IHSA Class 2A Girls Track and Field Championship's state meet at O'Brien Field at Eastern Illinois University Saturday morning. Ulrich became the first Oiler female track athlete to medal at the state...
CHARLESTON – The hardware was being distributed to area participants in Saturday's finals of the 46 th IHSA Girls Track and Field Championship's state meet at O'Brien Field on the Eastern Illinois campus. Alton's Katie Mans and Edwardsville's Lorie Cashdollar led the area's medalists,...
GRANITE CITY – Alton's Redbirds concluded their girls' soccer season with a 10-7-2 mark on Tuesday night in a 1-0 IHSA Class 3A Granite City Regional semifinal match loss to the Warriors. The Warriors moved on to the championship played on Saturday and advanced from there with a 13-5-3 mark....
CHARLESTON – For Marquette Catholic's girls, Thursday was certainly a learning experience. The Explorers' 4x100 and 4x200 relay team of Jessica Cutts, Kennedie Koetzle, Daryn Hill and Brooklyn Taylor, as well as Riley Vickrey in the 1600 meters, did not advance into Saturday's finals of their...
TROY – Triad's Nick Beeler turned in a great pitching performance Monday afternoon in the Knights' 5-1 home win over Alton. Beeler went the distance for THS in the win, conceding only three hits and an earned run in the win for the Knights; Beeler threw just 84 pitches and struck out seven i...
GRANITE CITY – Edwardsville girls soccer coach Abby Federmann was hoping her Tigers could make a statement at the start of the IHSA Class 3A playoffs. Boy, did the Tigers make a statement. Both Paytin Schneider and Hannah Bielicke had two-goal matches for the Tigers Tuesday evening as EH...
TROY – One swing of the bat from Travis Heilman broke open a tight game in Troy Monday afternoon. Heilman connected on a sixth-inning pitch that sent the ball over the fence in left-center field for a grand-slam homer that was the key blow in Triad's 5-1 win over Alton in a non-conference...
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