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."
Tonight in the Southwestern Conference, Alton (0-1), coming off a 21-0 loss to Highland at home in their opening game last week, travels to Quincy (1-0) of the Western Big 6 for a non-conference encounter with the Blue Devils, who defeated North Lawndale Charter 58-0 last week, while Collinsville...
BOYS SOCCER EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 5, ATHENS 3: Ethan Moore had four goals as East Alton-Wood River defeated Athens 5-3 in the Carlinville Kickoff Classic at Lott Field in Carlinville Wednesday. The win put the Oilers 3-3 on the year. Devin Curtis had the other goal for EAWR on the day, with Nick...
EDWARDSVILLE - It’s just Week 2 of the high school football season, but one of the area’s top teams will begin a three-week run Friday night when they face three heavyweight teams. Edwardsville is that team, and the first team that the Tigers will be facing is CBC on the road; the Cadets...
SEE ETHAN MIRACLE INTERVIEW: EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville boys soccer senior Ethan Miracle provided a spark with his performance in Tuesday night’s Tiger home and Southwestern Conference opener against Belleville East at Tiger Stadium. Miracle had a brace, or two goals, in EHS’...
MONDAY BOYS SOCCER WATERLOO 8, CIVIC MEMORIAL 2: Waterloo jumped to a 3-0 halftime lead and went on to defeat Civic Memoiral 8-2 in both teams’ Mississippi Valley Conference opener in Waterloo Monday. Ian Heflin and Parker Scottberg both scored for the Eagles on the day, while Nolan...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville’s field hockey team got a pair of goals from Rachel Goebel Tuesday afternoon at Tiger Stadium as EHS defeated Rosati-Kain of St. Louis city 4-1 in EHS’ home opener. The win put the Tigers at 1-1 on the season following their loss to Villa Duchesne...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville’s boys soccer team opened their home and Southwestern Conference campaign Tuesday night in style. The Tigers got two goals from Ethan Miracle and scored twice each within less than a minute in the 75th and 78th minutes to win their first game on the new Tige...
SEE MARQUETTE CATHOLIC COACH WALTERS INTERVIEW BELOW: SEE ROXANA COACH INTERVIEW: GODFREY – Roxana and Marquette Catholic got together for a girls tennis match at Lewis and Clark Community College’s Simpson Tennis Center Monday afternoon. The Explorers went on to record...
CADEN BOHN GUIDES SOUTHWESTERN IN OPENING CROSS COUNTRY MEETS: Piasa Southwestern’s boys and girls cross-country seasons had successful beginnings last week. The Piasa Birds opened the season with the New Athens Invitational, with Southwestern’s girls taking eight in a 13-team field,...
BETHALTO – Civic Memorial’s Noah Turbyfill had a good opening game for the Eagles in their 28-13 win over Marquette Catholic at home Friday night. Turbyfill, a junior who stepped into the starting role this season, threw for one touchdown and ran for another in the first half to...
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