louis Page 24 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Blues Fire Ken Hitchcock, Apparently For Not Making His Goalies Not Terrible
One of the weirder coaching situations in recent memory was abruptly cleared up, as the St. Louis Blues announced the firing of head coach Ken Hitchcock. He’ll be replaced by associate coach Mike Yeo, who was hired to be the “coach-in-waiting” as Hitchcock prepared to step down following this season...

Cardinals Hacker Insists That Astros Stole Information First
A statement criticizing MLB’s investigation into the Cardinals hacking scandal was posted by a Twitter account that appears to be from Chris Correa, the currently incarcerated former scouting director who accessed the Astros’ internal player information database more that 50 times in 16 months....

Cardinals Must Send Two Draft Picks, $2 Million To Astros For Hacking Scandal
The St. Louis Cardinals will have to pay $2 million and send their top two draft picks in the 2017 draft to the Houston Astros as punishment for former Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa repeatedly logging into the Astros’ player information database. ...

Feds: Cardinals Hacker Probably Leaked To Deadspin As Revenge For Astros' <i>Sports Illustrated</i> Cover
Documents unsealed last week in U.S. District Court for the southern district of Texas reveal new details about the crimes committed by former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa, who was sentenced to 46 months in prison for hacking into the Astros’ player information database....

Louisiana Tech Played 4-On-5 After Brawl And Mass Ejections
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs played the final 6:04 of their 79-70 loss to Alabama-Birmingham with just four players, after an on-court brawl resulted in the ejections of most players and all assistant coaches on both teams. (Seriously, I don’t know offhand how many players were ejected—whoever compil...

Louisville: Sure, We Hosted Sex Parties, But They Were Cheap And Didn't Help With Recruiting
Rick Pitino and the University of Louisville have accepted the majority of the NCAA’s accusations relating to their stripper recruiting scandal, but the two have singled out a few interesting points to push back on in their official responses....

Duke Loses Once Again
No. 7 Duke lost their second straight game and their fourth of the year, falling to no. 14 Louisville by a score of 78-69 on Saturday afternoon....

Missouri Governor-Elect Takes Bazooka To MLS Hopeful's Stadium Financing Plans
Missouri’s recently elected governor, Republican Eric Greitens, is a former Navy SEAL, a devoted humanitarian, and a man who ran a campaign ad that was just 20 seconds of him firing a Gatling gun. All of that means he doesn’t take any shit, not when justice is at stake. The vampires trying to suck o...

Louisville Women Trick Duke Into Defending Wrong Basket
No. 13 Duke edged No. 8 Louisville 58-55, but the Cardinals ran the cleverest play of the night. To start the second half, Louisville fooled the Blue Devils into defending the backcourt, leading to the easiest layup Briahanna Jackson’s ever had....

Lamar Jackson And Louisville Got Shut Down By LSU
A weak first half—particularly from Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Lamar Jackson—doomed Louisville to a 29-9 loss to LSU in the Citrus Bowl....

You're No Joey Julius
Derrius Guice made Louisville kicker Blanton Creque regret every part of this tackle attempt....

Princeton, WashU Suspend Men's Teams For Misogynistic Comments
Two more universities have suspended men’s teams after they found misogynistic messages being sent by the players. Princeton suspended its men’s swimming and diving team late Thursday night after the team’s online listserv, with racist and misogynistic comments, made its way in front of university a...

Louisville Suspends Coach Who Received Plays From Wake Forest Radio Announcer
Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich announced today that offensive coordinator Lonnie Galloway will be suspended for the Dec. 31 Citrus Bowl for taking game plan materials from Wake Forest radio announcer Tommy Elrod....

Tonight On ESPN Classic
Have something you think we should know? Email us at [email protected], call our confidential tips hotline at (347) 746-8471, or contact our writers directly, or use our SecureDrop system. You can also follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and sign up for our newsletter!...

Louisville AD Says Cardinals Received Plays From Wake Forest Radio Announcer Before Football Game
One day after Wake Forest fired and banned football radio announcer Tommy Elrod for sharing game prep materials with the team’s opponents for at least two years, Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said that the Cardinals had received information from Elrod this season, before their Nov. 12 game...

Wake Forest Radio Announcer Fired For Giving Game Prep Materials To Opponents
Wake Forest announced that football radio announcer Tommy Elrod—a former player and coach at the school—was fired from his position and banned from athletic facilities, after it was discovered that Elrod has been giving or attempting to give game prep materials to opposing teams for at least two yea...

St. Louis News Station Mercilessly Roasts Rams Executive
Jeff Fisher got shitcanned today, meaning he will no longer be glowering on the Rams sidelines and mangling Jared Goff’s development. Nobody’s happier about this than St. Louis’ FOX affiliate, who reveled in Fisher’s failures and stunted on Rams COO Kevin Demoff. As FOX2 noted, Demoff’s father is Fi...

Report: Two Louisville Football Players, One Student Shot At Heisman Party
Two Louisville football players, James Hearns and and Henry Famurewa, and an unidentified female student were shot early Sunday morning at an off-campus party celebrating Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson’s Heisman Trophy victory. The shooting took place around 2:00 a.m. in the Retreat apartment ...

Louisville Quarterback Lamar Jackson Wins Heisman Trophy<em></em><em></em>
The 6-foot-3, 205-pound sophomore made history as the first player from Louisville to win the trophy and the youngest ever at 19 years, 352 days. Although his team lost its last two regular season games, Jackson set an ACC record with 51 total touchdowns this year....
![Man Who Shot And Killed Joe McKnight Arrested On Manslaughter Charge [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/akkdconpz0gv2smguzrm.jpg)
Man Who Shot And Killed Joe McKnight Arrested On Manslaughter Charge [Update]
Ronald Gasser, the man who admitted to shooting and killing former NFL player Joe McKnight in an apparent road rage incident, has been arrested on a count of manslaughter. He is being held at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center, according to the online inmate search....