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."
JERSEYVILLE – Edwardsville American Legion Post 199’s baseball team did not advance to today’s semifinals of the Firecracker Classic baseball tournament Sunday, dropping a 5-4 decision to Jefferson City, Mo., when Post 5 scored twice in the top of the seventh before falling to...
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS – Alton American Legion Post 126’s baseball team won a pair of games Saturday in the opening day of play in the Firecracker baseball tournament at Moody Park in Fairview Heights, the Legionnaires taking a 3-0 win over Odin/Patoka, Ill., and an 8-1 win over New Athens...
JERSEYVILLE – Will Messer’s 2-for-3 day with two singles, two RBIs and a run scored helped Edwardsville American Legion Post 199 when it was needed in Sunday afternoon’s first game of the Firecracker Classic tournament’s group stage at Ken Schell Field in Jerseyville, but Post...
JERSEYVILLE – Edwardsville American Legion Post 199’s baseballers got off to a good start Saturday in the annual Firecracker Tournament with a pair of wins over Jerseyville Post 498 and Quincy Post 37 at Ken Schell Field. Post 199 defeated Jerseyville 11-0 in five innings in their Saturday...
JERSEYVILLE – Zach Seavers had a good outing Saturday afternoon for Edwardsville American Legion Post 199 in their second group game of the Firecracker baseball tournament at Jerseyville’s Ken Schell Field. Edwardsville’s Seavers conceded just three hits and struck out five against...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville High School Under-15 baseball team hadn’t played a game for some time, but on Friday evening, they picked up right where they left off. Hayden Moore went two-for-two with a walk, scored twice, and had the game’s big blow, a fourth inning RBI triple...
EDWARDSVILLE – The game of lacrosse has been growing across the country for the past several years as it has broken from its traditional home of the Northeast and Atlantic Coast. In fact, the 2015 NCAA lacrosse championship was won by the University of Denver, the first (and so far only)...
EDWARDSVILLE – Olivia Ramirez is the kind of swimmer that teams can build around. Ramirez won a pair of events in WaterWorks’ swim club’s Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association meet over Splash City of Collinsville recently; the rising sophomore at Edwardsville High School has...
EDWARDSVILLE – Summers-Port swimming team member Grace Napp is a very busy individual. Not only does she swim for the Sharks during the summer and for Alton High’s team in the fall, the rising junior is also a varsity cheerleader for the Redbirds. She took up swimming at age 6. “Both...
EDWARDSVILLE – Monday evening’s Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association Relays meet at Sunset Hills managed to dodge some stormy weather that seemingly was trying to take aim on the meet. The possibility of adverse weather didn’t affect Summers-Port as the Sharks won 24...
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