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One of the most memorable players on the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome," Hall of Fame defensive end Deacon Jones, will have his No. 75 retired by the St. Louis Rams this season.

Five-year-old Kennedy Maxwell sat on a bench with her mom and watched as workers readied an area in Lincoln Park to install new playground equipment and make the park come alive.

Good things seem to happen when Ty Conklin joins NHL teams.

With restricted free agent defenseman Roman Polak still unsigned, the St. Louis Blues are facing a potentially similar scenario to the one they faced last summer with forward David Backes.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville wrestling coach David Ray has signed two more wrestlers for the next season: Jon Young, from Kankakee Bishop McNamara High, and Gabe Hocum, from Clarkston, Wash.

What Gov. Mark Sanford spent on his trip to Argentina where, he admits, he met his lover. Taxpayers paid $11,981 for air travel and other expenses by Sanford and a Commerce Department aide to Brazil and Argentina. A separate Commerce Department fund paid $767.32 for an interpreter, lodging and ground transportation. That fund is not taxpayer-financed, but paid for by South Carolina businesses to help the state recruit businesses.

Gov. Mark Sanford heavily mixed business and pleasure during a three-day trip in 2008 to Argentina to visit his lover, records released by the South Carolina Department of Commerce show.

Micah Owings' pitching is finally catching up to his bat.

A 30-minute talk with two coaches and some intense film study helped Todd Wellemeyer rebound impressively from his worst start of the season.