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Watching American cities burn across the map all summer long is a little dispiriting for those of us foreigners whose first acquaintance with these burgs was through American songs. I have been to St Louis a handful of times, but, if you sneak up on me unawares and yell the name at me, I'm more likely to eschew my limited personal experience and burst into a few bars of "Meet Me in St Louis" or "The Saint Louis Blues" - notwithstanding that the former renders the town exclusively as "St Louiee" and the latter does likewise in all but a...

Police say there were no arrest reports filed last night for any unruly behavior from Blues fans. They report the celebration in downtown St. Louis was joyous and without incident. Fans filled the Enterprise Center, Busch Stadium, and Ballpark Village for watch parties involving tens of thousands of people. Last year, when the Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup, Washington D.C. was relieved as the fans’ celebration resulted in only one arrest. In 2017, the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Cup and police in that city reportedly made no arrests due to unruly behavior or property damage. In 2016 Pittsburgh...

Yes, it really happened. No, you were not dreaming. Your St. Louis Blues are four wins away from their first Stanley Cup, four wins away from that parade, four wins away from a curse cured. A tornado warning tried to stop them. Like the Sharks and the Stars and the Jets, it failed. These Blues changed coaches, changed goalies, and, in front of a sold-out Enterprise Center crowd on a stormy Tuesday night, changed perceptions of an organization that had been blocked from the Stanley Cup finals since 1970. Hey buddy, they’re still here. And there, crying in the hallway...

The lives of Mike Danton and David Frost have been intertwined since their days in minor hockey, and their relationship has raised concerns wherever they have gone DESERONTO, ONT.; ST. LOUIS, MO.; TORONTO -- The Bayview Inn is a bland brick building on the outskirts of Deseronto, a tiny town bordering Mohawk territory near the north shore of Lake Ontario. It's the kind of place where fishing buddies feel comfortable parking their gear, and out-of-town hockey teams like to roost when invited to tournaments at the arena around the corner. Seven years ago, one of the rooms at the hotel...