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This Saturday... the 10th annual St. Louis Cup will be played in Forest Park where "Vintage Baseball" teams, from all around the country, will be suiting up as they did in 1860.  

KMOX's Stuart McMillian spoke with Tony "Lightening" Wicker who plays for the St. Louis Brown Stockings.  Wicker says the old rules made baseball more like a game rather than a sport.

Debbie Monterrey caught up with Alfredo Jacobo at Midwest Bankcentre in St. Louis.  He was an Olympic swimmer at the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney and reflects on what it was like and lessons learned.

Cat Neville from Explore St Louis says Jorge Rivas will have a broad scope in new areas of collecting and presenting art at the St Louis Art Museum.  He comes from the Denver Art Museum to St Louis.  Cat says he will work to connect with and bring in new audiences.

Plus, Cat has her weekly list of 5-things to do in St Louis this weekend.

More than 7,600 3'x5' flags of Valor line Art Hill in front of the Art Museum in Forest Park to commemorate the 20th year since the September 11 terrorist attacks, in St. Louis on Sunday, September 5, 2021. The flags are in place to  honor the first responders that died on September 11, 2001, and the thousands of US Military men and women who have died in theatre in the wars on terror since that day.   Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

CBS White House Reporter Linda Kenyon updates Tom and Debbie following Pres Joe Biden's Oval Office address.   Kenyon said Biden indicated he was not "going away" and will continue to work to lower drug prices, work more on the green new deal agenda, and possibly introduce term-limits for Supreme Court Justices.

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President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, about his decision to drop his Democratic reelection bid. (Photo by Evan Vucci/Pool/Sipa USA)

Lisa Johnson shares with Tom and Debbie how she made a mid-life decision to learn German at Webster University, which ultimately led her to the Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum and the Burger Burns collection.  She translated those letters which shed light on a family's escape from Nazi Germany, to Shanghai, and eventually the United States.  Her book:  "A Letter to My Family: A Journey through Persecution in Nazi Germany, Refuge in Shanghai, and New Life in America.”

St Louis CITY SC President and GM Diego Gigliani joins Debbie Monterrey and Tom Ackerman to preview the Leagues Cup, an in-season tournament featuring MLS teams in Liga Mx.

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High Ridge Fire Chief John Barton shares his concerns about the danger at Rockford Park after a drowning this week.  With Tom Ackerman and Debbie Monterrey.

Axios Senior Editor says the Israeli Prime Minister addressed a joint-session of Congress, and was defending the war effort between Israel and Hamas.  With Debbie Monterrey and Tom Ackerman.

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Kerri Donaldson Hanna  principal investigator  of the Moon Mission Lunar Vise & Dr Chip Shearer a geologist who's been studying lunar samples from Moon for 40 years join Debbie and Tom in the KMOX studio.  They're in town as part of the NASA Solar System Exploration Virtual Institute (SSERVI)/ 2024 NASA Exploration Science Forum July 23-25, 2024, Washington University

St Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski joins Debbie and Tom in-studio after grants were awarded to 10 regional groups that are addressing pressing housing needs.