Professional football returns to St. Louis, only to have the season cut short
![Former Missouri Tiger and current St. Louis BattleHawks wide receiver L'Damian Washington (2) jogs down the field Sunday in St. Louis. [Mathew Kirby/For the Tribune]](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SPORTS-MU-ALUMS-WASHINGTON-LUCAS-FIND-1-CD-475x317.jpg)
Michael Lolley, Staff Writer
May 5, 2020
Since the Rams left in 2016, St. Louis has had to live without professional football; however, the Xtreme Football League (XFL) has brought the sport back. In 2018, Alpha Entertainment announced the creation of the ten team league, which included the St. Louis Battlehawks. After five weeks of playing,...
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