TOWER GROVE — While a lot of attention was paid to the pitchers a few of the National League Cy Young Award voters did and didn’t vote for, lost in that hubbub was how much money one pitcher made because of one single vote.
By receiving a solitary second-place vote, Atlanta [...]
Local St. Louis Rams fans — and those St. Louisans who still embrace Kurt Warner and/or the former St. Louis Cardinals — will be able to watch Sunday’s game on television after all.
A TV blackout was averted when the Rams bought…
[...]Mizzou senior linebacker Sean Weatherspoon on Friday was named one of five finalists for the Butkus Award, given annually to the nation’s top linebacker. Weatherspoon leads the Tigers with 93 tackles, including 12 for loss, and has helped ratchet up…
[...]Safety Craig Dahl’s rougher the kicker penalty last week against New Orleans cost the St. Louis Rams only five yards. But it cost Dahl $5,000. Dahl was fined by the NFL for running into Saints punter Thomas Morstead in the…
[...]Tight-lipped head coach Steve Spagnuolo refused to tip his hand, but based on the reps at practice this week, it appears as if rookie wide receiver Brandon Gibson will start Sunday vs. the Cardinals alongside Donnie Avery. Danny Amendola will be on…
[...]TOWER GROVE — There are many things that St. Louis Cardinals recent third baseman Mark DeRosa brings to the table, not the least of which is his classification as a free agent.
He’s a Type B and loving it.
Each fall, on the eve of free agency, the Elias Sports Bureau releases [...]
TOWER GROVE — With the teeth-gnashing about the Cy Young Award still in full grind around these parts, baseball’s free agency opened at 11 p.m. St. Louis time Thursday, and Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday could officially entertain offers from all 30 teams.
No more footsie. They can talk financials.
And, yet, according [...]
TOWER GROVE — The numerical bounty (especially when it comes to types of pitches) available at Fan Graphs has made that Web site increasingly valuable when it comes to using and exploring some of the — what’s the phrase we learned yesterday? — nouveau riche’s statistics that are out there.
But [...]
Everyone at SLU felt very good about their win over Nebraska on Wednesday, and with good reason. Even if Nebraska isn’t all that good, it presented challenges that SLU hadn’t seen in any of games so far and the Billikens…
[...]Season-ending practice injuries are rare once the regular season starts, but that’s what happened to defensive end C.J. Ah You.
Ah You suffered damage to the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, according to St. Louis Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo,…
[...]TOWER GROVE — Come Friday morning, Bryan Burwell & Company will have to find something different to ask me about and a new way to introduce me on radio shows, if they have me on at all. As of this afternoon, I no longer hold a secret ballot in one [...]
For the second week in a row, the Rams have asked for a 24-hour extension to the NFL’s sellout deadline. Without the extension, games must meet sellout requirements 72 hours before kickoff to be televised locally. The extension gives the…
[...]TOWER GROVE — It seems that St. Louis Cardinals’ first-round pick and shortstop prospect Pete Kozma is often judged for the player he isn’t and never will be as opposed to the player he is or could be.
Kozma is not Rick Porcello. No news there.
Yet, that fact seems to bludgeon [...]
In what has become a recent tradition at the Edward Jones Dome, alumni of St. Louis’ past pro football franchise will gather at Sunday’s Rams-Cardinals game _ with Bill Bidwill picking up the tab.
Bidwill, owner of the Arizona Cardinals, rents out…
[...]So many tickets remain for Sunday’s home game vs. the Cardinals — about 4,500 as of late Wednesday — that St. Louis Rams officials aren’t even sure they’ll request an extension of the NFL deadline to fulfill sellout requirements. That…
[...]Greg Nasello has resigned as the boys soccer coach at Alton High School, the school announced Wednesday. Nasello’s resignation was accepted at the school board’s monthly meeting on Tuesday.
The Redbirds were 4-12-5 in the recently-completed season and Nasello was 107-124-31…
[...]All of a sudden, the St. Louis Rams’ defensive line is looking pretty banged-up. Chris Long sat out practice Wednesday because of soreness in his knee. Fellow defensive ends James Hall (back) and Leonard Little (knee) were limited, as was defensive tackle…
[...]Mizzou Tigers basketball captain J.T. Tiller has a bone contusion to his left foot and will sit out Sunday’s home game against Texas-Pan American.
Tiller limped off the court early in the second half of Tuesday’s 83-68 win over Tennessee-Martin. He…
[...]The St. Louis Rams’ captains for this week are:
*Donnie Avery, offense: Avery had two touchdown catches in Sunday’s 28-23 loss to the unbeaten Saints.
*Justin King, defense: Playing most at nickel back, King recorded three tackles.
*Chris Chamberlain, special teams: Chamberlain had four…
[...]San Diego State is the last piece of the puzzle for the 2010 Missouri football schedule after the schools agreed one a one-year deal for San Diego State to play in Columbia on Sept. 18.
The full schedule, which doesn’t look…
[...]Nearly three months after the St. Louis Rams let him go, tight end Joe Klopfenstein has found employment. The Bills have signed Klopfenstein to take TE Derek Fine’s spot on the active roster. Fine is out for the season with a knee…
[...]The St. Louis Rams have signed wide receiver Jordan Kent to their active roster, filling the spot created when Keenan Burton suffered a season-ending knee injury Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.
Kent has good size at 6-4, 219, but hasn’t…
[...]The Tigers wrapped up the early signing period by landing Tony Mitchell (6-8, 220) of Dallas.
Mitchell is the fourth member of Mizzou’s recruiting class, joining Kadeem Green (Charlotte, N.C./United Faith), Rick Kreklow (Columbia, Mo. / Rock Bridge) and Phil Pressey…
[...]This story from the Associated Press out of Lawrence will be worth tracking today:
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The University of Kansas said Tuesday it is investigating what it calls a personnel matter concerning football coach Mark Mangino, whose team is…
[...]ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Asked within the past couple days if he expected the St. Louis Cardinals to make a move on his client, outfielder Matt Holliday, before the window for exclusive negotiations slides shut this week, agent Scott Boras stated the obvious: “Uh, no.”
The Cardinals and Boras have [...]
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — The St. Louis Cardinals’ free agent most often linked to the New York Mets this offseason as a buoy for that franchise’s floundering has been the Cardinals’ free agent most often linked to any team with pinstripes and/or a pocketbook: Matt Holliday.
Turns out, there may [...]
Last week, the Rams had 2,500 tickets to sell at the start of the week to avert a blackout of their home game against New Orleans.
The challenge is twice as tough this week. At the close of the business day…
[...]Now that the Tigers are bowl eligible, the fun can begin on predicting which game they will travel to. With wins over Iowa State and Kansas, the Tigers could be 8-4. How high up the Big 12 food chain that…
[...]St. Louis University will face Missouri State, a team it beat 2-0 in an exhibition game at the start of the season, on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Hermann Stadium in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The winner…
[...]Defending Class 7A champion East St. Louis (10-2) will travel to Wheaton on Saturday to face Warrenville South (11-1) at 1 p.m. in the Illinois Class 7A state football semifinals. The Flyers are the top-ranked team in the Post-Dispatch large-schools and in…
[...]As expected, St. Louis Rams wide receiver Keenan Burton will miss the remainder of the season after injuring his right knee in the first quarter of Sunday’s 28-23 loss to the Saints. Coach Steve Spagnuolo didn’t provide details, although it’s believed that…
[...]Senior WR Jared Perry will miss the remainder of the regular season because of a slight fracture of his right tibia. The injury was suffered in the second quarter of Mizzou’s 38-12 win at Kansas State when he took an…
[...]Southern Illinois-Edwardsville coach Lennox Forrester has been recruiting the St. Louis area heavily since he took the job and that work paid off last week when he signed two area players.
The Cougars, who currently have two area players on their…
[...]Gary Pinkel again is focusing on consistency for his team as it comes to face Iowa State and put together back-to-back wins for first time since September.
“Now it’s about consistency,” he said Monday. “That’s been the story of our team.…
[...]JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Back in 2005 and 2006, Matt Holliday, then an outfielder for the Colorado Rockies, began experimenting with a leg kick — a high, pronounced, flamingo-like kick of his leg that he could use as a timing mechanism for his swing. Holliday would try it. Abandon it. Try [...]
What are SLU’s options in the NCAA tournament? I couldn’t get hold of Joe Lunardi to ask him to do some soccer bracketology, but I did take a look at the situation myself and here’s what we’ve got:
* - Based on…
[...]JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Not even the prom was enough to keep Robert Stock out of college.
Three years before his preference to play catcher helped make him a draft pick for the St. Louis Cardinals, Stock’s preference to get his baseball career started led to a pretty good line for a [...]
Here’s one blogger’s grades for the St. Louis Rams after Sunday’s 28-23 loss to the New Orleans Saints:
*QUARTERBACK: Marc Bulger threw an ill-advised ball into the end zone that was picked off in the first quarter. But that was his only…
[...]YouTube’s got it, thanks to videographer Tim Nordmann of Nordmann Photography. Here’s the final Chaminade TD … the onside kick … the 48-yard field goal by Mason Hutson that gave Chaminade a 29-28 lead with 6.9 seconds left . .…
[...]With less than 3 minutes to go, the St. Louis Rams are still in it vs. the unbeaten Saints. A 19-yard touchdown pass from Marc Bulger to WR Donnie Avery capped a six-play, 80-yard drive and chopped the New Orleans lead…
[...]The Saints, shooting for a franchise-best 9-0 start, are starting to pull away at the Edward Jones Dome. A five-play, 59-yard drive culminated with a 27-yard strike from QB Drew Brees over leaping St. Louis CB Quincy Butler and into the hands…
[...]A ferocious tackle by St. Louis Rams S Oshiomogho Atogwe knocked the ball away from WR Marques Colston, who was about to cross the goal line after a short pass. The ball scooted into the end zone and out of bounds for…
[...]An interception by S James Butler gave the St. Louis Rams possession at their 40-yard line, and they drove smartly into the red zone. But the advance was halted at the 14-yard line after a strange third-and-3 call, a difficult…
[...]Michael Robson scored a goal in the 58th minute and Mike Roach added an insurance goal in the 88th as SLU beat Dayton 2-0 to win the Atlantic 10 tournament and secure an automatic spot in the NCAA tournament. Had SLU not…
[...]Again, the St. Louis Rams didn’t stay tied long with the Saints. Courtney Roby took the second-half kickoff and raced 97 yards to the end zone. Just 11 seconds into the third quarter, the Saints have regained their 7-point cushion, at…
[...]At the half, the 1-7 St. Louis Rams are tied with the 8-0 Saints 14-14 at the Edward Jones Dome. The Rams pulled even by marching 73 yards on 13 plays. QB Marc Bulger was 3-for-3 for 34 yards, and…
[...]I’ve got another story to work on today, so I’ll make some quick thoughts about the SLU-SEMO game.
The big takeaway from the game is that the free throw shooting has to get better. SLU just can’t give away that many…
[...]The 7-7 tie at the Edward Jones Dome lasted just 2:32. That’s how long it took the powerhouse Saints to march 72 yards, QB Drew Brees connected with RB Reggie Bush for a 15-yard touchdown. The big play was a 41-yard end-around…
[...]QB Marc Bulger’s second throw into the end zone ended up a lot better than his first for the St. Louis Rams. This time, Bulger’s pinpoint toss found WR Donnie Avery in the left corner for a 29-yard touchdown. RB Steven Jackson carried…
[...]Unlike the St. Louis Rams, the Saints capitalized on their takeaway. They drove 78 yards following Usama Young’s interception, RB Reggie Bush scoring on a 3-yard run off right guard. Interestingly, the Rams got caught in their “dime” package — four linemen,…
[...]With the St. Louis Rams threatening to take the lead against the undefeated Saints, QB Marc Bulger was picked off on a pass intended for WR Keenan Burton in the end zone. Safety Usama Young, filling in for the injured Darren Sharper, returned…
[...]As he’s done all year, St. Louis Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo is dressing just for WRs for today’s game against the Saints. That means that Ruvell Martin remains on the sideline. The dressed WRs are Donnie Avery, Keenan Burton, Danny Amendola and…
[...]For those wondering, Rick Majerus said after the game that Kwamain Mitchell, who limped off the court in the closing minutes of SLU’s game with SEMO, is fine. Majerus said he thought Mitchell would have gotten up more quickly if…
[...]NORMAL, ILL. _ Wisconsin-bound outside hitter Annemarie Hickey had a match-high 13 kills to help Joliet Catholic win back-to-back state championship as it defeated Mater Dei 25-20, 25-23 in the finals of the Illinois Class 3A state volleyball tournament at Redbird Arena…
[...]NORMAL, ILL. _ Freeburg needed three games to do it, but the Midgets became back-to-back Illinois Class 2A state girls volleyball champions Saturday as they defeated Chicago Christian of Palos Heights 25-19, 24-26, 25-17 at Redbird Arena.
Freeburg senior outside hitter…
[...]On a cold, rainy, windy night in New England, SLU back Tim Ream converted a free kick from about 30 yards out with four minutes to play to give SLU a 3-2 win over Rhode Island and send them to…
[...]Mater Dei advanced to Saturday’s Illinois Class 3A state volleyball championship match Friday afternoon by beating Sycamore 25-12, 25-19 in the semifinals at Redbird Arena in Normal.
The Knights, 35-6, will face Joliet Catholic (40-1) in the finals at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.…
[...]Chicago Christian junior middle hitter Emily Kamp gave Freeburg some bulletin board material Friday afternoon for the Midgets championship match on Saturday with the Knights in the Illinois Class 2A state volleyball tournament at Redbird Arena in Normal.
When reporters asked…
[...]Freeburg will try to win its second successive Illinois Class 2A volleyball championship on Saturday after the Midgets struggled but defeated Carlinville 25-17, 25-20 Friday afternoon at Redbird Arena in Normal.
The Midgets (37-2) will face Chicago Christian of Palos Heights (28-10)…
[...]Judging whether to shut down a slightly injured player or to let him suit up and take the field is one of the more difficult tasks for an NFL head coach. The St. Louis Rams’ Steve Spagnuolo is finding that out…
[...]It took a 24-hour extension of the sellout deadline. And a promotion in which for every ticket sold this week, the Rams would donate one ticket to a member of the military.
But Sunday’s home game against the New Orleans Saints has met…
[...]Missouri officially signed three players to basketball letters of intent today:
– Kadeem Green (Charlotte, N.C./United Faith), 6-9, 210 power forward
– Rick Kreklow (Columbia, Mo. / Rock Bridge), 6-5, 185 shooting guard.
– Phil Pressey (Dallas, Texas / Episcopal), 5-10, 160, point…
[...]TOWER GROVE — Earlier this week, MLBTradeRumors.com — a site that has become an essential clearinghouse and one-stop shop of reports, rumors and, yes, even tweets this time of year — handicapped the 2010 Free Agents by ranking them No. 1 through No. 50 and predicting where each of [...]
The letter of intent of SLU basketball recruit Mike McCall has finally hit the athletic department offices. (Actually, it arrived late last night, but the school didn’t announce it until today.) And they’re pretty excited about him. Associate head coach Porter…
[...]They were good, they were funny, they were starting offensive linemen for the St. Louis Rams for most of the decade.
Right guard Adam Timmerman and center Andy McCollum, aka the Donut Bros., will be featured guests for Sunday’s Rams-New Orleans…
[...]TOWER GROVE — The St. Louis Cardinals admittedly don’t have the level of prospects out in the Arizona Fall League that they’ve had in the past. There is no Brett Wallace out there this season, for example. There are a few players auditioning for a spot on the 40-man roster [...]
As might be expected with a young and relatively inexperienced wide receiver corps, the Rams are among the league leaders in dropped passes midway through the 2009 season.
According to STATS LLC, Rams receivers have dropped 18 passes this season, which…
[...]TOWER GROVE — The Topps 2009 Update packs are now out in stores*, and card No. UH263 features Matt Holliday reaching up to catch a fly ball, all decked out in his St. Louis Cardinals home whites. With this being the first week of baseball’s blockbuster equivalent of a big [...]
With 1,500 tickets still remaining for Sunday’s home game against the Saints, the Rams have requested a 24-hour extension from the NFL in an attempt to fulfill sellout requirements and ensure that the contest can be televised locally.
The original deadline…
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The Atlantic 10 Conference men’s soccer tournament kicks off today in Kingston, R.I., and it couldn’t set up better for SLU, which needs to win the tournament to reach the NCAAs.
SLU has a first-round bye and, barring an upset in…
[...]TOWER GROVE — After a brief hiatus to artificially inflate the click totals on the previous poll — or so that I could play father for a few days, whichever — the Bird Land Community Top 21 returns today and will continue each weekday until it’s finished. There are seven [...]
SLU announced only one signing on Wednesday, that of 6-5 forward Dwayne Evans, who in addition to being able to play the 2, 3 or 4 spot may end up being the second smartest guy on the team behind Paul…
[...]At the end of practice today — Veterans Day — the St. Louis Rams players and coaches huddled, took a knee, heard a few words from safety Oshiomogho Atogwe, then, heads bowed, paused for a moment of silence.
“The team was…
[...]And actually, you don’t have to be a veteran. You can still be in active duty or reserves. SLU is offering two free tickets to Friday’s women’s game with Southern Illinois or Saturday’s men’s game with SEMO to anyone showing…
[...]The St. Louis Rams made a couple of roster moves Tuesday, promoting linebacker Dominic Douglas from the practice squad to the 53-man roster, and signing cornerback Marcus Brown to the practice squad. Douglas fills the vacancy created last week when the team…
[...]Wednesday is the start of the early signing period for college basketball and, barring something really unexpectetd, SLU will sign two players.
One is Dwayne Evans, a 6-5 forward from Neuqua Valley High in Naperville, Illinois. He’s a 6-5 small forward…
[...]With more than 2,000 tickets remaining for Sunday’s home game with New Orleans, the Rams have undertaken an unusual initiative to sell out the Edward Jones Dome. For every ticket purchased this week, the Rams will donate one ticket to the…
[...]Mizzou’s women’s soccer team became the first regular-season champion in the Big 12 Conference to be excluded from the NCAA Division I tournament.Mizzou failed to secure one of the 34 at-large bids in the 64-team field.
The Tigers (13-6-3, 7-1-2) won…
[...]The news on forward Brian Conklin, who hobbled off the court on Saturday and didn’t return to SLU’s exhibition against St. Ambrose, is that he has a sprained ankle. X-rays were negative. Conklin did not practice with the team on…
[...]Backup safeties Craig Dahl and David Roach both were fined $5,000 by the NFL for unnecessary roughing penalties in the fourth quarter of the St. Louis Rams’ Nov. 1 game against Detroit.
Roach was fined for unnecessarily striking an opponent who…
[...]Here are the days and times for the local Illinois football teams playing in the IHSA postseason.
Class 7A
#2 East St. Louis (9-2) at #5 O’Fallon (8-3), Saturday, 1 p.m. This winner faces the #2 Wheaton Warrenville South (10-1)-#4 Chicago St. Rita (9-2)…
[...]The St. Louis Rams returned to the practice field Monday after a four-day break for their bye week. The only Ram not practicing Monday was right guard Richie Incognito, with a Lisfranc _ or mid-foot _ sprain of his left foot.
Incognito hasn’t played…
[...](Author guilty as charged of snarkiness in original post; self-edited to reflect just the facts, ma’am.)
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The Big 12 Conference announced Monday that the Mizzou-Iowa State game at Faurot Field on Nov. 21 was not chosen for that day’s…
[...]It was anything but a quiet bye weekend for safety Anthony Smith. After being waived by the St. Louis Rams at the end of the week, Smith was claimed over the weekend by Jacksonville. He was among the Jaguars’ pregame…
[...]A 3-0 win over St. Joe’s on Sunday in Philadelphia gave St. Louis University a second-place finish in the Atlantic 10 and all-important first-round bye in the conference tournament that starts Thursday in Rhode Island. SLU will be off until…
[...]The list of things you could come away with feeling good about from the SLU-St. Ambrose seems pretty limited. Jeff Reid played an excellent 12 minutes. Christian Salecich and Justin Jordan hit some nice threes. Kwamain Mitchell had 23 points. SLU held St. Ambrose…
[...]I’ll have more on the St. Ambrose exhibition later — it may be one of the least convincing 14 point wins ever — but first, an update on SLU forward Brian Conklin, who was last seen hobbling out one of…
[...]Well, it doesn’t get much bigger in exhibition hoops than the Billikens vs. the Fighting Bees of St. Ambrose, or Davenport, Iowa.
Cory Remekun didn’t practice Thursday — I’m not sure about Friday, but on Friday morning, Rick Majerus told me Remekun…
[...]The final regular-season state rankings for Missouri high school football voted on by a 12-person panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parentheses, followed by won-loss record, points received and last week’s ranking.
CLASS 6
Rank, Team W-L Pts LW
1. Rockhurst…
Jacob Brown scored his first goal of the season, heading in a pass from Alex Sweetin in the fifth minute, as SLU beat Temple 1-0 on Friday. The win pushes SLU into second ahead of Fordham in the Atlantic 10 and three…
[...]SLU’s women’s soccer team beat St. Bonaventure 3-0 in the first round of the Atlantic 10 tournament and will play top-seeded Dayton on Friday night at 7 p.m. Central time. Andrea Barklage scored on a cross that apparently carried into the…
[...]CREVE COEUR — They are at very different stages in their careers, at very different positions and they were talking about two very different subjects, but St. Louis Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter and minor-league outfielder Tyler Henley hit on the same theme during interviews I had with them Wednesday.
In discussing [...]
During the usual postgame mingling with the opposing team, St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson made sure he found Scott Linehan last Sunday at Ford Field.
“I just wished Coach Linehan the best in his future,” Jackson said. “I just wanted…
[...]Don’t be surprised if you see Steve and Maria Spagnuolo this weekend at your favorite restaurant, the zoo or the neighborhood movie theater. The St. Louis Rams’ head coach is planning some local R&R this weekend with his team on its bye…
[...]The A-10 TV basketball schedule is out, and SLU looks to be on TV 14 15 times this season. As always, you’ll find SLU on a few different places this season. KPLR will have five games, Charter will pick up…
[...]TOWER GROVE — Of all the statistical bubblegum that is packed into Bill James’ annual Handbooks, among the best to chew over and stretch to the point of popping is the predictions for the coming season.
ACTA Sports recently emailed me the 2010 predictions for several members of the 2009 St. [...]
TOWER GROVE — As many as seven of the St. Louis Cardinals better prospects must be added to the 40-man roster in the near future or the team will risk losing them through the Rule 5 draft in December. The process of clearing space on the 40-man roster has already [...]
His contribution might have gotten lost somewhat in the St. Louis Rams’ euphoria after RB Steven Jackson’s dramatic touchdown run and the 17-10 victory Sunday in Detroit, but rookie K.C. Asiodu was more than a bit player in the result that snapped…
[...]Wide receiver Tim Carter, who had one catch and several drops in two games with St. Louis, was released by the team on Tuesday.
The Rams have filled his roster spot by signing cornerback Danny Gorrer off the New Orleans Saints’…
[...]Results elsewhere in the league, notably Charlotte getting thumped by Dayton, kept SLU alive in the race to get an all-important first-round bye in the Atlantic 10 men’s soccer tournament, even though it lost 1-0 to Dayton on Sunday in…
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