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While the hysteria around the Cardinals comeback is occupying most of brain power of local sports fans, for some there still is a sliver that remains interested in the conference affiliation status of the Missouri Tigers.  It’s been a bizarre ride as Tigers fans have watched the Big 12 threaten full implosion on multiple occasions [...]

We don’t toot out own horns often.  Okay, we do that frequently.  Whatever. One area where we will not remain particularly humble is in the realm of predicting headlines that appear on the front-age of the Post-Dispatch. We’re like Nostradamus for crappy puns in the newspaper. —–

The Cardinals trailed the National League wildcard-leading Atlanta Braves by 8.5 games just three weeks ago.  Now, it’s a dead heat and they could be heading to the playoffs.  Or, they could be setting us up for the biggest tease in St. Louis baseball history (not counting JD Drew, of course). Regardless, one thing is [...]

If anyone can sympathize with what Braves fans have been going through the last month, it’s those Cardinals fans who were tuned into their near-collapse in 2006. We watched as a team looking to cruise into the playoffs suddenly spun off the road and turned a 7 game lead with two weeks to play into a .5 [...]

For most fans, Week One of the NFL season is one of the most anticipated events on the sports calendar. It’s scattered with renewed optimism, increased weekend intoxication, fresh tubes of body paint, new tailgating recipes, and the home team explaining how to cheer. Wait, what? Admittedly, St. Louis isn’t like a lot of other [...]

At 10:00 this morning, it will be an internal battle for some Cardinals fans between freakish passion and paranoid superstition. To avoid any traffic jams at the ticket window should this unexpected comeback come to fruition in a few days, the Cardinals had no real choice but to release tickets for the postseason, including the [...]

An old school city like St. Louis undoubtedly still has its share of people who scoff at social media.  The “media” isn’t social damn it, it’s Walter Cronkite telling us what happened in the world that day. As antiquated as that mindset might be in 2011, we can’t really blame anyone for hating Twitter if [...]

Today, the Cardinals are hosting the 7th annual “Career Day” at Busch Stadium. High school and college students that have an interest in working in the professional sports field are invited to attend the event which precedes today’s matinée between the Cardinals and Mets at 12:45 pm.  The festivities include a panel discussion with executives [...]

We’ve got two heated wild card races going on with a shade over a week left in the MLB season.  Both have two teams with nearly identical records – 1st place teams have 88 wins and are sliding long after they should have locked up their playoff appearance.  Meanwhile, the teams chasing them sit two [...]

Last night’s Rams game turned from general excitement to utter disgust pretty quickly.  Amidst the cornucopia of dropped passes and red zone disappointment, there was a moment worth retaining in last night’s 28-16 defeat. Namely, the celebration that followed Michael Boley’s fumble recovery touchdown for the Giants in the second quarter Sure, the touchdown occurred [...]