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Most sports fans are familiar with the infamous “Madden Curse“; an immediate damnation that is bestowed upon an NFL player that graces the cover of John Madden’s popular video game series.  There’s also the “Sports Illustrated Jinx” – which all but guarantees failure for teams that appear on the cover of the magazine. Locally, we’re [...]

Today newstands will fill with the June edition of St. Louis Sports Magazine and, in it, the Tailgate Talk question of the month that Sebek and I batted around was fairly straightforward – “If you and a friend engage in a bet and the loser has to wear a personalized jersey of your choice to [...]

Cardinals reliever Brian Tallet isn’t winning any “Sexiest Ballplayer Alive” awards.  He didn’t win any in Cleveland…or Toronto…and he isn’t going to win any in St. Louis. But that’s part of his appeal.  He deals with the unsexiness.  In fact, he embraces it by seldom sporting a look that rivals prop actors in Silver Dollar [...]

When the Huffington Post recently came out with their list of the 10 Strangest College Mascots, it would be assumed by most in St. Louis that a prominent school in the area that features a fictional charm doll as it’s mascot would have to make the cut. If it didn’t take the #1 spot, it [...]

Earlier this week, we introduced you to an “interesting” Albert Pujols jersey worn by a Royals Cardinals fan hooligan at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday afternoon. When we posted the link, more pictures of this creation started pouring in.  Picture below is the best view that was sent to us. Some observations… 1.) Given the jersey, [...]

Bryan Burwell frequently appears as a guest on KSDK’s “Sports Plus” because, let’s face it, if there’s one media member that screams must-see-television, it’s Bryan Burwell. He booked another solid performance on Sunday night, showing off his wide array of abilities.  He’s like the Jose Oquendo of the local media; the guy can do it [...]

Last week Matt Sebek took us all back in time to revisit the beauty that was 1985′s Heck of a Year video via an interview with a random fan that appeared in the movie. Through Dan Thompson we didn’t just get to remember the magical ’85 season.  We got to remember tweed blazers, dated commentary [...]

May 24 Carlos Hernandez (1967) If you’re ever at a sports trivia night and they ask the question “who was behind the plate for the Cardinals when Rick Ankiel’s pitching career took a historic plunge from which it never recovered?”, then you have your answer in Carlos Hernandez.  Brad Penny (1978) If you’re ever at [...]

In some ways owning a store that sells merchandise associated with local sports teams is like being a gambler on Wall Street.  You have to know when and what jerseys you should load up on and which ones to avoid. Score a load of Lance Berkman’s at the beginning of the season and you’re probably [...]

Cardinals fans were introduced to Pete Kozma last night.  Kozma was brought up after Nick Punto was sent to the DL for a few weeks.  Apparently, his “right forearm flexor” isn’t quite as scrappy as his gritty facade. Anyway, back to Kozma, who doubled in his first MLB at-bat en route to a 5-1 win [...]