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In its 90-year history, the NFL has never had a player named “BLUNT”.  At least, according to Pro-Football-Reference.com. But that didn’t stop one Kansas City fan from rocking the name proudly at Sunday’s Rams/Chiefs game in St. Louis. You see, “chief” is commonly used as slang for “getting high” or “smoking marijuana”.  And a “blunt” [...]

As a kid, I always sort of felt sorry for those who had birthdays right around the holidays. Just seemed inherently unfair that these people are likely spending their birthdays buying presents for other people. When it comes to professional athletes, I don’t feel sorry for them. They looked in their stocking one year and [...]

As if things couldn’t get weirder than a bunch of mulleted Kansas City hooligans visiting our dear city on Sunday for the Rams/Chiefs game, Kyle Turley’s band is in town playing at The Old Rock House. Yes *that* Kyle Turley. The Kyle Turley that once slung a man’s helmet further than any Sam Bradford completed-pass [...]

If someone is ranking the 100 worst players in NFL history, you would have to assume that St. Louis would be well represented.  Between the Cardinals and the Rams, our town has been subject to some lengthy stretches of historically bad football, the most recent being the past three years.  When SI columnist Jeff Pearlman [...]

Blues youngster Alex Pietrangelo is the latest to join his team’s growing list of invalids.   Pietrangelo is second on the team with 12 assists and leads all Blues defensemen in scoring (3G, 12A).  He’s also my second favorite “angelo”, ahead of Beverly D’Angelo, but behind Michelangelo (the Ninja Turtle, of course). What’s even more notable [...]

According to SI.com, the average salary for a Major League Baseball player has hit a record high of $3 million this year. If nothing else, that number serves as a notable landmark to show just how quickly the salary scale has progressed from $3 million being a watershed amount to it simply being considered average.  [...]

The Cardinals finally found their new backup catcher, and he’s not from the same womb as Yadier Molina.  Thank goodness.  We’re not sure how many sappy “The Brothers Molina” Spring Training stories we could stomach. Gerald Laird is the guy who gets the daunting task of catching a game every few months when Molina’s knees [...]

Athletes and philanthropy.  It’s not a new concept in St. Louis, where local stars regularly take an active role in the community.  For good reason, these efforts are lauded by the collective fan base and respective media.  Charity by distinguished personnel provides inspiration for civic selflessness. Blues youngsters David Perron and Erik Johnson recently headed [...]

Brendan Ryan’s brief time with the St. Louis Cardinals is over.  On Sunday morning, the Cardinals finally dealt Ryan to Seattle in return for a hard-throwing reliever that had trouble in A-ball last season.  Yeah, things weren’t personal with Ryan at all. Ryan struggled last season with the Cardinals and there’s no debating that.  Nevertheless, [...]

When the St. Louis Cardinals finally dumped doghouse occupant, Brendan Ryan, they went about standard procedure and issued a press release about the situation.  Little does the standard Cardinals fan realize that the initial draft of said letter was drawn up by GM John Mozeliak, before it was “red lined” by a team of PR [...]