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KRS-One, Baroness, John Mellencamp and More in This Week's Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

St. Louis Native Hired as Mariners' Full-Time Announcer, First Since Legendary Dave Niehaus

Aaron Goldsmith, who grew up in St. Louis, is the Seattle Mariners' first full-time radio announcer hire since legendary caller Dave Niehaus, who passed away at age 75 in 2010. Goldsmith, at the young age of 29, has secured the incredibly sought-after job after six seasons of working his way throu ... More >>

Videos: Stan Musial Honored at Funeral Service Featuring Bob Costas Eulogy

Since news broke that St. Louis icon Stan Musial has died, fans have had many opportunities to pay tribute to the late, great Cardinal. And on Saturday, fans got to say a final goodbye to the baseball legend, packed inside the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis for Stan the Man's public funeral servic ... More >>

Bob Costas May Be Right to Decry Gun Culture, But Jovan Belcher Isn't a Great Example

In case you went totally off-the-grid over the weekend: Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend and then himself with a handgun on Saturday. Many outlets have suggested that Belcher's football-related brain injuries were to blame. St. Louis native Bob Costas, on the other h ... More >>

The Ten Best Rock Clubs in St. Louis

Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2012 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this RFT Music series, we're working our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. This week: The best blues clubs in St. Louis. ... More >>

Olympics 2012: Theme Songs for Michael Phelps, Hope Solo, Usain Bolt and More

Music is becoming an increasingly personalized art form. Smart phones are programmed to play a favorite song as a ring tone, or to play a song meant to be associated with specific callers in one's contact list. I can't say for certain, but I have to imagine many husbands have "Ball and Chain" by Soc ... More >>

For Being Baseball's Best Fans, We Sure Are Hateful

Cardinals' fans are a proud lot, especially when it comes to the oft-repeated claim that they're "the best fans in baseball." Apparently that sort of self esteem rubs some people the wrong way. The Twitter feed Baseball's Best Fans is a storehouse of ugliness, name calling and schadenfreude, all del ... More >>

What Are Missourians Required to Do When Faced With Jerry Sandusky-Style "Horseplay"?

image via​Say Mike McQueary had stumbled on Jerry Sandusky engaging in "horseplay" (as Sandusky described it to Bob Costas on Monday night) with a ten-year-old boy in a shower in Columbia instead of State College. Forget questions of moral obligation versus moral cowardice. Would our hypotheti ... More >>

Charlie Rose Show About Stan Musial Airs Nationwide, But Not In St. Louis

Talking baseball and Stan the Man.​Bob Costas, Tim McCarver and New York Times writer George Vecsey joined interviewer Charlie Rose on Monday to discuss the legacy of Stan Musial and -- specifically -- how the Cardinals' great doesn't get the respect he deserves outside of St. Louis. Ironically, t ... More >>

Tony La Russa's ARF Stars to the Rescue Event Returns, While Conan O'Brien Finally Comes to Town

​This event has been a little under the radar this year, but it is happening: Tony La Russa's annual Animal Rescue Foundation's (ARF) Stars to the Rescue benefit is at the Fabulous Fox on Saturday, January 15. This year's entertainment includes Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters, country si ... More >>

How Much Are Lobbyists Spending on Your St. Louis Alderman?

kaciestarrtriplett.comKacie Starr Triplett (Ward 6) leads the Board of Aldermen with $1,327 in lobbyist expenditures this year.​Poor St. Louis Aldermen. Sure, their $32,000 a year salary is nothing to sneeze at and roughly on par with what state reps ($36k) and senators ($31k) earn. But when it co ... More >>

Will We Live to See Blernsball?

Conan O'Brien Coming to STL -- Kind Of

​Conan O'Brien may've snubbed us and skipped St. Louis in his most recent comedy tour, but now he's finally coming to the Fox on April 2! And yet...will it be the Coco you crave? The occasion is the 23rd Annual Bob Costas Benefit, which typically raises $1 million for the cancer center at Cardinal ... More >>

Tiger Woods Follows McGwire, Hires Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer

Who's got a softball question? You, with Fox News. ​Tiger Woods is preparing his return to golf following his self-imposed exile to deal with, um, domestic issues. ESPN is reporting that Woods has hired PR maven Ari Fleischer (George W. Bush's former press secretary) to help smooth his return to t ... More >>

The Grand Mac Experiment So Far

​So, just how well is the Mark-McGwire-recast-as-hitting-coach experiment going? Two words: Not Well. Okay, maybe three words: Really Not Well. So far we've got Jack Clark ripping Big Mac and everyone else who played in the 90s pretty much indiscriminately, Jose Canseco scoring poin ... More >>

Public Relations Fail: Mark McGwire, the Cardinals and a Crowded Hallway

It started out so well for Big Mac. The Cards hired George W. Bush's former press secretary and master of atonement Ari Fleischer to help the team's new hitting coach gently break the news that he was on the juice. After a misty-eyed interview with local/national broadcaster Bob Costas, media critic ... More >>

Canseco to McGwire: "Hook Yourself to a Polygraph and Call Me a Liar!"

​Remember Jose Canseco's allegation in his book "Juiced" that he and Mark McGwire shot each other with steroids in the locker room stalls in Oakland? During his steroid confession Monday night to Bob Costas, McGwire denied the claim, saying that Canseco made up the story to help sell his book. Yes ... More >>

New York Times Analyzes McGwire's 'Roids Reveal Strategy, Finds it Sound

​If one were a professional baseball player, and if one used performance-enhancing drugs, and if one was evasive about it under questioning from members of the United States Congress, and if one were to come clean five years later after being hired as a hitting coach for one's former team, one wou ... More >>

Mark McGwire Now Ready to "Talk About the Past", Issues Statement on Using Steroids

​Mark McGwire admitted today that he used steroids throughout much of his career with the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. The statement came a week after Cardinals manager Tony La Russa stated publicly that McGwire needed to discuss steroid allegations prior to stepping in as the team's ... More >>

Marvin Barnes, Rising ABA Star in the 1970s, Tells of Drug Dealing with the St. Louis Mob

Marvin Barnes as an ABA player​Looking back on his time playing for the Spirits of St. Louis in the 1970s, Marvin Barnes says he was one of the top five basketball players on the planet. He may well have been: As a player in the American Basketball Association, he earned Rookie of the Year honors ... More >>

Extreme Makeover: All-Star Edition: St. Louis is cleaning house for the midsummer classic, but is it, well, lipstick on a pig?

Joe Buck Live Airs in Two Weeks on HBO

St. Louis broadcaster Joe Buck begins his live, sports talk show on HBO later this month. The show is taking over the slot from that other famed St. Louis sports broadcaster, Bob Costas, and his Costas Now. But if you think Buck's show will be at all like Costas' you may be in for a surprise. In add ... More >>

Paul Simon to Play Costas Cancer Center Benefit @ Fox Theatre April 18

Paul Simon's bound for the Fox Theatre Saturday, April 18 to play the 21st annual Bob Costas Benefit Concert for the Costas Cancer Center at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital.Show's at 8 p.m. Tickets are priced at $25, $35, $50, $75 and $100. .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.co ... More >>

How Many Post-Dispatch Writers Does it Take to Re-Report a Story?

Last week we mentioned the great investigative piece in the Belleville News Democrat that called into question curious payments at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis. As the BND outlined in its Jan. 11 cover story, the charitable foundation founded by Olympic track st ... More >>

Show Review: Ratatat, Panther and E*Rock at the Gargoyle, Saturday, August 30

Buzz "3 Nights" Bissinger vs. Will "Deadspin" Leitch: Bissinger Eats Crow

Buzz "3 Nights" Bissinger vs. Will "Deadspin" Leitch: No Contest

Buzz "3 Nights" Bissinger vs. Will "Deadspin" Leitch: No Contest

Money Ball

Bob Costas recalls the “genius deal” that keeps alive the Spirits of St. Louis of the old American Basketball Association.

Unreal News Challenge 2005!

Time again to take the year-end quiz

Literary Events

Fantastic Four

We look back on the career of Gary Mac and check out the concerts of the Final Four

On the Road Again

The Yard Dogs are here

Big or Rich?

Unreal takes matters into our own hands (tee hee!) and re-enters the wonderful world of note-passing with the opposite sex. Plus, we settle the age-old debate: Which is better, Clayton or Ladue?

Sports Trivia Saved Our Town

Speaking Frankly

Best Folk Artist

Jim Nelson

Hoop Till You Droop

Market Street closed for ballin'

Pro Ball, Pro-Life

Two Redbirds and a bunch of other big-leaguers throw the sports-activism debate a curveball

Best Sports-Broadcast Personality

Mike Shannon, KMOX (1120 AM)

Best Place to Get Overstuffed

Luttrell Upholstering Shop

Best Restaurant Ambience

Woofie's

Sudden Death

Halo and hype over Jack Buck pierced by the passing of Darryl Kile

Film Feast

The 10th annual St. Louis International Film Festival arrives this week, and with it a plethora of films and a revived energy

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

John Carney jokes about an advertiser's toupee and gets yanked off the air for a week

Who's on First?

The Baseball Brain Bowl, with 100 tricky questions written by Bill Moushey, is likely to be the late trivia enthusiast's finest hour

Best Bar/Nightclub

Blueberry Hill

He Writes a Book, He Broadcasts Games, He Raises Money for Charity, He Changes Lyrics

That Bob Costas guy really gets around

Short Cuts

Foul Ball

Whitey Herzog takes a vicious swing at money-driven modern baseball, where only the wealthy win -- and the fans always lose

Letters to the Editor