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Bob Costas

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 18, 2010

    Will We Live to See Blernsball?

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    July 8, 2009

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Murray Chass Has Bacne on the Brain

    I read on Deadspin that  ex-New York Times baseball columnist Murray Chass had a blog post up about possible Hall of Famer-to-be Mike Piazza's legendary bacne. After exceprting Chass' post thusly --www.murraychass.comMurray Chass rocks baseball column writing old school. No blogs for him, nosir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • News

    July 18, 2007

    Money Ball

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

  • News

    October 25, 2006

    Prince of Darkness

    A St. Louis company is making a killing off Halloween. Your screams are music to their ears.

  • News

    December 28, 2005

    Unreal News Challenge 2005!

    Time again to take the year-end quiz

  • Calendar

    August 24, 2005

    Literary Events

    Time again to take the year-end quiz

  • Music

    March 30, 2005

    Fantastic Four

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

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2005

    On the Road Again

    The Yard Dogs are here

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    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?

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2003

    Sports Trivia Saved Our Town

    Speaking Frankly

  • Music

    September 24, 2003

    Best Folk Artist

    Jim Nelson

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2003

    Hoop Till You Droop

    Market Street closed for ballin'

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    Pro Ball, Pro-Life

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

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 25, 2002

    Best Sports-Broadcast Personality

    Mike Shannon, KMOX (1120 AM)

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 25, 2002

    Best Place to Get Overstuffed

    Luttrell Upholstering Shop

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 25, 2002

    Best Restaurant Ambience

    Woofie's

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    Sudden Death

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

  • Film

    November 7, 2001

    Screen Gems

    Schedule of events for the 2001 St. Louis International Film Festival

  • Film

    November 7, 2001

    Film Feast

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

  • News

    November 7, 2001

    Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

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

  • Calendar

    August 8, 2001

    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

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    Peeling the Onion

    Onion Horton says he's everything a white man wants a black man to be

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 27, 2000

    Best Bar/Nightclub

    Blueberry Hill

  • News

    April 5, 2000

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

    That Bob Costas guy really gets around

  • Calendar

    August 4, 1999

    PALL BERRA

    A new PBS documentary on Yogi Berra drops the ball

  • News

    May 5, 1999

    Short Cuts

    A new PBS documentary on Yogi Berra drops the ball

  • News

    May 5, 1999

    Foul Ball

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

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Letters to the Editor

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

  • News

    December 16, 1998

    Dan Deal

    KTRS starts a fresh assault on morning ratings leader KMOX by adding one of its already existing assets to the airwaves -- Dan Dierdorf

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