Have you heard the news? According to Bryan Burwell's sappy tear-jerker in the Post-Dispatch this morning, 57 of the 61 players on the Rams roster have signed a petition asking that the team sign head coach Jim Haslett to a contract next season. That's right. Even after yesterday's embarrassing fourth-quarter collapse to the Atlanta Falcons to bring their season-ending record to 2-14, the majority of players on the team still have faith in their head coach. The players, btw, affectionately
I barely remember the St. Louis football Cardinals. I was only eight years old when they left; the extent of what I really have of them is an old nylon backpack in burgundy and a glass mug with the gridbird logo on the side. Even so, the team has a special little place in my heart. I suppose it probably has a place for most of us, regardless of our actual feelings for the team and its -- ahem -- owners. In that weird collective way that cities have of assimilating sporting teams, the Cardin
Unreal's eyes are smilin' on the Irish Person of the Year. Plus, a sobering Local Blog o' the Week, some much-loved clean jokes and...what were we talking about?
Then there were two: Hanifan out of Rams booth.My online petition last year to toss Jim Hanifan from the broadcast booth only garnered two signatures. Apparently, though, that was enough for WXOS (101.1 FM) to agree to get rid of Hanifan this season when the station takes over Rams radio broadcasts from KLOU (103.3 FM). Post-Dispatch sports-media scribe Dan Ceaser reports today that former Rams player D'Marco Farr will take over Hanifan's color commentary role in the broadcast booth. Farr has se
Martin Duggan​If you haven't heard the "schmooze" yet, Martin Duggan, the host of KETC's Donnybrook, plans to retire in December. The 88-year-old Duggan has served as "provocateur" (host) of the Thursday evening talk show since its first airing in 1987. In a previous lifetime, Duggan was editorial page editor for the now-defunct St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In recent years on Donnybrook, Duggan can often be seen jarring awake from a cat nap to yell: "Ray Hartmann! What do you think?! Zzzz..." Yes
Jim Hanifan​Last week Daily RFT conducted a poll asking readers to choose the next provocateur of KETC's (Channel 9) popular Donnybrook talk show. Our field of geezer candidates to replace the program's current host -- 88-year-old Martin Duggan -- included local geriatric celebrities such as Father Time, Jerry Berger, Ed Golterman and Joe Pollack. But in the end it was former Rams and football Cardinals coach Jim Hanifan who ran away with the vote.
