Subject: St. Louis Rams

• Here's the Must-Have St. Louis Rams Item for this Season

  September 29, 2008

• Haslett on Incognito: "What is wrong with this mother******?"

  October 13, 2008

• Edward Jones Dome is Worst in NFL

  October 15, 2008

• Over the Weekend: Barack Obama Under the Arch, David Byrne at the Fox, Jack's Art Show at Koken, Metro Station, Cobra Starship at Pop's

  October 20, 2008

• Money Train: Pro-Proposition M Fundraising Squashes the Opposition

  October 22, 2008

• Over the Weekend: Halloween Parties, Stephen Malkmus, Neil Diamond, $2 Gasoline

  November 3, 2008

• The 2008 Rams We've Come to Know and Love (And Hate)

  November 3, 2008

• The Candlestick Catastrophe and Other Nicknames for the Rams '08 Season

  Well, yet another Sunday has passed for the St. Louis Rams, and yet another horrific loss. See, the Rams played the 49ers yesterday. San Francisco, in no uncertain terms, is a crappy football team. Don't get me wrong; the Rams are also a crappy football team, but this was supposed to be their chance to actually compete in a game, to at least fight on roughly even ground against another also ran. Final score: San Francisco 35, St. Louis 16. And in no way was the game anywhere near that close.

  November 17, 2008

• How in God's Name are the Rams Worth Twice as Much as the Cardinals?

  fanshop.sfgate.comWhen it comes to inflated valuations, the Rams are solid gold.If somehow you haven't heard yet, the St. Louis Rams are up for sale to the highest bidder, leaving open the possibility that the franchise could move out of Missouri. Sports columnist Bernie Miklasz broke the news Sunday. More interesting to me, though, was not that the team is up for bid (that's been inevitable since Georgia Frontiere's kids inherited the team last year). What's tough for me to swallow is that Forb

  June 1, 2009

• Go! Thanksgiving Weekend Calendar, November 26-30

  Looking for someplace to escape the clutches of family and in-laws with a few friends? Admit it, you may feel that way sometime over the next few days.Looking for live music? Here's your St. Louis weekend concert calendar.

  November 26, 2008

• Five Ways to Build Buzz for a Sinking NFL Franchise: The St. Louis Rams

  It's tough being a Rams fan these days. But hey, if you think it's tough following the team, just think of how hard it is trying to sell this team to the people of St. Louis.They get outscored by something along the lines of 10-1 in the first half, and then it gets really ugly. That scenario could very well play out again today, as fans are going to watch former Ram/community hero/comeback kid MVP candidate Kurt Warner and the Arizona Cardinals take on the lowly Rams at noon today.When you've go

  December 7, 2008

• Over the Weekend: Drug Deal Shooting Follow-Up, Sharon Jones at the Pageant, Kurt Warner Kills Rams

  Good morning, St. Louis! Here's what you may have missed over the weekend:On Friday afternoon, we posted a story about how the grandson of a former mayor of St. Louis was shot in both arms during a drug deal. The story was posted late in the afternoon, so if you missed it, check it out here (with police report included): Police Say Grandson of Former St. Louis Mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes Wounded in Drug Deal Involving Clayton High School Students Onto the music:Sharon Jones at the PageantSoulful

  December 8, 2008

• Congratulations, You Bastards

  Well, the day has finally come. Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2008 NFC West Champions, the Arizona Cardinals. And their leader, Klobberin' Kurt Warner. So congratulations to the Cardinals and congratulations to Kurt. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. 

  December 8, 2008

• Are the Rams the worst team in football? Let the NFL NIT decide.

  "Oh God," the bartender at Nadine's Gin Joint muttered yesterday afternoon. "It's time for the Rams again." Then the boys in blue and gold promptly met everyone in the bar's lowest expectations, getting stomped 34-10 by Arizona, the unlikeliest of NFC West champions. Talk eventually turned to the same pitiful banter that has accompanied the past half dozen Rams pity parties: What draft pick will they get and who should they take with it? Are they worse than Detroit or some of those oth

  December 8, 2008

• Sunday, Bloody Sunday: The Rams Do It Again

  So there I was yesterday, typing happily away as the Rams' fourth quarter wound down. I had most of a column done, and I felt pretty damn good about it. I had a column nearly ready to go about how the Rams had just barely held on to beat the Seahawks, despite not putting the Seattle team away when they had the chance. There were plenty of things to really, really like in this game, I had written, despite the score being much closer than it should have been. A couple of turnovers in the firs

  December 15, 2008

• Ref Tackles Rams Player Kenneth Darby, But Few Saw it Because of TV Blackout

  In case you missed it, here's Rams running back Kenneth Darby crumpling like a schoolyard runt under the wall-like stature of the... referee. During Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers:Sadly for loyal fans, the game was blacked-out on local TV because it wasn't a sell-out, which is why you likely didn't see Marc Bulger throw an interception in the final minute of the game. The Rams now find themselves in the longest losing streak over the course of the team's history here in St. Louis,

  December 22, 2008

• Are the Rams Playing (Losing) for Draft Picks? It Could Appear That Way

  At some point in time, I honestly have to wonder if the Rams are throwing these games. Not completely just going in the tank, mind you; obviously, I think there's a real component of true ineptitude here. Yes, I realize that is a pretty serious understatement, and that this group largely looks like a weekend rec center flag football team playing against real NFL competition most weekends, but hear me out. 

  December 23, 2008

• The End of the Whole Mess: Five Things to Take from the Rams' Painful Season

  Well, the Rams' 2008 campaign has finally, mercifully, come to an end. And you know what's just a little bit sad about that fact? They actually started to look a little bit like a real team there toward the end. Yes, they lost to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday afternoon. But guess what? The Falcons are good. They've got a dynamic young quarterback in Matt Ryan, one of the best tandems of running backs in the National Football League. and a defense that has been fairly stout for most of

  December 29, 2008

• New York Post Sprouts Horns Over Signing of Steve Spagnuolo to Rams

  Apparently the sports editors at New York Post were not happy with New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo signing a four-year, $11.5-million deal to become the new head coach of the Rams. Here's the cover of the Post's sports section yesterday. What's with them referring to St. Louis as "St. Loo"? Are they implying our city is a big toilet?

  January 19, 2009

• Owner of St. Louis Radio Stations KLOU (103.3), The Beat (100.3) and Others Announces Big Layoffs

  Clear Channel, the largest owner of radio stations in the United States with more than 800 outlets, announced yesterday that it plans to eliminate 1,850 jobs across the nation. The San Antonio-based company reported that advertisement revenue fell 7 percent in the third quarter. The 1,850 jobs represents nine percent of the Clear Channel's workforce.   In St. Louis, Clear Channel owns the following outlets:Oldies station KLOU (103.3)Hip-hop station 100.3 The BeatTop 40 station Z 107.7Countr

  January 21, 2009

• Today's Old School Football Cardinals Photo

  Now that the Arizona Cardinals, historically one of the worst teams in all of professional sports, are in the Super Bowl, we thought we'd take a look at the team's years here in St. Louis.From 1960 to 1987 the Cardinals played in St. Louis, and to sum up the feelings of many fans who watched the team, they sucked for a lot of that time. Then the team moved to Phoenix and continuted to stay in the cellar.In recent years, owner Bill Bidwell and his family received public and private financing to b

  January 22, 2009

• The Ed's Big Facelift

  It looks like the Rams are finally going to do something about the Edward Jones Dome. And it's well past time. As part of the attempt to turn around the fortunes of a fading franchise, Chip Rosenbloom and the rest of the Rams' ownership group announced they are beginning a $30 million renovation project of the Ed. Of course, whether or not this will be enough to get the dome up to even passable standards is tough to say, given the current awfulness of the atmosphere down at Convention Plaza

  February 11, 2009

• The Unreal Solution to the St. Louis Rams and the Dome Dilemma

  Much has been made about how the drab confines of the Edward Jones Dome could provide an excuse for the Rams to leave St. Louis once they're sold to a new owner.The team's contract with St. Louis mandates that the dome be among the nicest 25 percent of stadiums in the NFL, and no one who's been to the Ed (or "football warehouse," as it has also been called) could argue that the venue comes anywhere close. In fact, in 2007 Sports Illustrated ranked just five stadiums (out of the league's thirty-o

  June 5, 2009

• Web Find of the Week: Rams "Ram It" Video

  This is just too good not to share with the general public. Remember the Chicago Bears "Super Bowl Shuffle" back in 1985? Well, the Bears weren't the only NFL team to create and produce a horrific rap video. Our beloved Los Angeles St. Louis Rams also had a turn. Yes that's Hall-of-Famer Eric Dickerson showing off his smoov moves halfway through the video. My favorite character comes in at minute 3:50. He's the hillbilly seated on a motorcycle in the locker room. As the Internet sleuth who sent

  February 17, 2009

• One Piece at a Time: Building the Rams' Defense

  You know, if you had told me just a couple of years ago that signing Ron Bartell was going to be of paramount importance for the Rams to have any chance of being competitive, I probably would have laughed in your face.

  March 3, 2009

• The Butler Did It (Or At Least We Hope He Will)

  I was starting to get nervous there for a little while, but the Rams did what needed to be done in the end and got their man. flickr.com/photos/matneymWelcome to the team, James.James Butler, strong safety, recently of the New York Giants, is now a Ram, and I couldn't be happier. (Well, technically, I suppose I could, but it would likely require things to happen that the Rams just aren't in control of. Although, if they were willing to loan me a member of their cheerleading squad for a whil

  March 12, 2009

• Unreal takes back the Big Red, talks to a Steeler, and dances the inaugural night away
  

  January 28, 2009

• Grading the Rams Draft

  It's been over a week now since the NFL draft, specifically since the Rams' draft. I suppose you're wondering at this point, is this guy just really lazy, or a little slow on the uptake? Well, I freely admit to being both of those things, but I also have a reason for writing my draft grades this long after the draft. 

  May 5, 2009

• We try to calculate the Rams' worth, catch up with Kenny Hulshof and remember the good old days of air travel

  June 10, 2009

• Unreal applies for a little job and advocates decapitation

  June 10, 2009

• Donnie Avery to Miss 4-6 Weeks; Local Sportswriter to Have Panic Attack

  Sigh. Rams' training camp is just now getting into full swing, and I'm already having to talk myself off the ledge. The reason? The injuries have begun. Coming into the season, Donnie Avery was supposed to be the Rams' number one receiver. That alone is reason for concern, not because Avery isn't a good receiver (he is, and I think he's going to be really, really good down the road), but because Avery is only in his second season in the NFL. He's got the hands, and he's certainly got the wh

  August 11, 2009

• Rams Odds of Winning Super Bowl: 80 to 1

  This is not a good year to "double down" on the Rams.​Hey, it could be worse. Back in February Las Vegas gave St. Louis a 100-1 chance of winning the 2010 Super Bowl. Apparently, the odds makers like the direction new head coach Steve Spagnuolo is taking team in bumping the chances up to 80-1. Still, only the Detroit Lions (who failed to win a single game in 2008) have greater odds of winning this season's Super Bowl.  And odds makers are not expecting the Rams to be a winning franchise a

  August 12, 2009

• Pre-Seasoning the Falcons

  August 19, 2009

• The Jason Smith Conundrum

  You know, I'm not normally real big on preseason football. Unlike spring training in baseball, it's hard to really follow the position battles and the like in football. Guys get shifted around so much even during the season that where a particular guy is playing in a particular game really tells you very little (read: almost nothing), about what's really going on with the player, the coaching staff, or the team as a whole. Plus, when the preseason begins for football, the baseball season is just

  August 21, 2009

• Why the Rams Suck

  Brenda Warner: Exhibit DD in the case of "Why the Rams Suck"​If you haven't read it yet, Deadspin is having its readers write NFL previews on the weaknesses of the league's 32 teams. Last week, a reader named "Adam S." critiqued the St. Louis Rams. Along with recalling the dark days of Rich Brooks (who coached the Rams in their inaugural St. Louis season), Adam S. also picks apart Mike Martz for trading away Kurt Warner. But the most convincing argument Adam S. makes against the Rams (and St.

  September 1, 2009

• Good Samaritan goes to a topless bar, the RFT readers choose their next Donnybrook host, and man, oh man, is Brenda Warner hot!

  September 9, 2009

• Meet the New Rams; Same As the Old Rams

  See, it's both a snarky way of making fun of the Rams' ineptitude and a way to remind us of better days. Nice, huh? ​Well, hopefully this (and by this, of course, I mean the unceremonious 28-0 ass kicking we all witnessed yesterday), will put to an end all that hopeful speculation people come up with regarding the Rams being this year's version of the Dolphins or Falcons or Ravens; i.e. teams who turned their fortunes around in only a single short year. Those teams were all terrible the year b

  September 14, 2009

• Who is Ass Clown of the Week? Vote Now!

  ​It's that time of the week again. Time to elect your favorite Ass Clown of the past seven days. You know the rules: Vote for the local headline maker you feel made the biggest ass of themselves this week. And the nominees...1. Joseph Jupiter: The 20-year-old man from California who allegedly traveled to the St. Louis area this week to meet a juvenile teen. As the KMOX headline so eloquently put it: "Police: Man traveled from San Diego to have sex with 14-year-old MO girl." Which prompts the q

  September 18, 2009

• The Bus is Back In Town

  www.flickr.com/photos/afagen​So our tongues may have been planted firmly in our cheeks when it came to the Best Bus Route category in our 2009 Best Of St. Louis issue:Best Bus RouteWe regret due to lack of funding service to this category is suspended.But despite seemingly every useful stop in the city bearing that brief and cutting message, some good things are actually going down with public transportation in the River City.At the beginning of August, Metro implemented their "Partial Service

  October 2, 2009

• This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

  ​Another week, another new column. (Just one more new column to introduce, by the way.) We welcomed the Beertender this week. Check it out, if you haven't already. We also heard news on Niche and Pi, paid a visit to Anthony Devoti of Five and celebrated the St. Louis Rams waiting tables and the first Midtown Street Fest with pictures.Oh -- and there was that whole Best of St. Louis 2009 thing.What else happened this week?Throwback of the House said to hell with it and microwaved aluminum foil.

  October 2, 2009

• A Metaphor For the Rams Season: "The Most Pathetic Baby Panda Ever"

  Just four miserable weeks into the season, and what's left to say about the 2009 St. Louis Rams? They are the worst football team in the NFL, and perhaps one of the worst teams of all-time. That about sums it up.But while Post-Dispatch columnist Bryan Burwell makes a convincing argument that the penalty-plagued, heartless performance of tackle Alex Barron against the 49ers yesterday best symbolizes this disaster of a franchise, the Internet offers a much more fitting parallel.Behold: What does a

  October 5, 2009

• Rams Snatch Defeat From the Jaws Of Victory Against Vikings

  Wikimedia Commons​As miserable as the past seven days have been in the St. Louis sporting world, local fans can take solace in the fact that it could be a hell of a lot worse.Take Seattle and their unfathomably depressing 2008: the Mariners lost 101 games, the Seahawks went 4-12, the once-proud University of Washington (this writer's alma mater) football program didn't win a single game, and the Sonics -- the city's only franchise to win a championship (not counting the WNBA, of course) -- mov

  October 12, 2009

• Latest Quasi-Celebrities to Turd on Limbaugh's Bid for Rams

  The Rams are in play, and everybody's got an opinion.​NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell expressed reservations yesterday at the prospects of Rush Limbaugh owning the St. Louis Rams. Speaking at the NFL Fall League Meeting yesterday, Goodell had this to say about Limbaugh: "The comments that Rush made about Donovan [McNabb] I disagree with very strongly.  [They were] polarizing comments that we don't think reflect accurately on the NFL or our players and I obviou

  October 14, 2009

• Torry Holt Pulls A Brett Favre Versus The Rams

  sportscrzy.wordpress.com/2009/07/Torry Holt did everything but cry when the Jags beat his Rams on Sunday​Finally: a real football game from the Rams. The offense moved the ball, the defense came up big (Leonard Little leaping into the end zone like superman? More of that please), and St. Louis was a coin flip away from its first win in 16 games.The story of this match-up, though, was not a near end to the Rams ineptitude. No, it was Rams legend Torry Holt torching his former team for 101 recei

  October 19, 2009

• Hey, Rams Fans, It Could Be Worse

  ​Let's face it, folks; it's tough being a St. Louis Rams fan these days. Sure, they took the Jacksonville Jaguars into overtime yesterday before losing, but the Jags aren't exactly the '85 Bears or anything. They're 0-6, the offense is just flat-out awful, the defense is routinely getting beaten up because they're on the field 40 minutes a game, and there really isn't a whole lot of hope on the horizon. It's going to be a long, ugly season here in Rams country, make no mistake. On the oth

  October 19, 2009

• Missouri Loves Company: St. Louis and Detroit Sadly Aren't so Different

  What could possibly be intriguing about the St. Louis Rams vs. Detroit Lions match-up on Sunday -- the game that pits the two worst NFL teams in recent memory against each other? http://www.detroitlions.com/This pre-grame graphic on the Detroit Lions web site seems to promise helmet-smashing football in outer space.​The pitiful squads have more in common than just losses it seems. Here are ten commonalities the pathetic squads share. 10. They both play in a dome. Sure, it's a simple and obvio

  October 29, 2009

• On Any Given Sunday: The Horrific St. Louis Rams Can Beat the Terrible Detroit Lions

  www.stlouisrams.comRare sighting: Steven Jackson's TD dance​Yes, this is why we love the NFL! It's so unpredictable. Like yesterday, when you have a classic matchup such as the Rams vs. the Lions. Here's a team -- St. Louis -- that until yesterday had lost 17 straight games playing against a Detroit franchise that has won just one contest all year and failed to win a single game in all of '08 -- to become the NFL's first franchise to finish a sixteen-game season without a victory. But enough a

  November 2, 2009

• Rams Win! Rams Win! The RAAAMMMS WIIINNN!

  www.ww2poster.co.uk​It finally happened: The 2009 St. Louis Rams ran into a team worse than them. It wasn't pretty (only this team could turn an interception into a safety) but the Rams finally came through when it counted. Steven Jackson finally broke the touchdown jinx that hounded him all season when it counted most. Heck, even Chris Long finally managed to get a sack. Finally!Who cares if only two percent of the country got the broadcast (really, it was lucky for them) or that the contest

  November 2, 2009

• Why Rams Fans Still Shouldn't Be Excited

  The St. Louis Rams won a game. Hoo-ray. Now let me tell you why I'm not excited about it, and why you shouldn't be either. Steven Jackson runs for a 17 yard gain against a werewolf. ​Okay, wait. You know what? That's too quick. I should probably take a second to properly celebrate this victory. After all, whether it was pretty or not, a good game or not, or even watchable football or not, the Rams are not going to go 0-16 this year. That is pretty awesome. Steven Jackson is the

  November 2, 2009

• 10 Things to Do Under $10 in St. Louis This Weekend, November 13-15

  Remain non-broke all the way through Monday with the following suggestions for having fun on a budget this weekend. Looking for live music? We have that for you too, with our weekend concert calendar. It's also one of the best weekends all year long to see a movie in St. Louis.​Everything is Terrible!: The Movie at Antarctica (Friday)A group of students at Ohio University compiled the worst video footage they could find, found footage "ranging from the hilariously arcane to the blissfully obsc

  November 13, 2009