Stan Musial

Lewis Reed: "Grim Reaper of Radio" Bob Romanik Top Donor To Francis Slay Opponent

Lewis Reed, president of the Board of Aldermen and candidate for St. Louis mayor, has just filed a new campaign finance report that reveals his donors. And up top in the filing, on view below, is Bob Romanik, a.k.a. the "Grim Reaper of Radio" and subject of an RFT cover story back in August. Reed, ... More >>

A Giants Fan Tries to Make Sense of St. Louis

Former RFT staff writer Albert Samaha, a Bay-Area native, just published the following for our sister paper in San Francisco, SF Weekly. Enjoy!Today, roaming bands of Giants Nation will converge on Busch Stadium to watch game three of the NLCS.Of course, San Franciscans leaving the safety of our pen ... More >>

The St. Louis Cardinals' Managerial Mount Rushmore

The Cardinals' Online Museum Goes on the Road

​It's a marriage made in...Arkansas? The St. Louis Cardinals' Hall of Fame Museum went into storage back in 2008, in anticipation of it moving to Ballpark Village. As we all know, that didn't quite work out, so in January of 2012, the museum moved to its new home: online at this shiny new website. ... More >>

Statue of Albert Pujols Near Completion; 9-Foot Sculpture Will Grace Westport Plaza

​When we heard that the Pujols Family Foundation was about to unveil a nine-foot bronze statue of Albert Pujols, our first question was: Is Albert wearing a Cardinals jersey?"He is," says sculptor Harry Weber, who's been working on the piece since around the time Pujols ended contract-extension ta ... More >>

Cardinals Launch Social Media Campaign for Mike Shannon

cardinals.comHow could anyone not "like" a guy willing to wear this jacket?​Hoping to duplicate what their fan base did in getting Stan Musial the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Cardinals have once more reached out through social media to honor one of their own. The Redbirds want their legenda ... More >>

Here's To You, Mr. Robinson: KMOX finds Jackie Robinson's 1960 interview with Jack Buck

Jack Buck, "the Negro," and Jackie Robinson

Jack Buck interviews Jackie Robinson​On July 7, 2011, when rain halted the Cardinals' assault on the Diamondbacks in the sixth inning, local sportscasters found themselves with an hour to kill. Kevin Wheeler, host of Sports Open Line at KMOX (1120 AM), decided to do something that hadn't been done ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Hey kids, it's time for fucking bed.​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending July 10, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. Way to g ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

If you were reading this at bedtime, would you want to go the fuck to sleep?​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending June 19, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subte ... More >>

Attention, working moms: Author (and Schlafly niece) Suzanne Venker thinks you are destroying America

What To Expect At This Year's Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival

​When the St. Louis Jazz and Heritage Festival folded in 2008, the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, which starts tomorrow at the Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Missouri - St. Louis, became the biggest local festival featuring touring jazz musicians.

Albert Pujols' Statement on Failed Contract Extension

​Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols released the following statement after he and the team were unable to strike a contract extension prior to a deadline set for yesterday. As Daily RFT noted on Wednesday, the passing of the deadline doesn't mean that Pujols won't return to the Cardinals. Plent ... More >>

Point & Clique: The 2011 RFT St. Louis Web Awards

Cards Fan Announces Rally to Keep Pujols in St. Louis

John H. Tucker​Yesterday's 20-degree weather didn't stop a shirtless, nipple-pierced Kirk Pound from promoting his "Give Us 5 for Life" rally, which he'll hold at Busch Stadium next weekend in attempt to keep Albert Pujols in a Cardinals uniform for the rest of his career. Pound is calling on ... More >>

Finalists for RFT Web Awards -- Revealed!

​The votes are in for the RFT's first-ever Web Awards! And while we're not about to tell you who won -- not quite yet, anyway -- we've got the full list of finalists right here.The winners were nominated by you and chosen by our esteemed panel of judges. We'll be announcing the winners online next ... More >>

Finalists for RFT Web Awards -- Revealed!

​The votes are in for the RFT's first-ever Web Awards! And while we're not about to tell you who won -- not quite yet, anyway -- we've got the full list of finalists right here.The winners were nominated by you and chosen by our esteemed panel of judges. We'll be announcing the winners online next ... More >>

St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame Confirms Blues' Place as City's Red-Headed Stepchild

Missing: Brian Sutter's teeth and more Blues players in the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame.​Need more proof that St. Louis is a "baseball town"? Check out the names (below) of the athletes and broadcasters inducted yesterday to the inaugural class of the new St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame. Ten of th ... More >>

Chesterfield Studio Saved From Wrecking Ball

Wiegand sculpts statues of ilk like Bob Hope and Stan Musial. ​Don Wiegand's studio in Chesterfield Valley ain't going anywhere after all. Lawyers for the sculptor and the Army Corps of Engineers announced yesterday that they'd inked an agreement allowing Wiegand to stay put at 1 Wiegand Driv ... More >>

Albert Pujols Wins MVP Award

commons.wikimedia.org​Bill James has called him the perfect player, and this year, the voters apparently agreed. Albert Pujols won his third MVP award today, second in a row, by a unanimous vote. In other news, the sun came up today in the East, much as had been expected. Pujols nearly d ... More >>

St. Louis Geezer Buys $100,000 Worth of Bernie Madoff's Jewelry To Teach Daughters A Lesson in Fiscal Responsibility

Photo of Lester Miller via St. Louis Business Journal​Lester Miller knows a thing or two about being filthy rich. He also knows what its like to be dirt poor. Maybe that's why he's taken such an interest in the rags-to-riches-to-orange-jumpsuit story of Bernie Madoff.Miller, a 77-year-old Ladue re ... More >>

Cardinals' playoff run cut short, Rock Hill's infamous traffic cop will retire his radar gun; and Up in the Air is good to fly

Rock Hill's Legendary (Infamous) Ticket-Writing Traffic Cop Set to Retire Radar Gun

Courtesy Rock Hill Police Department Officer Ron Zeigler loves signing his autograph -- on your speeding ticket, that is.​Gentlemen, start your engines. Twenty-six years and 150,000 traffic tickets later, Rock Hill's rainmaker is hanging up his radar gun. You heard right folks, Officer Rona ... More >>

Foul Territory: Unreal goes outside the lines during All-Star Week

Map Locations At A Glance: Miscellaneous

Map Locations At A Glance: Cemeteries

Map Locations At A Glance: Baseball Homes Of The Stars

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

My Cardinals: Tim Lane

This past year, over at Viva El Birdos, I wrote a post on Christmas Eve called "God Bless Us, Everyone." It wasn't about baseball, as is often the case with the things that I write, but about my own feelings at Christmas about, well, just life in general. I was pretty proud of the way the piece turn ... More >>

The Walgreen-ing of America

Unreal News Challenge 2007

Week of December 27, 2007

Smooth Operators

Schoolhouse Rock's songwriter celebrates a few special birthdays in St. Louis while we pit Kenny G vs. Trans-Siberian Orchestra in a fight to the holiday death.

Ladue Me

Ian cheers his lowly team from a high-class sports bar

Foul Frequency

PR flops. Staff upheaval. Shrill talk-show hosts. The Cardinals' flagship station can't seem to find the strike zone.

Go Crazy, Folks!

One museum. Five hundred pieces of baseball history. All kinds of sweet!

Letters

Week of September 15, 2004

Cakewalking the Dog

Three Dog Bakery parties with pooches

Berger Bit

Unreal bids fond farewell to Jerry Berger, witnesses a presidential Opening Day and a six-foot-tall termite and gives out a very, very special award

It's a Small World

East meets west at the City Museum, and entertainment and cultural exchanges are the happy results

Play (Snow) Ball!

Bring gloves and mittens

Cowboy Him

A hometown boy's skills on the open range could win him $25K, Mariano Favazza offers a money-back guarantee, and Unreal gets to the seat of the issue at the new ballpark; plus, won't someone from the STL break the marathon-bowling record?

Gland of Opportunity

Dr. William J. Catalona built an unrivaled repository of blood and tissue samples. Washington University wants to keep it. Now a judge will decide: Who owns the prostates?

The Mallinckrodt Project

Week of August 20, 2003

Perpetual Voice

Chuck Norman says WGNU will still be wacky after he's gone

E.T. Trumps Andro

We don't need no stinking McGwire Highway!

Sudden Death

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

Giants' Lesson: Part 2

How Frisco success ruined case for stadium welfare handouts

Killer B.

One chef makes the jump from country club to Clayton, with delicious results

Card Sharks

The St. Louis Cardinals want your money for their $370 million ballpark. But before the game begins, somebody needs to reshuffle the deck.

How Do You Celebrate Your Patriotism?