Joe Sports Fan

2/22/2012

Kansas-Mizzou Memorabilia Battle Rages On

Even with Mizzou's disastrous home loss to Kansas State last night, all eyes remain on the weekend showdown in Lawrence, KS. We all know about the basketball and football rivalry between Kansas and Mizzou and how it’s coming to an end. We’ve heard it a thousand times. But the battle ... Read More
2/21/2012

The Return of the Stump Mitchell Headline

Unfazed by their colleague at ESPN.com taking heat when he dropped an ethnic pun related to Jeremy Lin last week, the STLToday.com headline writers kept chugging along Monday morning dropping two doozies above the fold on the site this morning: We've heard the Mark McGwire ones for years, but it's ... Read More
2/15/2012

The Jeremy Lin All-Stars - St. Louis Edition

The Jeremy Lin phenomenon is virtually impossible to ignore right now for a sports fan. Between the puntastic last name and the fact that he plays in the most self-absorbed sports market in the nation, Lin’s unexpected emergence over his last six games as a NY Knick has ESPN dedicating ... Read More
2/14/2012

Limited Edition Mike Matheny Valentine's Day Cards

New St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny is a dashing buck.  Striking, actually. Thus, we weren't surprised to come across his very own set of Valentine's Day cards.  Pass them along to that special someone in St. Louis on February 14th.  Man, woman, whatever.  They'll appreciate it.  Trust us.  ... Read More
2/14/2012

We Can't Quit You, Albert

David Freese's helmet. Autographed balls from the 1982 team. Adam Wainwright's locker room nameplate. The Cardinals are auctioning off a lot of good stuff this month via their team-run version of eBay. And of all the items for sale this time around, what is checking in as the most coveted? ... Read More
2/13/2012

Why the Adam Wainwright Pun Will Not Go Away

In the sports world, if an athlete's name is to be permanently associated with a cheesy pun, it needs constant media stroking to mature. Toss out the snappy phrase every time it's even moderately appropriate and watch the minions start lining up to be part of the "in crowd". How ... Read More
2/9/2012

More St. Louis mascots delivering Valentine's Day flowers? Ugh.

For weeks now, the Cardinals have been pushing the ability to bid on the delivery of Valentine's Day flowers from Fredbird.  You know, because nothing says true love like hand-delivered roses from another man dressed in a pantless, over-sized bird costume. Nevertheless, the Cardinals established five auctions to bid on ... Read More
2/9/2012

Thoughts From A Message Board: TJ Moe Edition

Mizzou wide receiver TJ Moe isn't exactly an interview subject who is prone to tossing out assembly line quotes. He has a tendency to be outspoken, whether it be via his Twitter feed or an ESPN Q&A session on Mizzou's move to the SEC like the one posted earlier this ... Read More
2/8/2012

This Week in Homosexual Mascot Marriages: Fredbird and the Rally Squirrel?

The whole Rally Squirrel phenomenon got a little (ahem) nuts during the Cardinals run to the 2011 World Series.  We can pretty much all agree about that, right? Yet somehow, it got a little more out of hand when the Cardinals posted the following photo on their Facebook page as ... Read More
2/7/2012

KU Media Types Aren't Afraid to Brawl in the Press Box

When the words "journalist" and "fan" cross paths in reference to the same person, sometimes things get ugly. A journalist is supposed to be a neutral reporter of news, not a homer. Homers report news in a manner that is consistently skewed in one direction. They often refuse to criticize ... Read More
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