Bernie Bits: Dennis Gates and Stormin’ Norman, STL City SC, Blue Notes, Tatum Heats Up.
BERNIE BITS The Missouri Tigers have a three-game winning streak going, and they’re doing it the Stormin’ Norman way. That’s right. I’m referencing Mizzou coaching legend Norm Stewart. His teams were tough. They’d fight you for 40 minutes … or for as long as it took...
Bernie Bits: Blues Stink, National Praise for St. Louis City SC, Mizzou’s Happy Hooping, Updated Cardinal Prospect Rankings, Tarasenko Getting Ripped in NYC.
BERNIE BITS — Update: The Blues still stink on ice. In their six games since making the trade that sent Ryan O’Reilly to Toronto, the Blues haven’t won a game but did collect two points via overtime. They’re 0 for 22 on the power play. At five-on-five they’ve had a 41...
Bernie: Kobe Brown Is Having A Rare, Historically Prominent Season Of Excellence For Mizzou.
Missouri had to energize and work for it, but the Tigers eventually subdued lowly South Carolina in Tuesday’s 83-74 win at Mizzou Arena. Senior Kobe Brown recovered from a mediocre first half to play splendid basketball over the final 20 minutes, scoring 14 points and...
Bernie On Mizzou: The Tenacious Tigers Really Needed A Win, So They Ripped It Out Of Arkansas’ Hands.
The 79-76 victory over Arkansas on Wednesday night was the best win of the season for Mizzou’s energetic, unyielding and loads-of-fun basketball team. You’ll notice that I didn’t say that this was MU’s finest performance of the season. Or the most dominant showing. Or...
Bernie Bits: Mizzou Hoops, George and Tammy, Cardinals Intrigue, Armstrong-Berube + Crab Soup Recipe!
ALL ABOARD! BERNIE BITS! MIZZOU TAKES A HIT ON THE ROAD. The Tigers played at Arkansas on Wednesday night in their first SEC road game of the season. Missouri couldn’t sustain a strong early performance and went down 74-68. After sprinting to a 25-8 lead, MU was...
A Giant Serving Of Bernie Bits For Your Reading Pleasure — Including A Free-Form Year In Review For STL Sports.
BERNIE BITS Hey, settle in, take your time and read your way through a massive serving of the year-end Bernie Bits. New Year's weekend has to feature some excess, so I've done my part, and what I have to offer is harmless. So let's get started. FIRST UP ... Despite...
Bernie: Thanks To Coach Dennis Gates, It’s Fun To Care About Mizzou Basketball Again.
Welcome to Mizzou Arena, Kentucky. Welcome to the Gates of Hell. As in the Dennis Gates of Hell. In a frolicsome, joyous Wednesday night in CoMo, Missouri left visiting Kentucky thunderstruck with an 89-75 thrashing that turned into an unofficial celebration of a new...
Bernie Bits: Make Or Break 2023 For Drinkwitz, Big Opportunity for Mizzou Hoops, Bradley Beal, AFC QBs, College Football Playoff
BERNIE BITS 1. The Future Of Missouri Football: The Mizzou administration provided security for football coach Eli Drinkwitz in the form of a contract extension that included a generous raise. Surely these people were smart enough to set aside money to pay Drinkwitz...