Imagine my surprise when I learned there’s one more game to go in the 2022 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. From What I could tell through all of the hyperventilating and hysteria and berserk chatter about “a game for the ages,” I thought the season had ended – and...
Let’s warm up for The Final Four. It’s a gathering of college-basketball royalty, with Kansas playing Villanova in Saturday’s first game, followed by Duke facing North Carolina in a marquee matchup of ACC dynasties. Can Coach K move happily into retirement with his...
Four more games to go in the Sweet 16. Four more teams will join Duke, Houston, Villanova and Arkansas in the Elite Eight. Farewell to No. 1 seed Gonzaga, No. 1 seed Arizona — plus Texas Tech and Michigan. It was a good run while it lasted. A look at Friday...
March Madness is churned up. Teams representing 35 states – 70 percent of the nation – soon will travel from all over to make their way into arenas to take their shots. But this circus of thrills will open without a team from the state of Missouri. (Sad.) Countless...
Let’s get right to it: Missouri went 0-2 on Wednesday night. One performance gave us a few reasons to smile. The other performance gave us more reasons to cringe and turn away. – The football Tigers lost the Armed Forces Bowl 24-22 on a final-snap field goal by Army....
BERNIE BITS The MLB lockout won’t stop me from talking ball. At some point the lockout will be over, and we’ll be talking about moves the Cardinals should make, or not make, to upgrade the roster. If, in fact, the Cardinals are serious about improving the roster...
BERNIE BITS 1) The people who run MLB are more absurd than ever in their thinking. Labor battles can be unpleasant, but to what extent? As soon as the owners imposed a player lockout to officially start the skirmish for a new collective bargaining agreement, MLB...
