BERNIE BITS With the Saint Louis Blues wallowing at No. 24th among the 32 NHL teams in points percentage (.470), I welcome the entertainment provided by goaltender Jordan Binnington in Wednesday’s embarrassing 8-5 loss to Minnesota. The Blues are 6-13-2 since Jan. 21...
In bouncing Utah State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Missouri also busted the advanced metrics, the algorithms, Jay Bilas, and other analysts viewed as the smartest guys in the room. With Thursday’s 76-65 victory, the Tigers defeated Ken Pomeroy of...
BERNIE BITS The Cardinals continue to receive plaudits for their farm system and player development. Here’s the rundown: — Zachary D. Rymer of the Bleacher Report rated the Cardinals at No. 3 in his offseason farm-system rankings. “Breakout seasons from Tink Hence,...
Is Cuonzo Martin changing the conversation about his future as Missouri’s basketball coach? It has been said and written: Mizzou is playing better basketball, showing improvement in recent weeks after suffering humiliating losses to UMKC, Liberty, Kansas, Illinois,...
BERNIE BITS Leading Off … Scott Rolen. One positive from the otherwise incoherent Baseball Hall of Fame voting for 2022: Scott Rolen is closing in on the mandatory minimum of receiving checkmarks on 75% of the ballots. Of course, most of you know that already. I’m not...
The state of Missouri men’s basketball doesn’t make me angry. I’m not bitter. I don’t click out of Mizzou games on TV and switch to Netflix in a fit of disgust. I like coach Cuonzo Martin. I respect him. I was happy when MU chose him to lead the program. I’d be...
Baseball and more baseball this morning with Ben Frederickson of the Post Dispatch. “Frustrating” is the word Ben chooses here to describe the beginning of the season. Does Justin Williams take a seat when Bader returns? What about O’Neill? Ben says...
Our weekly rundown of all things St. Louis sports with Ben Frederickson of the Post Dispatch. Wee start with baseball recapping the one homestand and one road trip thus far. ben says the outfield experiment has still been a sore spot carrying over from spring. The...
Ben Fred talks this morning about the potential warning lights coming from the Cardinals starting pitching. We’ve also learned that Justin WIlliams will have one more year in the minor leagues and Harrison Bader will start the season on the IL. So who will be...
