IT’S FRIDAY TIME FOR BERNIE BITS! I hope you are doing well, and gearing up for a fun weekend. Get your NCAA Tournament brackets out. It’s almost go time. TRACKING VICTOR SCOTT II Cardinals manager Oli Marmol is impressed with the professionalism and...
BERNIE BITS 1. Oli Marmol is preparing for this third year as manager of the Cardinals. But Oli’s contract expires after the 2024 season, and I’d be a little surprised if the team lets him wander into a lame-duck season. That would work against Marmol’s fervent desire...
BERNIE BITS — The fan anxiety over Nolan Gorman is borderline insane. Not all fans are acting like this … just too many of them. I’m appreciative of fans that have a reasonable amount of patience. As a 22-year-old rookie Gorman played 68 games at second...
REMEMBERING RICK MAJERUS Saint Louis U. is doing a wonderful thing by honoring the late Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Majerus at halftime of Saturday’s 3 p.m. game against Southern Illinois at Chaifetz Arena. Majerus died 10 years ago at age 64. I’m about...
BERNIE BITS Five things I want to see from the Blues over their final 38 games of the regular season … 1) Improve on the road. This is important because the Blues will play 21 of their final 38 games away from Enterprise Center. At 9-8-3 they’re barely above average...
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,...
Losing a rivalry game always hurts. Losing a rivalry game in a fashion that you feel was avoidable hurts a little extra. Here are my 10 Takeaways from Tuesday’s loss at Dayton. One –Bright Lights It’s never good when your star scorer admits that maybe some of his...
Saint Louis “fought the good fight” and in a heroic finale moment by Fred Thatch, the Billikens improved their record to 10-4. Closing their non-conference play with a resume building win against the Rick Pitino led and MAAC championship favorite Gaels. Here are 10...
It was an excellent afternoon in Midtown for the Billikens. They continued their dominance over the Spiders, beating them for fourth straight time and the sixth time in their last seven meetings. Winning their A10 opener for the first time in three years. Here are 10...
