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Stan Kroenke, Fresh Off Leaving St. Louis In The Lurch, Asks St. Louis For Tax Dollars
Stan Kroenke, a businessman who quite possibly wears the skinned pelt of a wombat atop his head on purpose, isn’t a popular man in St. Louis. He recently moved the Rams off to Los Angeles, drawing the ire of pretty much everyone there. So how should Stan go about mending his reputation there, seeing...
U.S. Attorney Suggests Password Cardinals Used To Access Astros Scouting Database Was “Eckstein123"
Earlier this month, former Cardinals scouting director Christopher Correa plead guilty to five counts of unauthorized access to a computer for hacking the Houston Astros database. Unsealed federal documents revealed that Correa used an old password to look at confidential information, including scou...
Fans Chant "Kroenke Sucks" As Blues And Cardinals Send A Message From St. Louis
As of this week, St. Louis is a two-sport town. Both of those franchises were represented at the puck drop for last night’s Blues-Hurricanes game, offering a show of solidarity, but the fans added a little extra message of their own for the owner of their former football team....
Claire McCaskill Might Actually Do Something About The Publicly-Financed Stadium Scam
Missouri senator Claire McCaskill says that she is drafting legislation that would require professional sports franchises that skip town prematurely to refund the public. St. Louis now has no NFL team, but incredibly, the city, county, and state still owe a combined $152 million to pay off the Edwar...
Stan Kroenke Will Never Care About You
The thing that always strikes me about people’s reactions to the general fuckery carried out by pro sports owners is the genuine disbelief. You look at some galactically rich piece of puddy asking taxpayers to build him a new stadium and you can’t help but ask, “Is this guy fucking serious?” You see...
A Special Message From Rams And Chargers Fans
Yesterday, the NFL approved a deal that will send the St. Louis Rams back to Los Angeles, with a second team joining them within a year, if not sooner. That second team will almost certainly be the San Diego Chargers, whose owner, Dean Spanos, will have to settle for a mere windfall instead of a bon...
The Torture Isn't Over Yet For Chargers And Raiders Fans
This morning, Rams fans are feeling angry, and sad, and betrayed. But at least it’s over. At least they know Stan Kroenke has officially ditched them for Los Angeles. There is no more dread or uncertainty, which can in many ways be even worse than just yanking off the band-aid. There is no such merc...
Rams And Chargers Fans! Let Us Help You Say Goodbye To Your Owners
Congratulations, Rams and Chargers fans! Your favorite teams have just abandoned you in favor of playing football at sunny and beautiful LAX International Airport. What a thrill! This brings to an end a sometimes contentious process that will, at long last, leave you in the dust and enrichen owners ...
Reports: Rams And Chargers Approved To Relocate To LA, Share Stadium In Inglewood
NFL owners will meet soon to approve the relocation of the St. Louis Rams and San Diego Chargers to the Los Angeles area, where they will share an Inglewood, Calif. stadium, according to numerous reports....
Three-Year-Old Roasts Stan Kroenke For Trying To Move The Rams
Stan, you really did it this time! The police and the fireman are gonna come get you! You’re being so mean to everybody!...
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Feds: Cardinals Guy Hacked The Astros By Using An Old Password [Updated]
Charges against former Cardinals scouting director Christopher Correa were unsealed today in federal court in Houston, finally outlining exactly how the best hacking in baseball happened, at least according to the feds. The information document was filed Dec. 22 but remained under seal until this af...
Report: Ex-Cardinals Executive To Plead Guilty To Hacking Charges
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Chris Correa, former scouting director for the St. Louis Cardinals, will plead guilty to hacking the Houston Astros’ internal database. (If you want to look at exactly what kind of information the Cardinals got from the hack, you can read our reporting on it...
Rams Defensive End William Hayes Is A Dinosaur Truther
ESPN’s Nick Wagoner has a fun story about Rams defensive end William Hayes, who is presented as the team’s resident merry prankster. The highlight of the story is when Hayes shares his thoughts on dinosaurs:...
Rams Punter Blindsides Cliff Avril, Then Curls Up Into A Ball In Fear Of Retaliation
John Hekker is a punter, not a fighter, but that didn’t stop him from getting in this little shoulder check on Cliff Avril. It did not end well for Hekker. ...
Mike Matheny And The Cardinals Are Still Being A Bunch Of Grumpy Sourpusses About Jason Heyward
Jason Heyward, a strong good baseball man who left the aging team he was with for less than a year for a new team in a better city with other strong baseball men, is not popular around St. Louis. Earlier this month, a bunch of angry mouthbreathers said mean shit about him online (which happens all t...
St. Louis Rams Fans Hope Last Night Wasn't Goodbye Forever
The last home game of the season could also have been, if owner Stan Kroenke gets his way, the last Rams game in St. Louis. Kroenke desperately wants to move to Los Angeles, and while it’s far from a done deal—Oakland and San Diego want out too—the fans who attended the 31-23 win over the Buccaneers...
Bad St. Louis Cardinals Fans Assail Rent-A-Player For Leaving For Real City
St. Louis Cardinals fans are like Donald Trump supporters, in that they all look like trolls pretending to be horrible and illiterate. When Jason Heyward, who briefly played for them, left their bad city for glamorous and refined Chicago and a reported $184 million earlier today, they made their opi...
St. Louis Alderwoman Alleges Corruption In Rams Stadium Financing Vote
Even though St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke wants nothing to do with the city and is trying his damnedest to move his team to Los Angeles, St. Louis is going all out to build the team a beautiful new taxpayer funded stadium. And those that would benefit from the Rams remaining in St. Louis are goi...
NFL Executive: It's Unfair To Ask Billionaire Owners To Finance Their Own Stadiums
NFL executive vice president Eric Grubman was a recent guest on on the Bernie Miklasz Show, and he was there to talk about Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s ongoing efforts to move the team to Los Angeles. Grubman talked about the situation for about 40 minutes, and oh man did he say some infuriating stuff....
Stan Kroenke Wants The Rams Out Of St. Louis So Damn Badly
We’re nearing the end of Escape To L.A. race that the St. Louis Rams, San Diego Chargers, and Oakland Raiders have been running for what seems like forever now. Given that neither team has gotten an attractive offer to stay in their current cities, the Chargers and Raiders appear to be most likely t...