((HT: Sportsnet Radio/FAN 590))
St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts is confirming that he's putting the hockey club up for sale. He says it's a "difficult decision" but he's looking for potential buyers that have the same passion that the Checketts group once had.
And, hopefully, for St. Louis hockey fans, not move them on the other end of the Interstate to the Sprint Center in Kansas City...
Here's the early returns from our friends at Fox2...
The Checketts interest is 90-percent of the ownership along with the investment firm that Checketts is disagreeing with when it comes to the value of the franchise at present...
Showing posts with label St. Louis Blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Louis Blues. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Friday, December 24, 2010
Twas The Night Before Christmas, St. Louis Blues Style
Members of the St. Louis Blues provide their rendition of "Twas The Night Before Christmas."(Thanks KMOX)
http://blues.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=97&iid=27181
The voices are in order: Ty Conklin, Chris Kerber, Alex Steen, B.J. Crombeen, Matt D'Agostini, Chris Porter, Adam Cracknell, Tyson Strachan, Cam Janssen, Joel Farnsworth, Ray Bennett, Davis Payne, Scott Mellanby, John Kelly, Brad Shaw, Darren Pang, Bernie Federko, Jaroslav Halak.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Limbaugh wants to buy the Rams...
Yeah, you heard that right. Rush Limbaugh along with long-time Sports Executive Dave Checketts want to purchase the St. Louis Rams. Betcha they can get a decent price for what may be the worst team in the NFL this season.
There are some good ideas out of this however. No, I'm not going to make any dittohead jokes or anything like that. Yes, I know he's said some not so good things that were insulting to some. Yes, I know he may be too flashy for the uptight owners in the NFL; but I don't believe that will be a hindrance. Though I don't care for Limbaugh personally, he probably would be a very good owner for the Rams. He's obviously a big football fan...even with the horrible Monday Night Football experiment; however the biggest reason is that he would keep them in St. Louis. He's from Missouri and is very tied into his home state. In these days of little loyalty and the chase for the almighty buck, he, I'm guessing would do whatever he could to try and make them competitive again.
Anyway, the story from STLToday.com HERE.
The Rams have been in a bit of turmoil since the passing of Georgia Rosenbloom Frontiere. The team is in the hands of her kids and dare we say it...have gone steeply downhill since that has happened. Who knows, the team is in what the NFL calls "Stage 2" of the sale process and there are mulitple bidders for the team, we will undoubtedly keep track of it now since there is now a famous albeit somewhat loud voice potentially attached to the team.
Here is more from our friends at KTVI-TV in St. Louis and APTV:
There are some good ideas out of this however. No, I'm not going to make any dittohead jokes or anything like that. Yes, I know he's said some not so good things that were insulting to some. Yes, I know he may be too flashy for the uptight owners in the NFL; but I don't believe that will be a hindrance. Though I don't care for Limbaugh personally, he probably would be a very good owner for the Rams. He's obviously a big football fan...even with the horrible Monday Night Football experiment; however the biggest reason is that he would keep them in St. Louis. He's from Missouri and is very tied into his home state. In these days of little loyalty and the chase for the almighty buck, he, I'm guessing would do whatever he could to try and make them competitive again.
Anyway, the story from STLToday.com HERE.
The Rams have been in a bit of turmoil since the passing of Georgia Rosenbloom Frontiere. The team is in the hands of her kids and dare we say it...have gone steeply downhill since that has happened. Who knows, the team is in what the NFL calls "Stage 2" of the sale process and there are mulitple bidders for the team, we will undoubtedly keep track of it now since there is now a famous albeit somewhat loud voice potentially attached to the team.
Here is more from our friends at KTVI-TV in St. Louis and APTV:
Those of us at OSG HQ figure he'll have half his brain tied behind his back as an owner just to keep it fair, and that anything he reads about his team will be held in his formerly-nicotine-stained fingers...
Carry on... but not before watching this... it's old, but it's funny...
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Blues and Canucks: The Backes Story
((HT: CBC))
From Mark Spector at Sportsnet:
We now know a little more about the feuding between the St. Louis Blues and the Vancouver Canucks and it has to do with some words exchanged after Game One.
The Canucks Ryan Kesler and Alex Burrows went after the Blues David Backes and his wife, Kelly...
Spector continues:
Backes said he has no past with either of the two, and has no idea how they would even know his wife's name. [It's in the Blues media guide.]
"They just have better researchers than I do," he shrugged. "There was a guy who got suspended for a couple of games [for talking about someone else's significant other], wasn't there?"
"Hey, my wife is a strong woman. She can take it," Backes said. "She's pretty attractive -- I'm pretty proud of what I landed there. I'm over-achieving."
As wrestling announcer Jim Ross is fond of saying: "Business is about to pick up."
And now we know why, especially as the series heads to St. Louis for Game 3.
From Mark Spector at Sportsnet:
We now know a little more about the feuding between the St. Louis Blues and the Vancouver Canucks and it has to do with some words exchanged after Game One.
The Canucks Ryan Kesler and Alex Burrows went after the Blues David Backes and his wife, Kelly...
Spector continues:
Backes said he has no past with either of the two, and has no idea how they would even know his wife's name. [It's in the Blues media guide.]
"They just have better researchers than I do," he shrugged. "There was a guy who got suspended for a couple of games [for talking about someone else's significant other], wasn't there?"
"Hey, my wife is a strong woman. She can take it," Backes said. "She's pretty attractive -- I'm pretty proud of what I landed there. I'm over-achieving."
As wrestling announcer Jim Ross is fond of saying: "Business is about to pick up."
And now we know why, especially as the series heads to St. Louis for Game 3.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Fight of The Year: Janssen vs. Downey
Here's the short version from the highlights we posted below...
The clock on the wall says 1:46 for the duration...
Aaron Downey of the Detroit Red Wings and Cam Janssen of the St. Louis Blues...
Unbelievable...
Jon Kelly gets to call this one...
((HT: hockeyfights.com/FS Blues))
The clock on the wall says 1:46 for the duration...
Aaron Downey of the Detroit Red Wings and Cam Janssen of the St. Louis Blues...
Unbelievable...
Jon Kelly gets to call this one...
((HT: hockeyfights.com/FS Blues))
Hossa Taken Off Ice On Stretcher
Detroit Red Wings forward Marian Hossa was hospitalized for observation after crashing head-first into the boards after being checked in the first period of Tuesday night's game against the St. Louis Blues.
Hossa, who leads the team with 34 goals and 27 assists in 62 games, did not lose consciousness and had feeling in his limbs, team spokesman John Hahn said. The game was delayed for several minutes while Hossa lay prone near the end boards in the Blues' end.
In a text message to ESPN the Magazine's E.J. Hradek, Detroit GM Ken Holland said that Hossa will be traveling with the team to Denver Wednesday.
Medical personnel took extra attention because Hossa missed the previous two games with a neck injury, Hahn added. Hossa was taken off the ice while strapped to a gurney.
Hossa was knocked to the ice and slid heavily into the end boards after a hit by defenseman Roman Polak, who drew a two-minute penalty for roughing.
Here's the play from ESPN, the NHL, and FS Red Wings...
Steve Levy has the highlights...
Hossa, who leads the team with 34 goals and 27 assists in 62 games, did not lose consciousness and had feeling in his limbs, team spokesman John Hahn said. The game was delayed for several minutes while Hossa lay prone near the end boards in the Blues' end.
In a text message to ESPN the Magazine's E.J. Hradek, Detroit GM Ken Holland said that Hossa will be traveling with the team to Denver Wednesday.
Medical personnel took extra attention because Hossa missed the previous two games with a neck injury, Hahn added. Hossa was taken off the ice while strapped to a gurney.
Hossa was knocked to the ice and slid heavily into the end boards after a hit by defenseman Roman Polak, who drew a two-minute penalty for roughing.
Here's the play from ESPN, the NHL, and FS Red Wings...
Steve Levy has the highlights...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Your Pre-Trade Deadline Coverage
Another NHL National Holiday is Wednesday- Trade Deadline Day...
The vultures making the playoffs circle around those circling the drain and pick up those needed players for playoff runs...
Atlanta Thrashers- "Nothing to see here... keep moving..."
Same for the Maple Leafs, Islanders, and a select few others...
Our folks to the north, TSN, Sportsnet, The Score, and the NHL Network will all be wall-to-wall... as will we, just after all the dust settles...maybe during... we'll see...
But, before you go, here's the heavyweight bout of the year from last night's Red Wings-Blues game between Cam Janssen and the Wings' Aaron Downey...
It's at the 1:30 mark and goes for a good while...
((FS Blues/NHL))
The vultures making the playoffs circle around those circling the drain and pick up those needed players for playoff runs...
Atlanta Thrashers- "Nothing to see here... keep moving..."
Same for the Maple Leafs, Islanders, and a select few others...
Our folks to the north, TSN, Sportsnet, The Score, and the NHL Network will all be wall-to-wall... as will we, just after all the dust settles...maybe during... we'll see...
But, before you go, here's the heavyweight bout of the year from last night's Red Wings-Blues game between Cam Janssen and the Wings' Aaron Downey...
It's at the 1:30 mark and goes for a good while...
((FS Blues/NHL))
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