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When news surfaced that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was thinking about teaming about with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts to buy the St. Louis Rams, it apparently rubbed some folks the wrong way. First it was a few players saying they wouldnÆt want to play. New York Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka told the New York Daily News, "I don't want anything to do with a team that he ...

Coming off an 0-3 start with a road trip to San Francisco on Sunday, the Rams had to think they at least had a few days before anything else bad could happen. á Wrong. á On Tuesday, the NFL announced starting linebacker David Vobora would be suspended for four games for violating the leagues policy on performance enhancing drugs. á According to one of VoboraÆs agents, Marc Lillibridge, quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Vobora is ...

One of my passions other than sports is politics. I love how politicians can spin almost anything to their advantage. á Cut popular programs? ItÆs only because you were committed to making the tough choices and being fiscally responsible for the good of the state. á Raise taxes? It was the only way to save programs that serve the neediest. Besides, rich people pay the most of it. á Caught cheating? ItÆs an opportunity to refocus ...

Can the Rams beat the Packers?   Just typing that sentence seems weird. The Rams have exactly seven points this season. They have exactly one sack. Their quarterback is averaging a miniscule 4.94 yards per pass attempt, worst in the league. Their supposed leading receiver has been terrible.   Kick-off returns – terrible. (16.2 yards per return, second worst in the league)   Clock management – terrible. (A Martzian waste of their final timeout on Sunday ...

In the bottom-line business that is professional sports, the most important thing that happened to the St. Louis Rams on Sunday was another loss.   In losing 9-7 to the Redskins in Washington, the Rams are now 0-2 and two games back of the 2-0 San Francisco 49ers heading into next week’s home opener against Green Bay.   And if the Rams were a team with high expectations, falling to 0-2 would be borderline ...

If Rams fans came into this season thinking to themselves, “Well, at least it can’t get any worse than last year,” they were wrong.   It did.   In getting beat down 28-0 on Sunday afternoon in Seattle, the Rams fell to a low not even last year’s 2-14 debacle accomplished—getting shut out.   Even when the 2008 Rams got pasted 47-3 by the Jets last year, they still got the three to avoid the goose ...

If Rams fans came into this season thinking to themselves, “Well, at least it can’t get any worse than last year,” they were wrong.   It did.   In getting beat down 28-0 on Sunday afternoon in Seattle, the Rams fell to a low not even last year’s 2-14 debacle accomplished—getting shut out.   Even when the 2008 Rams got pasted 47-3 by the Jets last year, they still got the three to avoid the goose ...

With just days to play before the season opener at Seattle, you would like to have your roster and depth chart settled out and ready to roll.   But it seems 2009 year is the Year of The Crazy in the NFL. Kansas City, Tampa Bay, and Buffalo all fired their offensive coordinators with less than two weeks to go before the regular season.   New England traded a five-time Pro Bowl defensive end to Oakland, ...