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Larry Hughes wore a non-Cardinals hat. Bastard.

mattsebek — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:05:34 +0000

The SLU Billikens played Dayton last night at Chaifetz Arena, which is always a big draw since they’re the best the A-10 has to offer. One could argue that every SLU game would be a nice draw if the Billikens swallowed their pride and rightfully hitched their wagon to the Missouri Valley Conference a few years ago, but that’s neither here nor there.

What’s important is that the Billikens stink. Stink. Nevertheless, they’re creating some substantial buzz in St. Louis once again despite a 5-9 record in a horrific conference and averaging somewhere around 4.8 points per quarter. Don’t fact-check me on that; it’s accurate.

To recap: Dayton was in town for A-10 opener. Rick Majerus is injured and will miss multiple games. Suspended star Willie Reed is headed back to school.

Those stories have all been covered and now it’s time to drop our nugget of SLU insight on the fine folks of St. Louis.

Boom.

If you couldn’t tell amongst that the sea of Caucasians, that’s former CBC/SLU star Larry Hughes sitting courtside at last night’s game at Chaifetz Arena.

Wearing a goddamn Yankees hat.

Cleveland went through this with Lebron and now St. Louis is gettin’ the ole hometown screwgie. This stings, Larry.

Sure, you played a couple of seasons for the New York Knicks. But they didn’t really like you. I don’t know; something about you making $13,000,000 per season while averaging 10 points per game. Now you play for some team in Charlotte.

Come on, Larry. CBC. SLU. You’re back in St. Louis.

Throw on the STL and we’ll love you for life.

(Photo via Tim Day; check out his work here.)

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VIDEO: St. Louis Sports Magazine (November ’11) Cover Shoot

mattsebek — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:29:33 +0000

As we collectively turn the calendar to November, we remind you that another issue of St. Louis Sports Magazine has hit the newsstands. You can pick up a copy (for free) at many popular local restaurants/venues….or you can read it online.

I encourage you to do both because yours truly (and Mr. Josh Bacott) have a monthly four-page spread which consistently represents a Venn diagram intersection between “insanely intelligent” and “outstandingly witty”.

Since we also regularly challenge the bounds of online nerdery, we spearheaded a new video project this month that brings you behind the scenes at the November cover shoot.

Sit back, relax and watch our man Scott Rovak (seriously, the *best* in the industry) work some magic on Cody Ellis from the St. Louis University Billikens.

Then, read the November 2011 issue online by clicking here, now.

We’re slightly biased, but we really enjoy pages 18 – 22.

Just saying’.

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Rick Majerus To Dwarf Mike Krzyzewski on December 11

mattsebek — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:23:59 +0000

Early Thursday morning, Tom Timmerman and Bernie Miklasz over at STLToday.com (Yes, both are credited. Teamwork!!) broke the story that the 2010 SLU Basketball schedule will include Duke University.

In short, SLU will play Duke on December 11 in Durham, N.C. and the game will be nationally-televised on CBS. This a one-game agreement that does not include Duke playing in St. Louis next season. Nevertheless, it’s certainly exciting because it’s, well, the Blue Devils from Duke…and not the Fighting Owls from Kennesaw State University. So that’s good.

More importantly, we’re anticipating the visual-hilarity of SLU’s Rick Majerus next to that little weasel, Mike Krzyzewski. Our graphics department went ahead and provided an artist-rendering to wet our appetite.

[STLToday.com]