Just a few news and notes to pass along to the citizenry:

Wednesday night’s Cards-Padres game was more than just an 11-3 power showing by the home team. Albert Pujols’ crushing liner off the face of SD starter Chris Young, followed…

Citizens nearly got a March Miracle. Not that Mizzou or SLU fans would have been fashioning themselves in blue and orange if the Fighting Illini had been able to pull out that Big Ten Tourney championship, but at least it…

All the big-name men’s basketball conference tournaments don’t get under way until next week, leaving the Missouri Valley Conference’s Arch Madness to stand alone in this weekend’s tourneys.

Day 2 has been under way since noon Friday when Indiana State…

Oblivious to the happenings with the WorldWide Leader in Sports — I’ve discovered I’m a presidential campaign junkie — BracketBuster games are all over TV this weekend. STL Sports Nation’s Blog Roll Honoree Kyle Whelliston, he of the Basketball State and Mid-Majority…

The next crop of NFL players have made their way to Indianapolis for the 2008 NFL Combine. The leagues’ 32 teams are pouring over test scores, 40-yard dash times and more trying to round out their boards for April’s NFL…

Just some items, not so much of note, but just of observance:

• “Ex-Ram Warner wants NFL to expand probe of Patriots” by Mike Fish on ESPN.com on site the day after Super Bowl XLII. Here’s hoping Warner can just let it go.…

For the second time in two weeks, the Show-Me State mourns a loss as former Mizzou football coach Larry Smith died at age 68 on Monday.

Arguments can be made that while the Tigers’ success under Gary Pinkel is his own, his…

Here in STL Sports Nation, we’re proud to report that the rest of the country is getting to know our hometown stars.

We start in the squared circle, home of the sweet science, where you can also find a quick blog…

Have to confess, I haven’t been diligent in checking the weekly Bracketology updates from ESPN.com’s Joe Lunardi, but I did this week. The highlight that caught my eye: Mizzou is one of the four teams under the “next four teams out”…