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  • Mujica continues dominance in ninth

    Less than two months removed from a time when he felt the bullpen was going to be a pillar for the team, Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak described this week how when Jason Motte's elbow gave way there was a "domino effect" in the bullpen.When the closer fell, others tumbled too.It turns out the opposite may also be true. A rising closer lifts all arms.Edward Mujica, ...

  • Why are the Blues so easily satisfied

    , and that's why it was so disappointing to hear them trying to rationalize the team's first-round playoff loss to Los Angeles.The hard work from the GM and the coach was reminiscent of the Blues' series against LA: lots of spinning but a failure to score. Like their players, Armstrong and Hitchcock fired and missed the net.Hitchcock seemed offended by the post-series criticism of ...

  • Bradley keeps lead at Nelson Championship

    IRVING, Texas o Keegan Bradley again bogeyed Nos. 1 and 18 in the second round of the Byron Nelson Championship.Unlike the first round, Bradley didn't set a course record. But he still finished with a three-stroke lead.Bradley started and ended his round Friday with those bogeys, part of a 1-under 69 that got him to 11-under 129, the lowest 36-hole total at the Nelson since ...

  • Everything points to Andretti camp

    Speedway, Ind. o Everything seems to be lining up for Michael Andretti this May.His five drivers have taken turns atop the practice speed charts all week and, when series officials gave the engines a boost Friday, E.J. Viso and Marco Andretti were still on top.The team owner has the defending series champ, the only two-time IndyCar winner this season, a hot-shot rookie who has been among the ...

  • Westbrook has more elbow discomfort

    Sports Illustrated has had a writer and photographer in town the last few days to do a potential cover story on the Cardinals' rotation, which has had by far the best earned run average in the majors (2.38 before Friday) although one member of that rotation, veteran righthander Jake Westbrook, isn't part of it now and may not be for a while.Westbrook, already on the 15-day disabled ...


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Movie Review

The Mist

The Mist

You have to give it to Frank Darabont: When he makes a movie, he makes it all the way. His last film, The Majestic (2001), was intended to be a heart-warming populist fable in the Frank Capra vein, but he took it so far that its saccharine sentimental sweetness left a bad aftertaste in most ... ...

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  • Man City-Chelsea match hits home in St. Louis

    The soccer match between English clubs Chelsea and Manchester City on Thursday ultimately means nothing. The English season ends Sunday (with one tiny asterisk), the standings will be set, and the teams will fly to America for two games, one here and one in New York, that are, in soccer parlance, friendlies.But for some people, the game means a lot. A chance to see a favorite team or a favorite ...

  • Porter emerges once again to earn draft hype

    CHICAGO o Even with an expanded field of seven players, Otto Porter Jr. was not able to find his way onto the Big East All-Rookie team in 2012.His absence was noted as an oversight on many fronts, but it nevertheless mirrored Porter's self-evaluation entering his sophomore season. He had yet to make a splash."I didn't enter the year thinking I could be in the NBA," he said at ...

  • Vianney sweeps Westminster for record 17th state title

    o Since sophomore Grant Carder wasn't listed in the program, some people didn't know the name of the Vianney player who was tearing it up in the Class 3 boys title match on Friday at Maryville University.They surely knew who he was by the time it was over, though.The 6-foot-3 outside hitter chalked up a match-high 13 kills to help lead the Golden Griffins to a 27-25, 25-20 win over ...

  • Missouri Baptist wins endurance test

    In his 22nd season of coaching college baseball, Missouri Baptist's Eddie Uschold has never seen anything like it.Then again, few have.The Spartans, playing with their season on the line early this week in Kingsport, Tenn., outlasted defending national champion Tennessee Wesleyan 4-3 in 19 innings to earn Missouri Baptist's first trip to the NAIA World Series.The 10-team ...

  • Rockies end 10-game skid vs Giants with 10-9 win

    Jordan Pacheco hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the fifth and Carlos Gonzalez added a solo homer, helping the Colorado Rockies hold on for a 10-9 win over San Francisco on Friday night that snapped a 10-game skid against the Giants.Pacheco laced his first homer of the season to left on a hanging slider from Madison Bumgarner (4-2), who failed to protect an early four-run lead.Jorge De La Rosa ...

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