Archive for January, 2010

Pro Bowl Big 3 For the Weekend

By ExtraPointDJ | January 31st, 2010

On “The First Call,” we pride ourselves with providing some the best interactive games with our audience.  The Big Bat for the Weekend and the Run For Glory were both very popular.  For the NFL playoffs, we bring you our next big contest: Big 3 For the Weekend.  For those that may not know, this is [...]

State of St. Louis Sports Address

By ExtraPointDJ | January 28th, 2010

This morning, I delivered my State of St. Louis Sports address.  Here is the transcript of the speech I gave to the St. Louis sports fan on 590 The Fan KFNS:
Thank you for the opportunity to share my observations of some local teams during the past calendar year.  Lets begin with the good. 

St. Louis Cardinals [...]

Texas QB Enrolls Early At Mizzou

By Roger | January 28th, 2010

Highly touted quarterback, James Franklin, from Corinth, Texas enrolled early at Mizzou last week, and he is looking someday to make an impact at the quarterback position for the Tigers.  He lived in Rolla, Missouri for several years before moving to Texas before he started seventh grade.  He will be signing his letter of intent [...]

Tonya Harding Joins The First Call

By Roger | January 26th, 2010

It is very clear that Tonya Harding is very busy these days.  In her recent interview with the First Call on KFNS and KFNS.COM, Tonya indicates that she has recently been doing a lot of work with Big Brothers Big Sisters,  TruTV (The Smoking Gun – World’s Dumbest Criminals) is a lot of fun for [...]

Greene Could Be Trump Card For NY

By Roger | January 22nd, 2010

He waited until the fourth game of the season to get his first rushing attempt, but Shonn Greene is clearly a major key to the Jets’ offense and could be a big factor on Sunday versus the Colts.  In two playoff victories over Cincinnati and San Diego, he rushed 44 times for 263 yards, including [...]

Who Will Be the Big 3 For Championship Weekend?

By ExtraPointDJ | January 22nd, 2010

On “The First Call,” we pride ourselves with providing some the best interactive games with our audience.  The Big Bat for the Weekend and the Run For Glory were both very popular.  For the NFL playoffs, we bring you our next big contest: Big 3 For the Weekend.  During the first two weeks of the playoffs, [...]

Championship Weekend Selections

By ExtraPointDJ | January 22nd, 2010

This weekend we have one game that is a rematch of a much talked about December clash.  The other is a game that has been discussed since September.  I think we have one good game and one that will be nearly unwatchable since it will be completely one-sided.  The other will be an instant classic [...]

Weekend Heroes and Zeros

By ExtraPointDJ | January 18th, 2010

Conference Championship weekend is now set.  The Jets will be returning to the place their magical journey to keep their season alive started.  The Blues now are on a streak.  Finally, the Missouri Tigers were not able to get a road win in Norman.
 
Weekend Heroes
 
1. Brett Favre…This week is why the Vikings got Brett Favre.  Imagine [...]

NFL Divisional Round Selections

By ExtraPointDJ | January 16th, 2010

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs is the best weekend of the entire football season.  In fact, I believe it is the second best weekend of the entire sports calendar with only the first weekend of March Madness exceeding it.  The best teams in both conferences are now invited back into the party after [...]

Rams Directionally Challenged?

By Roger | January 15th, 2010

“He has proven to be an excellent evaluator of players throughout his career in the NFL and will work with Coach Linehan in making final decisions on all personnel matters.” – Quote from Jay Zygmunt talking about Billy Devaney on February 9, 2008 Stlouisrams.com
Early in Billy Devaney’s tenure as the man in charge of personnel, [...]