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This Year's No. 1 Pick: Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:10:15 CDT

The St. Louis Rams picked Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford with the No. 1 selection in the NFL draft tonight. The 2008 Heisman Trophy winner convinced the Rams he's recovered from shoulder surgery last October. He better have: St. Louis was 1-15 a year ago and has a sorry 6-42 record...

Carrie Prejean Shacks Up With Fiance

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:47:16 CST

She may be against gay marriage, but apparently Carrie Prejean is just fine with living in sin. The former Miss California has shacked up with fiance Kyle Boller of the St. Louis Rams, Radar reports. “She’s living there,” a source confirms. “He’s remodeling the house and she’s helping him.” Remodeling...

Carrie Prejean 'Opposite' Engaged to NFL QB

M. Morris — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:53:43 CST

Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean—who gained fame for her stance on "opposite marriage" and subsequent sex-tape revelations—is engaged. To a man. St. Louis Rams quarterback Kyle Boller, 28, popped the question yesterday after just 7 months of dating, E! reports.

Kurt Warner Retires

M. Morris — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:59:42 CST

Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner, a two-time NFL MVP, announced his retirement today in Tempe. "It's been 12 unbelievable years," said Warner, 38, a University of Northern Iowa product who worked as a grocery clerk and toiled in the Arena Football League and NFL Europe before catching on with St. Louis...

Rush: I'm Another Victim of Left-Wing Bias

John Johnson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:24:39 CDT

Rush Limbaugh is the victim of a vast left-wing conspiracy. Or so he argues in a Wall Street Journal essay in the wake of his NFL adventures. Lefties in the news business, "including the sportswriter community," have nothing but "contempt" and "blind hatred" for conservatives, he writes. The charge of...

Beck Weeps for 'Simpler America'

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:21:16 CDT

Glenn Beck had a weepy "Kodak moment" when he shared old commercials with viewers yesterday and recalled a "simpler" America when "we used to be united." One of the oldie ads he played—a day after fellow right-wing commentator Rush Limbaugh was bounced from a Rams buyers' group amid charges...

Rush Got Bum Rap on Racist Slurs

Kevin Spak — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:19:42 CDT

Rush Limbaugh is getting such a raw deal in the media that even Nate Silver—who got his start on the Daily Kos—has come to his defense. Lately CNN and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch have repeated racist statements that appear to be "completely made up," Silver writes. Rush denies...

'Race Hammers' Crushed Rush Deal: O'Reilly

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:38:00 CDT

"Thought police" in the media who have unfairly skewered Rush Limbaugh as a racist spoiled his bid to become an owner of the Rams, charged right-wing media maven Bill O'Reilly. Now that he's been dumped from the buyers' group after the controversy over his participation, Limbaugh should sue media outlets...

No NFL Team for Rush: Investors Dropping Him

John Johnson — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:19:50 CDT

It looks like Rush Limbaugh's hope of becoming an NFL owner is kaput. Dave Checketts—the man putting together a team of investors to buy the St. Louis Rams—is dropping Limbaugh, three league sources tell ESPN. Checketts, who already owns the St. Louis Blues, has concluded that the bid...