Billy Bob Thornton On The Morning After 8-16-16

Inside STL

Tony LaRussa Roast To First Air Friday On FOX Sports Midwest

A one-hour TV special recapping the roast and toast of St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and the 2011 St. Louis Baseball Writers’ dinner will premiere Friday, Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. CT on FOX Sports Midwest. It will also be repeated three other times over the following two weeks.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Mike Shannon's Celebrates 25 Years Of Purveying Steak & Sports

THE OTHER REDBIRD'S ROOST: Mike Shannon's steakhouse was packed Friday night with a who's who of hobnobbers from the worlds of sports, politics, hospitality and media and Downtown St. Louis, all on hand to congratulate the impresario at his private 25th anniversary party.

Breaking Schmooze

Tony LaRussa Is Skewered At Roast

Former Cardinals pitcher Steve Kline was wondering Sunday night what some good post-baseball careers might be for Cards manager Tony La Russa.

STL Today

Almost a thousand St. Louis Cardinals fans descended on downtown St. Louis late Sunday evening, eager to see manager Tony La Russa roasted at the 53rd Annual St. Louis Baseball Writers Dinner.

Belleville News-Democrat

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was roasted at the Annual Dinner of the St. Louis Chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Sunday night.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Scenes From Sunday At The Cardinals Winter Warm-Up

The first person waiting in line to get that first autograph from former Chicago Cubs infielder Ryan Theriot got a first-hand experience about what the last half year has been like for the Cardinals new shortstop.

STL Today

Tony LaRussa Set To Be Roasted At Annual Writer's Dinner

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa always talks about his desire to avoid the bottom of the ninth at his team's home games.

Belleville News-Democrat

15th Annual Winter Warm-Up To Kick Off The 2011 Season

The 15th annual Winter Warm-Up, Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation's (ARF) "Stars to the Rescue" as well as the 53rd annual St. Louis Baseball Writers dinner highlight a Cardinals-themed holiday weekend in St. Louis.

Cardinals Official Site

Tickets Available For Baseball Writers' Dinner

Tickets remain for the 53rd annual St. Louis Baseball Writers' Dinner, featuring a roast and toast of Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, who will be starting his 16th season with the team.

STL Today

Dinner Will Honor Tony LaRussa, Cardinals Stars

Cardinals stars Albert Pujols, Adam Wainwright, Matt Holliday and Jaime Garcia will be among those honored, and manager Tony La Russa, who will be entering his 16th season with the Cardinals, will be toasted and roasted at the 53rd annual St. Louis Baseball Writers' dinner Jan. 16 at the Millennium Hotel.

STL Today

Writers Dinner Is Set For January 16th

Cardinals stars Albert Pujols, Adam Wainwright, Matt Holliday and Jaime Garcia will be among those honored, and manager Tony La Russa, who will be entering his 16th season with the Cardinals, will be toasted/roasted at the 53rd annual St. Louis Baseball Writers' dinner Jan. 16 at the Millennium Hotel.

STL Today

Tony LaRussa Pal Buzz Bissinger Rips Sweet Lou Piniella

One of the oddest and most famous of Twitter personalities aims a series of shots directly at the manager of the Chicago Cubs.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Billy Bob Thornton Takes On 'Three Nights In August'

Billy Bob Thornton will be putting on his producer ballcap. The Hollywood hyphenate has signed on to produce "Three Nights in August," a scripted baseball tale based on Buzz Bissinger's well-received book.

Killer Movies

Billy Bob Thornton Likes His Baseball

Not only did Tipsheet get to chat with Alyssa Milano on “The Sports Edge” on KFNS today, but actor Billy Bob Thornton weighed in as well.

Tipsheet

Official Celebrity List For All-Star Softball Game On Sunday

We’ve got the official word on who is scheduled to take part in the Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Softball Game at Busch on Sunday as part of the All-Star game festivities:

Cardinal Beat

Bill Parcells Takes Break From Football, Takes In BP At Marlins-Cardinals

Brendan Ryan is used to seeing high-profile visitors around the St. Louis Cardinals clubhouse.

He quizzes Bob Knight about March Madness each spring training, and he has seen Danica Patrick and Billy Bob Thornton pass through to pay their respects to legendary manager Tony La Russa.

But when it comes to Bill Parcells, the Cardinals' infielder tenses up.

Florida Sun-Sentinel

25 Random Baseball Things: Aaron Hooks Of Cardinals Diaspora

If you have a profile on Facebook, there's a 100 percent chance you were bombarded with requests to write "25 Random Things" about yourself. The fad — which is actually probably already be over — was navel-gazing at its finest, but it was also perfectly suited for the blog environment.

Yahoo

Memphis Redbirds MGR Focused When On Field, In Field

With the sunshine peeking up over Arkansas duck country, I was settling in for a cornfield hunt last week with Allen Hughes of Avery Outdoors and the manager of the Redbirds Triple-A baseball team, Chris "The Hammer" Maloney.

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Curtain Calls: Annual ARF Gala Attracts Diverse Acts

AS A BASEBALL FAN, I know Tony La Russa as the former Oakland A's manager, current St. Louis Cardinals manager and one of the first in sports to realize the discipline and physical stamina necessary for dance. I credit his then-young daughters, who were involved with ballet, with La Russa's revelation. He not only added some ballet stretches and strength moves to the A's warmup routine, he also had players "dance" in the annual "Nutcracker."

Inside Bay Area

Billy Bob Thornton Writes A Cardinals Song & Talks Cardinals Baseball

His Song-"I'm Watching The Game":
http://www.kmox.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=1811060

Part 1 Of His Visit:
http://www.kmox.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=1811054

Part 2:
http://www.kmox.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=1811058