In this week’s episode of The St. Louis Sportists Podcast, the guys preview the Final Four featuring the Fighting Illini of Illinois. We’ve followed the international cast assembled by Brad Underwood all season and with Blue Horseshoe, take a look at their prospects for the weekend.

In other tournament games, Duke gets “Laettnered” and Michigan and Arizona impress. And closer to home, SLU fans have a very quick reality check when their coach is pursued by another program just days after signing an extension.

It’s a fun and interesting start for the St. Louis Cardinals with a very memorable opening day. JJ Wetherholt looks like the real deal and the bullpen seems to have “no defined roles.” On the other side of the state, nobody knows where the Royals will play in the next few years and ABS – automated ball/strike is a sensation! Unless you happen to be named C.B. Bucknor.

If it’s March, the Blues are making another improbable run. But the mountain may be too high this season. The NFL eliminates the Monday Night doubleheader and Seattle gets Hard Knocks for this season. But has the moment passed for the once can’t-miss documentary series? The league looks to quell questionable bets, but then again, what bet is not questionable?

Doug considers another difficult week for Tiger Woods and looks ahead to Masters week. CITY manages to find misfortune even in an off-week and a tasty, cold soda reaches new heights of expense at Dodger Stadium. All this and much more on this week’s episode of The St. Louis Sportists Podcast.

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