Bill Clark has seemingly done everything in the world of sports. He has spent time as a Major League Baseball scout, an umpire, founded the Heart of America Marathon, was one of the founders of U.S. Power-lifting Federation, served as Director of Parks and Recreation in Columbia and since 1961, has been a sports columnist… Read more »
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Alan Cockrell
It’s almost as if Hollywood produced a movie classic: An Ozarks teen quarterbacks a high school team to a state championship, QBs a Southeastern Conference football power to big wins, then goes on to play pro baseball and later coaches a team to the World Series. However, it was all true, and Alan Cockrell still… Read more »
Vince Coleman
He’s got the story of perseverance. Of succeeding after being cut from his school’s ninth-grade baseball team. Of heading off to a little-known college without the safety net of an athletic scholarship. And of finding his way to the big leagues and becoming a star. However, former St. Louis Cardinals speedster Vince Coleman wasn’t just… Read more »
David Colt
For the past 24 years, David Colt has held the position of Head Athletic Trainer and Assistant Professor at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. Responsible for the health care of 390 athletes in 15 sports, he also devotes much of his time to the classroom teaching various college courses. Colt became a Certified Athletic… Read more »
Bill Corum
Martene Windsor “Bill” Corum, born in Speed, Missouri, graduated from the University of Missouri in 1917. Following his service during World War I, he attended the Columbia University School of Journalism while serving as a copyeditor for the New York Times. After graduation, he became assistant sports editor, but later left to work for the… Read more »
Bob Costas
Bob began his professional career at WSYR-TV & Radio, while studying journalism at Syracuse University in 1973. At age 22, he landed a job at KMOX Radio in St. Louis, one of America’s most prominent radio stations. He broadcast a wide variety of live, play-by-play and studio programs for KMOX from 1974 through 1981. One… Read more »
Larry Cowger
Sometimes, life grabs you by the coattails and pulls you in another direction. And sometimes they aren’t coattails at all but your eyes, ears and voice so that the athletic events of smalltown high school athletes can be broadcast on air. That’s exactly what happened to Larry Cowger. “In 1998, a gentleman from the radio… Read more »
Danny Cox
His road began in the late 1970s as un-recruited pitcher who tried out on a whim with an Alabama juco called Chattahoochee Valley and, from there, soldiered on – right into his big-league debut in August 1983. Not that it was an ordinary debut. Instead, Danny Cox was matched opposite the great Steve Carlton of… Read more »
Jim Crane
In the summer of 1974, decades before he came to own a big-league baseball team, Jim Crane took a union job on the loading docks of a dry goods company near St. Louis. In essence, that’s truly where his life journey began. You see, Crane’s father had recently passed away, the family needed money and,… Read more »
Joe Crede
Joe attended high school and played baseball at Westphalia’s Fatima High School, a team he led to 3 district championships and two final four berths, 1995 and 1996, as a pitcher. Crede was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft and made his debut with the team… Read more »
Joe Cunningham
Joseph Robert Cunningham, Jr. is a former major league baseball firstbaseman and left-handed batter who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1954-1961) Chicago White Sox (1962-1964), and Washington Senators (1964–1966). The best season for Cunningham was in 1959, when he batted .345 to finish second to Hank Aaron for the National League batting title. He finished his career with a… Read more »
Frank Cusumano
After 25 years covering sports for KSDK TV, after tons of awards and numerous World Series and two Super Bowls – after everything – you would assume Frank Cusumano would put it on cruise control. Hardly. In October 2018, there he was on assignment at inner-city Roosevelt High School, reporting on a Public High League… Read more »
Johnny Damon
He grew up in the 1980s and, despite living in Florida, gravitated toward George Brett, Willie Wilson, Frank White and other Kansas City Royals. So when the Royals drafted Johnny Damon in 1992, it was incredible. His boyhood team had come calling, following a decade in which Kansas City played in two World Series, winning… Read more »
Gerry Davis
St. Louis native, Gerry Davis started umpiring Major League Baseball in 1982 and is the 3rd most senior umpire in the league. He has umpired five World Series, nine League Championship Series and eleven League Division Series. He has also worked in the All-Star Game four times. With his assignment to the 2014 A.L. Wild… Read more »
Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean
Every ballplayer can remember their passion for the game as a kid. Dizzy Dean kept that passion and excitement through his major league career. “When ole Diz was out there pitching it was more than just another ballgame,” said teammate Pepper Martin. “It was a regular three-ring circus and everybody was wide awake and enjoying… Read more »
Bob Dernier
He grew up playing in the 3&2 Baseball Club of Kansas City and eventually for Raytown South High School, often for the fun of it and never expecting to reach the big leagues. Fortunately, for Bob Dernier, baseball welcomes anyone of all shapes and sizes. So he pressed on as a thinly built leadoff guy… Read more »