The Opening Drive

7:00 – Cards-14 DBacks-5 So this happened while you were sleeping → The Oakland Athletics have signed a binding agreement to purchase land near the Las Vegas Strip, where they intend to construct a major league ballpark, team president Dave Kaval said Wednesday night. NBA Playoffs + NHL Playoffs 7:15 – SICK OF IT!!! 7:30 – Greg Amsinger joins the show to talk about the big A's news, the Cardinals...

Head Coach of YOUR Battlehawks joins Carey, Brooke & Randy to talk about a huge game for the team this weekend with the playoffs on the line, his and the team's mindset as they prepare, how much you take and ignore from a previous win against Orlando, why he isn't getting hung up on the math and being proud of giving the fans a great experience and STL completely showing out for the XFL more t...

7:00 – Cardinals-7 Diamondbacks-8 NHL Playoffs Rangers-5 Devils-1 Lightning-7 Maple Leafs-3 Jets-5 Golden Knights-1 Kraken-3 Avalanche-1 NBA Playoffs Hawks-106 Celtics-119 (Celtics 2-0) Knicks-90 Cavaliers-107 (Tied 1-1) Clippers-109 Suns-123 (Tied 1-1) Draymond Green suspended for Game 3 of their Warriors-Kings series after stomping on Domantas Sabonis (in addition to his “history of unsportsmanl...

Waino joins Randy, Carey & Brooke to talk about his rehab start coming up later this afternoon, how the new rules are changing the game for the fans, players & managers, what he takes from Flaherty start to turn it around, the cardinals working their way through a tough start of the year, how the expectation for starting pitchers changing is hurting the young pitchers, having a lot of fun...

Claibs joins "The Opening Drive" to continue our conversations on the Cardinals pitching issues over the season, how he's reacting to the starting pitching as it begins to improve, how the Jordan Hicks situation could be solved going forward, if he worrying about the offensive issues going forward and his thoughts on Jack Flaherty's progression to start the season. See Privacy Policy at https://ar...

Panger joins Carey, Randy & Brooke to get his reaction on the big comments made from Army over the weekend about this team, the issues that permeated throughout the entire season, looking forward into the offseason and some big decisions to the be made and Panger's early thoughts on Round 1 of the NHL playoffs. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at ht...

7:00 – Cardinals-3 Diamondbacks-6 NHL Playoffs Islanders-1 Hurricanes-2 Panthers-1 Bruins-3 Wild-3 Stars-2 Kings-4 Oilers-3 NBA Playoffs Nets-84 76ers-96 (Philly leads 2-0) Warriors-106 Kings-114 (Sacramento leads 2-0) 7:15 - Jalen Hurts gets paid. What does this mean for Lamar and for Joe Burrow? 7:30 - Are you surprised that STL has produced the fourth most pro athletes? And who is the best STL...

Kerbs joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about Army's very honest comments from the weekend and where that leaves the Blues going into the offseason. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Niko joins Carey, Randy & Brooke to talk about what the team did during that long delay before the game, what went into their dominating win, how this team worked through back-to-back loses to come together for this performance, the build-up to his goal from Nelson and how they can continue to build on this start going forward. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...

7:00 - Weekend Wrap-up 7:15 - Three Things we loved from the Weekend 7:30 - The Blues had their end of season press conference on Saturday. What were the big takeaways? 7:45 - TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT 8:00 – Fresh Take: Can the Cardinals cut down on the little mistakes that are costing them runs both offensively and defensively? 8:15 - CONTROLLED CHAOS: Niko Gioacchini breaks down another big win for C...

Robert joins the show for the final time to talk about his thoughts on the Blues season, how he's grown through the adversity of a tough season, why he prides himself on being a leader for this team going forward, what he thinks he improved on the most this season, why he doesn't have his first tee time set just yet and a big thank you from the show for joining us this year. See Privacy Policy at...

Andrew joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about his response to CITY's initial hot start, what he's seen in the last two loses that has been different from the first five wins and what he expects to see from the matchup versus Cincinnati. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Joey joins the show for the final time this year as the Blues wrapped up the season to weigh on on some final thoughts from a disappointing season, who his team MVP is, the wildness of Disney with his kids and how he pronounce the word "crayons". See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jay joins Carey, Randy & Brooke to talk about Jon Rahm's big win at Augusta, why Jay's rooting against LIV almost ruined enjoying a great tournament and why it's hard to not focus on Lefty's incredible final round. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

7:00 – Cardinals-0 Pirates-5 Montgomery→6.1IP 6H 2ER 2BB 5K Blues-0 Stars-1 → 3.5% chance at #1 overall pick → 3.8% chance at #2 overall pick 7:15 – Former PGA Pro Jay Delsing talks about John Rahm's big win at Augusta 7:30 – The starting pitching settled but the relief pitching is now starting to fall apart--can the Cardinals survive with this pitching staff? 7:45 – TIOLI 8:00 - Fresh Take: The C...

JR joins the show to talk about the real things: how do you pronounce "crayons"? Plus a look into his recent article on 12 takeaways from the Blues finals stretch of the season, why a conversation with Army at the start of the year was oddly prescient and the future of Kyrou & Thomas as leaders of this team. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https...

JK joins Randy, Brooke & Carey for the final Blues Booth of the season to talk about the season in review, if the final stretch of games changed his thoughts on anything going forward, if the leadership future of Thomas & Kyrou bodes well for the Blues and tonight's final game of the season versus the Stars. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at h...

Ricky joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about a big game coming up this weekend for the Battlehawks, why he's calling it a "must-win", what makes coaching his son in the XFL such a special and challenging moment for them, how the egos and non-egos of the WR room for the Rams worked out and some final thoughts on the matchup versus Seattle. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califo...

7:00 – Cards-7 Rockies-4 Jack Flaherty→5.1IP 5H 1ER 1BB 6K 1HR Cardinals back home to start a 4-game series against the Pirates (7-game home stand)  RHP Vince Velasquez (0-2 9.82ERA) vs. Montgomery 6:45FP Stars-5 Blues-2 7:15 – Battlehawks WR coach Ricky Proehl talks about a big matchup this weekend and a season of coaching his son 7:30 – SICK OF IT!!! 7:45 – TIOLI 8:00 – Fresh Take: What do you t...

Bruuuuuuuce joins Randy, Carey & Brooks to talk about his experience watching the XFL, getting to see his teammates in Becht & Proehl lead the way for the Battlehawks, all about his free football camp coming up, why he continues to prioritize reaching out to the STL community and one final thought on Lamar Jackson & the Ravens. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califo...

Bernie joins the show for the final time of the season as the Blues close out their home schedule tonight and Bernie weighs in on the Blues season as a disappointment and looking at the positives going into the offseason. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

7:00 – Cardinals-9 Rockies-6, Cardinals come back from a 6-2 deficit after the 5th, tallying 4 runs in the 7th behind a 3-run double from Arenado & 3 insurance runs in the 9th, including a Gorman HR (his 3rd of the season) G3→2:10PM Flaherty vs. RHP Jose Urena (0-2 14.40ERA 5.0IP 7BB 3HR) Blues vs. Stars tonight PG @ 5:30 7:15 - NFL News and Notes 7:30 - Ask Uncle Randy 7:45 - TIOLI 8:00 – Tod...

Waino joins Randy, Carey & Brooke to talk about what makes pitching in Coors field so tricky beyond just the altitude, why the mental game is so important as well as changing your pitches and approach, why he's had so much success at Coors and how it helps him in games afterwards, why it's so tough to be watching a game like Tuesday's away from the team, Georgia being the start of his football...

Nick joins "The Opening Drive" in studio to talk about the work being done on Mizzou's NIL collective, how he's seen college athletics changed since the advent of NIL, what the next steps are going to be for regulation and how people can get involved. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Claibs joins us for two segments of Cardinals baseball talk, going through all the pitching troubles to start the season, his thoughts on Flaherty's uneven starts, the offensive starting out with a lack of clutch hitting, why he's sticking to his Flag Day-related guns, some storytime with Randy & why he and Carey are rolling with the Warriors in these NBA playoffs. See Privacy Policy at https:...