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Right-handed reliever Scott Linebrink, 35, on Friday signed a minor-league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Former St. Louis Cardinals Andy Van Slyke, Todd Worrell and Scott Terry will be among the guest speakers Saturday at Busch Stadium for the Greater St. Louis Fellowship of Christian Athletes Baseball Coaching Clinic.

The St. Louis Rams will hire Les Snead, the Atlanta Falcons' director of player personnel, as their new general manager.

Dave McGinnis didn't need a sales pitch when new St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher contacted him about joining Fisher's coaching staff.

Andy McDonald showed his St. Louis Blues teammates and an anxious home crowd just how much he was missed during an extended injury absence.

David Perron said he was battling the flu Sunday morning and Jaroslav Halak was four days removed from being yanked from his last start against the New Jersey Devils.

Western Carolina first-year head football coach Mark Speir has completed his coaching staff by adding defensive coordinator responsibilities to linebackers coach Curtis Walker and naming Steve Sisa the defensive secondary coach.

This is how rough a stretch Illinois is mired in: Even Michigan's slumping sophomores shot the ball well against the Fighting Illini.