St. Louis sports, still open after the game.
Sports Open Line works like an open phone line after the day’s St. Louis sports news, with Cardinals baseball usually at the center. It mixes listener texts and calls with practical roster talk, game reaction, and interviews on Blues, City SC, golf, and baseball.
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Sports Open Line sounds like St. Louis sports radio after the headline has already broken and the real sorting-out begins. Cardinals baseball is the center of gravity. A win over Washington leads to talk about Michael McGreevey’s ground balls, bullpen work, and what carried over from postgame coverage. A rough pitching stretch turns into a longer conversation about finishing hitters, limiting big innings, and whether a piggyback plan could help. The show likes details, but it keeps them in fan language. Callers, texts, tweets, and stream comments are part of the rhythm, not decoration. A listener can push the hour toward Yvonne Herrera’s throws, J.J. Weatherholt contract questions, lineup frustration, or a bigger-picture read on where the club is heading. The tone is practical. It can be blunt about disappointment, but it usually aims at what the next move should be. The program also follows Cardinals-adjacent stories, including John Mozeliak taking over as Angels interim GM and what the Angels might do at the trade deadline. Baseball analysts and local voices come through often enough to give the discussion outside perspective. Joe Sheehan brings a wider baseball and analytics frame. Bernie Miklas appears in the Cardinals lane. The St. Louis focus does not stop at baseball. Blues draft picks, Jordan Kyrou trade talk, City SC, SLU basketball, and Masters coverage all show up when the local sports night calls for it. Dan Reardon’s Augusta reports give the golf segments a lived-in quality. Luke Korak’s Blues coverage adds draft and roster texture. Gino Savarese gives City SC segments a broadcaster’s angle. The result is a working sports desk with phone lines open: sometimes messy, often repetitive in the way live conversation is, but useful for fans who want to hear the city think out loud.
Made for: Sports Open Line is for Cardinals fans and St. Louis sports followers who want local reaction, call-in debate, and practical roster talk after games and news breaks. It also fits listeners who keep one eye on the Blues, City SC, SLU basketball, and major golf weeks.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its live-radio bridge between postgame emotion and team-level analysis. It lets callers and stream comments shape the path while still returning to concrete questions about players, front offices, drafts, trades, and the next game.
The nightly program has been a fixture on KMOX for many years and features a variety of hosts.
Cardinals bullpen traffic becomes a group project, and you get the phone line plus the hard numbers.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A Cardinals-led Monday hour with Angels news, Blues draft talk, and the next turn through the rotation.
Graybar Sports Open Line frames Monday night around the Cardinals while keeping the wider sports week in view. Matt Pawley leads a baseball-heavy hour that brings in Sam Blum of The Athletic, folds in Cardinals-adjacent Angels news, and makes space for a golf-focused community…
A Cardinals pitching discussion turns one ugly inning into a sharper look at development, control, and workload.
Bloom's comments about stopping the bleeding give this hour a clear spine. The conversation stays close to the mechanics of a pitching collapse, from trouble finishing hitters to the Arizona inning that turned an 0-2 count on Vargas into six runs.
A measured look at whether the Angels will finally turn controllable talent into meaningful front-office action.
Sports Open Line treats the Angels' deadline spot as a practical test of front-office intent: whether the club is finally willing to use controllable talent to shift its direction.
A call-in debate over Kyle Tucker, Dodgers spending, and whether baseball still feels open to average fans.
A $60 million-per-year Kyle Tucker deal gives Graybar Sports Open Line a clean entry point into baseball's bigger spending problem: what happens when the Dodgers can operate in a financial class most teams cannot touch.
A Masters report opens into a St. Louis conversation about youth sports, identity, and the Musial Awards.
Sports Open Line moves from Matt Pawley on KMOX to Dan Reardon in Augusta, where the Masters setting gives the hour an immediate sense of occasion.
Nebraska athletics, close up and week by week.
Cubs recaps with bleacher-level patience.
Host Matt Pawley interviews Dan Reardon from Augusta on the Masters' first round, where seven of the top nine players are major champions.
This episode discusses City SC's season-opening tie against Charlotte, upcoming match against San Diego on Apple TV, and features an interview with MLS analyst Sasha Kleschen about the team's coaching changes and future direction.
This episode is a sports talk show discussing upcoming segments with Lynn Worthy on Cardinals roster decisions and Amy Marxkors on Blues hockey, plus college basketball updates.
This episode discusses the St.
Host Matt Pawley discusses Kyle Tucker signing a four-year, $60 million per year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Gracie Barra says Missouri's repeated slow starts have appeared against Kansas and Troy, while Florida scored 44 on Auburn and 52 on Ole Miss.
Dax McCarty evaluates St.
Matt Pawley and Bernie Miklas assess Riley O’Brien after he ended a 12-for-12 save run, while Miklas notes O’Brien has struggled since April 25.
Host Matt Pauley opens a two-hour Graybar Sports Open Line on KMOX by discussing the Angels hiring former Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak as a baseball consultant and interim GM through the end of the year, with Athletic reporter Sam Blum joining to break down the move and its potential Cardinals connections, including Randy Flores as a possible next Angels GM.
On the Graybar Sports Open Line, KMOX host Matt Pawley reviews the Cardinals' offensive slump after they scored three runs across a three-game series loss to Miami, then plays back Cardinals President of Baseball Operations Haim Bloom's Sunday-morning comments to Tom Ackerman on Jordan Walker's day off, Andre Pallante's bounce-back 3.83 ERA, and Matthew Liberatore's 10.34 June ERA.
Host Matt Pauley opens the Graybar Sports Open Line on KMOX by discussing the Angels hiring former Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak as a baseball consultant and interim GM through the end of the year, with Athletic reporter Sam Blum joining to break down the move and its potential Cardinals connections, including Randy Flores as a possible next Angels GM.
This episode previews upcoming sports coverage including Cardinals baseball, MLS with Gino Savarese, and Masters golf with Dan Reardon.
Dan Reardon recaps the first round of the Masters at Augusta, highlighting a star-studded leaderboard with multiple major winners and surprising struggles from top players.
This episode is a sports talk show focusing on postgame analysis of the St.
This episode is a sports talk radio segment where the host opens phone lines for listeners to discuss various topics related to the St.
This episode of Sports Open Line previews an upcoming interview with baseball analyst Joe Sheehan to discuss early season MLB topics, including the Cardinals, player debuts, and contract extensions.
This episode previews the NCAA Tournament for SLU, Mizzou, and Illinois while also covering Cardinals baseball updates, World Baseball Classic action, and roster moves.
This episode discusses City SC's season-opening tie against Charlotte, upcoming match against San Diego on Apple TV, and features an interview with MLS analyst Sasha Kleschen about the team's new coaching changes and future direction.