Thursday, March 31, 2005

Who is in St. Louis?

The following are confirmed for this weekend to be in St. Louis for the Final Four.
Ernie Fletcher - Louisville
Bill Murray - Illinois
Matthew McConaughey- Cancelled
Ryan Seacrest - Loft on Washington Avenue
Greg Kinnear - Suite somewhere
Cedric the Entertainer - St. Louis native
Jami Gertz - Still Standing star
Craig Ferguson - Late Late Show host
On Saturday, Hoobastank will be at "Championship Weekend at the Landing."

But the big night for music is Sunday. Huey Lewis and the News performs for the Bob Costas Cancer Center benefit at the Fox Theatre; Nelly and the St. Lunatics will be at the Savvis Center; and legendary reggae group Toots and the Maytals will be at Ameristar Casino.
Are autographs your cup of tea?
ESPN will hold court around the lake and south plaza area of the shopping center and anchor a number of broadcasts from there. The first show beamed up and out Thursday evening. Today, both a Final Four special (3 p.m.) and Sportscenter (4 p.m.) will be broadcast from there. Various pregame and postgame shows will be on Saturday and Monday, and broadcasts for the ESPNEWS channel will come from around the lake.

Broadcasters expected to be on hand include announcers Chris Fowler and Steve Lavin and former player and analyst Jay Bilas. And, of course, ESPN's trio of "old coaches" will be there - Dick Vitale, Rick Majerus and Digger Phelps.

Vitale will be a real man about town this weekend. At 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Vitale will sign autographs and shake hands at Union Station. Then on Sunday, Vitale will be in Forest Park to serve as honorary marshal of the Gerald L. Andriole Prostate Cancer Marathon Golf Tournament, which benefits prostate cancer research at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Longtime sportscaster Dick Enberg will be signing autographs at Union Station at 1 p.m. Sunday at Sports Avenue, a memorabilia shop in the center.

Fox Sports Network has its own party/work area, in Laclede's Landing. It's called the FSN/Fox College Sports Fan Fest. At 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, the network's "Best Damn Sports Show Period" will be taped. The hosts include Tom Arnold.

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