Columnists
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: March 24, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while wondering how much fun the VCU Rams have had
proving all their doubters wrong. (more)  
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: March 31, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while I try to figure out how two people out of some six
million on ESPN.com managed to get all four Final Four teams correct. (more)   
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: April 7, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while I wonder how much hotter the seat just got for Bruce
Weber in light of Jereme Richmond’s exit from the program. (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: April 14, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while Cardinal fans wait for Ryan Franklin to blow another
save.  (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: April 28, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder how much fun our local high school teams will have
playing basically every day to make up all the lost contests, if Mother Nature actually
lets them.  (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: May 12, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while folks like me long for the cold temperatures of
winter. (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: May 19, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while I wonder who will be lucky enough to follow Ron Guenther as
Illinois Athletic Director. (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: June 2, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while I wonder how people will spend their afternoons now that
Oprah has quit her TV show. (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: June 9, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while we Cardinal fans PRIVATELY revel in the misfortunes of
the North Siders. (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: June 16, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while I wonder how many Dallas Mavericks championship
T-shirts will be sold in Cleveland, and maybe even Miami, since many bandwagon Heat
fans sold their tickets before Game 6. (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: June 30, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while we Cardinal fans now have a better understanding of what
a JUNE SWOON truly looks like. (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: July 7, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while we anxiously await the cable news networks to
return to more important coverage than the Casey Anthony murder trial. (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: July 21, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while I feel sympathy for anybody that has to work outside this
week. (more)  
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: Aug. 4, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while I wonder if I have ever been called a terrorist before. (more)  
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: Aug. 11, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while we wait for gas prices to drop like oil prices have in
the last few days.  (more)  
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: Aug. 25, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while we Cardinal fans feel the pain of being Completely
Useless by September (CUBS!).  (more)   
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: Sept. 1, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while some of you out there are thrilled about the hot temperatures
coming this weekend. (more)  
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: Sept. 8, 2011

Thoughts for all to ponder while Indianapolis Colts fans get ready for a game NOT started by the
great Peyton Manning.  (more)  
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: Sept. 15, 2011

  Thoughts for all to ponder while I wonder how much fun it was for the Miami Dolphins’ defense
to watch the game film from Monday night’s game after Tom Brady lit them up. (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: Sept. 22, 2011

      Thoughts for all to ponder while we Cardinal fans, for the time being, lament the games
where the bullpen blew so many late leads earlier in the season.  (more)   
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: Oct. 6, 2011

   Thoughts for all to ponder while we BEG and PLEAD for a key hit in the Tuesday night Cardinal
game. (more)
What's the Score?
by Byron Painter
Issue Date: Oct. 13, 2011

     Thoughts for all to ponder while we Cardinal fans thoroughly enjoyed Nyjer Morgan looking
like an idiot trying to catch one of Albert Pujols’ laser beams Monday night.  (more)