The St. Louis Local Organizing Committee will be hosting the 2005 NCAA Final Four at the Edward Jones Dome on April 2 and 4, 2005. The committee is a partnership between the Missouri Valley Conference, St. Louis University, the St. Louis Convention and Visitor's Commission, and the St. Louis Sports Commission.

The City of St. Louis, which is hosting it's third Final Four in 2005 has played a prominent role in the development of the NCAA Division Men's Championship. In 1973, Bill Walton and UCLA met Memphis at the old St. Louis Arena in the first ever Monday primetime national championship game.

Here's a list of FREE activities that will be taking place on Laclede's Landing throughout the four-day Championship Weekend, April 1-4, 2005:

chriskamanlac new articles for Sunday, April 16, 2006Clippers Sinking in Cold Waters
For more than a month now, there’s been jokes about the Clippers wanting to slip ... A fifth place finish would match the Clippers against either the San Antonio ... It just so happens that the Clippers were sailing along with a better ...

Lakers vs. Clippers
Your Los Angeles Clippers can win the season series for the first time in 13 years and we can all start buying our Clippers playoff tickets. ... All the Clippers get is Charles Barkley suggesting Sam Cassell looks like Gollum. ...

Lakers Win Battle, Clippers Win War
Despite the Lakers 17 point win over the Clippers Sunday night (which evened up the season series at two apiece), the Clippers are just about guarenteed to finish the season with a better record than the Lakers for the second straight ...

The LA Clippers Return to the Playoffs!
I was originally going to write this great article about the return to the playoffs by the Clippers. Then, I discovered that Bill Simmons already wrote one this week that obviously trumps anything I could have written, as its funny and ...

Nowitzki's shot with 0.7 left beats Clippers
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CLIPPERS FIND NEW GEAR FOR PLAYOFFS: REVERSE
Forget about rolling into the playoffs; the Clippers are limping -- slouching -- to the finish line and playing several notches below any other playoff team in the West. After last night's 75-73 loss to the Dallas Mavericks at Staples ...

Pending Pinstripes: Columbus Clippers Organizational Report 14 ...
Those were the only real "high"lights for the Clippers. Matt DeSalvo walked five batters in thre innings and change, allowing four runs and took the loss. Justin Pope allowed another four runs, and only recorded three outs. ...

Kobe, Lakers Beat Playoff-Bound Clippers

Kobe Bryant scored 17 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter, Lamar Odom had 23 points and 15 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the playoff-bound Los Angeles Clippers 100-83 on Sunday night. ...

Lakers & Clippers Fight Tonight
The Lakers and Clippers will square off tonight in the battle for LA supremacy. In their prior 3 games, the Clippers are so far the LA Champs with 2 wins to 1 ... If the Lakers win, they save face with a 2 - 2 tie, where as the Clippers ...

4/15/06 Box Score: Sonics 97 Clippers 101
Help Value (hv=Reb+Ast+Blk+Stl-TO) Earl Watson led the Sonics with +12, followed by Ray Allen at +10 and Nick Collison at +9. Brand led the Clippers with +17, and Chris Kaman had +13. Swift/Petro line of the night: Uhh… ...

Clippers, Nikky Z
Clippers won last night, 12-6. Apparently, my plea for Parrish worked because after going basically hitless so far this season, he went 3-for-4 last night with two runs scored. *pets him* Good boy. I have spam, which includes ...

I'm the LA Clippers of Fantasy Baseball
I've been in a fantasy baseball league (Forkball) for several years now and I've been a perennial cellar dweller. I tried to forget this but since the league is hosted on Yahoo! and Yahoo! has created a player profile that tracks ...

Clippers spam, Fedorov spam, misc life rambling
That the Clippers were knotted at 4 was a testament to the bulldog approach of Henn. After breezing through 5 1/3 innings in the season opener for the victory last Thursday, he struggled early against the Knights. ...

Game Thread: Sonics VS Clippers
Expect an unruly crowd full of drunken troublemakers at tonights Clippers / Sonics game. If we all make it home alive then the night can be considered a success…

SIMULBLOG FOR SONICS V. CLIPPERS
The prop bet tonight is Ray Allen's threes or Mariners hits off Curt Shilling.

Help the LA Clippers fight heart disease
The Clippers are looking to help "clip" the spread of heart disease. Nearly half of the population will suffer from a heart attack or stroke in his or her lifetime. Close to 100 million American adults have high cholesterol, ...

Clippers, shitty sports weekend, 24.... soccer?!?!
Weather should remain beautiful today, and mid-70s to boot, so it's totally a go for the Clippers game tonight. *excited* I need to find a harder cardboard backing for my scorebook this afternoon so I can actually write in it. ...

LA Clippers .vs Memphis Grizzlies -- Feb. 10, 2006
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Flu shot - Clippers’ 45th Win Ties California Mark (AP via Yahoo ...
The Los Angeles Clippers are aware they need to improve significantly in the next week or so if they’re to have any shot of being successful in the playoffs. Playing the way they did Wednesday night won’t get it done. ...

HANDICAPPING THE NBA'S FINAL FORTNIGHT
As of now, they'd play the Clippers in the playoffs and would NOT have the homecourt advantage [LA has a better record]. So, there is that to look forward to. They have Portland, Seattle and Houston to go along with the Jazz and Kings ...

chriskamanlac new articles for Tuesday, April 11, 2006Day 1 in Lockup.
This could be a time the Mavericks send a message to the Clippers. ... Remaining: Minnesota,@Charlotte, @Houston, LA Clippers, @Minnesota ... Vladimir Radmanovic, Clippers He surrendered his Larry Bird rights when he accepted the deal ...

Lakers vs. Clippers
Your Los Angeles Clippers can win the season series for the first time in 13 years and we can all start buying our Clippers playoff tickets. ... All the Clippers get is Charles Barkley suggesting Sam Cassell looks like Gollum. ...

15 Seconds Of Clippers Fame
The Clippers started as the NBA's Buffalo Braves back in the 1970s, from 1970-78. After moving to San Diego for a few seasons, replacing a Rockets team that had moved to Houston, the Clippers sailed for the occupied waters of Los ...

An Immodest NBA Proposal
The Grizzlies and Clippers have no incentive to finish fifth in the West ... At the moment, both the Clippers and Grizzlies have better records than the ... Let's say the fifth-seeded Clippers decide they match up best against the ...

Kobe Puts his Foot Down; Team's Future is Brighter
"We played good defense tonight," said Odom, whose team forced 17 turnovers and held the Clippers to 43 percent shooting. "We played the same way throughout the whole game. That is what we needed to do, especially against a playoff team ...

CLIPPERS ARE CHOKING DOGS, KINGS THEIR OWNERS AND MASTERS
If the Sacramento Kings are "queens," then the Clippers are mere court jesters. They played the fool again Friday night at Staples Center, coughing up a late four-point lead in a 96-93 loss, their thirteenth in a row against Rick ...

LA Clippers @ Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns -8 (-106). The Clippers don’t match up well with the Suns, and given last night’s huge come back win vs Denver Phoenix has a good shot at sweeping the Clippers this year, again by double digits.

Attending Columbus Clippers Open Practice
Sunday may have been the “official” start of baseball season. For those of us that follow the Minor Leagues, Sunday was merely an appetizer for the excitement that begins on Thursday night when the Minor League season kicks off. ...

Clippers still can’t win in Utah
Clippers still can’t win in Utah San Jose Mercury News, USA - Mar 4, 2006… has been invited to be among the 25 players to try out for the US basketball team that will participate in the world championships and the 2008 Summer Olympics … ...

Confessions
Ok – I ‘fessed up. What about you? Anyone NOT have any books lying around??? Anyone want to attempt to describe my personality from my detritus? (Yes, my hands are dry in winter. I cannot account for 3 pairs of clippers though.) ...

Kings Turn Away Clippers
Ron Artest had a good all-around performance, scoring 26, making five steals and handing out five assists to power the Kings to a 106-96 win over the Clippers on Sunday. Brad Miller added to the offensive attack, dropping in 25 points ...

Getting Up And Down
My favorite note was from Carl in Tampa, a frequent viewer/e-mail correspondent, who suggested "Tampa Bay Clippers." Carl's reasoning: "If the new owners aren't willing to shell out for players, is it just about owning a team to stroke ...

Craziness
After that ended I waited around for the Lakers-Clippers game to start. Since the Lakers blew their 2 1/2 ... The Lakers picked up an important win over the Clippers and kept pace with the Queens who beat the Rockets last night as well. ...

May, and June Madness
Dallas versus Clippers, see the Nash comment above. Dallas still doesn't play defense, so despite a fantastic regular season, still expect an early playoff exit. Especially given that the difference between being the one seed and being ...

LAKERS BEAT THAT OTHER LA TEAM! The LA Lakers beat the LA Clippers ...
The LA Lakers beat the LA Clippers 100-83. Lakers cruised throughout the 4th period and win it by 14 points. ... Brand has put up these All Star numbers every season with the Clippers but his team was never this good. ...

[NBA] NBA Power Rankings Roundup for Apr 5 2006
8, Nuggets, Nuggets, Grizzlies, Grizzlies, Clippers, Grizzlies. 9, Grizzlies, Clippers, Nuggets, Nuggets, Suns, Clippers. 10, Clippers, Grizzlies, Clippers, Clippers, Nuggets, Nuggets. 11-30, more, more, more, more, more, more.

Way to choke Denver
I had to leave the office early which is why my post yesterday ended abruptly to head to Staples Center again this time for the Clippers-Nuggets game. The Nuggets started out on fire, especially Marcus Camby who did not miss from the ...

Charter Change: Bicameral vs Unicameral
This places the Clippers at 14 games over the break-even mark, ... With eleven games remaining on their schedule, the Clippers have a chance to post their ... The Clippers will be playing five games against playoff-bound teams (as of ...

How To Clip Your Dog's Toenails -- Quick & Easy
Toenail clippers come in both scissor and guillotine style but, for ease of use your pet's comfort, the guillotine style are more highly recommended. The sharp blade neatly slices off the excess toenail, whereas scissor-style clippers ...

The Geography of New US Nuclear Plants
GAFFNEY, SC — Bill Whelchel, working the main chair at Elmore's Barber Shop on Limestone Street, paused the clippers above his customer's half-sculptured crew cut to consider the question of atomic energy. ...

chriskamanlac new articles for Sunday, April 02, 2006Kings welcome Clippers to ARCO (The Sports Network)
(Sports Network) - Two teams with playoff fever square off tonight at ARCO Arena, as the Sacramento Kings host the Los Angeles Clippers.

Clippers assured of winning season after downing Jazz (The Sports Network)
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Elton Brand and Sam Cassell each scored 22 points, as the Los Angeles Clippers clinched their first winning season in over a decade with a 106-91 victory over the Utah Jazz at the Staples Center.

Kaman Eager for Playoffs (NBA.com)
In THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jason Reid writes, "The postseason couldn't begin soon enough for center Chris Kaman, who has eagerly awaited an invitation. The Clippers failed to earn a playoff berth in Kaman's first two seasons, but they appear to be on the verge of qualifying for the first time since 1996-97, marking their fourth appearance in Clipper history and seventh in franchise history. Kaman

Change for Brand Helps Kaman Too (NBA.com)
Mike Terry of THE LOS ANGELES TIMES writes, "When Elton Brand and Chris Kaman were preparing for this season last summer, they did not work out together, or even discuss how they were going to approach the season. But a change in Brand's style has benefited both players, and the Clippers as well."

Are the Clippers for real? (Fox Sports)
With the Clippers clinging to fifth place in the Western Conference entering Tuesday's game vs. the Spurs, Charley Rosen set out to see if the other team in L.A. is really up to snuff. Well, San Antonio had no problem beating Elton Brand and company, and the Clip joint still has some serious shortcomings.

SPORTS SLATE (The Pueblo Chieftain)
TODAY NBA basketball: Denver at Dallas, 11 a.m. MLS soccer: Colorado at Houston, 5:30 p.m. College baseball: Fort Hays State at CSU-Pueblo, Rawlings Field, noon College softball: New Mexico Highlands at CSU-Pueblo (2), Rawlings Sports Complex, 11 a.m. Juco baseball: Otero JC at Trinidad State (2), noon Juco softball: McCook (Neb.) CC at Trinidad State

Duncan, Spurs down Clippers to lead the West (The Sports Network)
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lift the San Antonio Spurs past the Los Angeles Clippers, 98-87, at the Staples Center.

Clippers moving towards the postseason (The Sports Network)
(Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Clippers continue to surprise by winning more games and inching closer to their first playoff berth since the 1996-97 campaign.

UPI Sports Calendar for Sunday, April 2 (UPI)
New York at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Phoenix at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Dial sells base, ponders move (The Arizona Republic)
The Dial Corp.'s headquarters in Scottsdale sold for $23 million in a deal between institutional investors swapping a prime piece of north Scottsdale real estate.

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In 1984 the Clippers moved to Los Angeles, California, playing in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena while the Lakers, with a better reputation, continued to play at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, a few miles south. The Clippers were completely overshadowed by their cross-town counterparts, who were in the midst of a championship run with future Hall of Famers, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and James Worthy. The Clippers, under head coach Jim Lynam (and later Don Chaney) and new acquisitions Marques Johnson, Junior Bridgeman, and Harvey Catchings (all acquired via trade from the Milwaukee Bucks), finished with a disappointing 31-51 record in the first season in the City of Angels.