Listen to "The Sports Zone with Rob Rains & B.J. Rains" on Sports Radio 1380AM in St. Louis Mon-Fri 1-3p.m. cst s an books are Wild Cards, the commemorative book on the 2011 Cardinals World Series Championship and The Curse: Cubs Win! Cubs Win!...Or Do They? a mystery novel about baseball based on real history of the Chicago Cubs. He co-wrote the book with former major league baseball player and coach, Andy Van Slyke. Other books by Rob Rains include autobiographies (co-written) with Jack Buck, Ozzie Smith, Red Schoendienst, Jim Hanifan, Dave Phillips and others as well as biographies about Tony La Russa and Mark McGwire. He often contributes to Major League Baseball World Series programs, St. Louis Sports Magazine and other magazines as well as being a regular on Jamie Allman's radio show on 97.1 in St. Louis (Mondays in the 8 a.m. hour); and Ned Reynolds and Scott Puryear's show on Jock 97 in Springfield, MO. Rains is a member of Baseball Writers of America (BBWAA) and is a voting member for the Baseball Hall of Fame and has served as Official Scorer for major league baseball for several play-off games as well as Cardinals games. He started as a reporter for United Press International (UPI) and then covered the St. Louis
Cardinals for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, eventually moving to USA Today and USA Today Baseball Weekly. He was awarded the Freedom Forum Grant to teach Journalism for one year at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State, and for
the past 13 years he has been writing books, magazine articles and doing radio. of Kansas with a BS in Journalism. To follow Rob on Twitter go to: www.Twitter.com/RobRains  Sally Tippett Rains, is an award winning author who has had 12 books published. In 2010 her book The Making Of A Masterpiec, The True Story Of Margaret Mitchell's Classic Novel, Gone With The Wind won First Place in the Missouri Professional Communicators (MPC) contest for Best Book and she went on to receive Third Place in the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). Also in 2010 she premiered her documentary, The Making Of A Masterpiece, A Documentary which aired on HEC-TV and produced a three day event in St. Louis called "Gateway To The Wind" which was a conference that brought in speakers, experts and others with connections to Gone With The Wind. Along with her son, B.J. Rains she won a Telly Award for "Hope For The 'C' Word" a video to help newly diagnosed pediatric cancer patients and their families. Sally Rains got her start as a sports reporter at KMOX/CBS Radio in St. Louis where she worked as a writer for Bob Costas. Sally attended the University of Missouri- Columbia eventually transferring to Webster University where she got her degree in Media/ Journalism. She has served on several national committees including the Missouri Society in Washington, D.C. where she headed up the state of Missouri's involvement in the National Cherry Blossom Festival and put on a a reception in the US Capitol with two congressmen in attendance. B.J. Rains is a reporter for FOXSportsMidwest.com. After covering the Cardinals for both mlb.com and Globe-Democrat.com he joined FSM. He main beats are the Cardinals and Blues. His articles can be found on www.foxsportsmidest.com. He previously covered the University of Kansas athletics for the Associated Press (AP). He has written
for the Lawrence Journal World and the University Daily Kansan. In January 2009 he traveled to Phoenix, AZ where he covered the Jayhawks' appearance in the
Insight Bowl. He graduated with a Journalism degree from KU in Dec. 2008. To follow BJ on Twitter go to www.Twitter.com/BJRains or Facebook: BJ Rains Mike Rains is a graduate assistant in the Sports Information office at Missouri Baptist University after earning his B.S. in Sports Management at Fontbonne University. For three years he was on the Fontbonne bowling team (NCAA). For the past seven years he has worked for Orlando's Catering as a banquet worker, and was recently hired by Sports Authority as a sales associate. P.O. Box 260027 St. Louis, MO 63126 Phone: (314) 842-9724 E-mail us at: WriteAsRains@sbcglobal.net |
