Sports Open Line

The nightly program has been a fixture on KMOX for many years and features a variety of hosts.

Sports Open Line is a sports podcast hosted by Audacy, with 500 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Audacy hosts Sports Open Line, a sports show with 500 episodes published.

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  Sports Open Line

  Hour 2: Cardinals Director of Amateur Acquisitions Zach Mortimer on Cardinals draft strategy

  Aug 20, 202638 min

  Matt is joined for an extra long interview with Cardinal's Director of Amateur Acquisitions to talk about the Cardinals scouting strategy, how it's developed and changed since he started in 2013, learning lessons from his team's mistakes, the importance of Randy Flores as the lead in the scouting department since 2016 and what to watch for in the Cardinals draft special you can watch now!

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  Sports Open Line

  Hour 1: Bernie on the Cardinals bullpen struggles, Christian Miles reacts to CITY's disappointing performance

  Aug 20, 202635 min

  Matt Pauley breaks down a crazy Cardinals game from Thursday afternoon, as they took down the Reds in a WILD game that saw big leads, big comebacks and another page in the long chapter of the 2026 Cardinals' Bullpen. Bernie Miklasz joins Matt to talk about Marmol's decision-making with the bullpen over the Reds series but wonders why Chaim Bloom didn't do a little more to reinforce the reliver core for Oli Marmol. And AppleTV's Christian Miles joins the show to react to a disappointing result against Kansas City and looking forward to a matchup against the top team in the west when they host Houston on Saturday.

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  Hour 2 - Lindenwood FB's Jed Stugar, Y98's Jen Siess, More Baez Reactions

  Aug 14, 202637 min

  Back for Hour 2 of Sports Open Line, Pauley dives back into the college side of things as Lindenwood Head Coach Jed Stugart joins the show to talk about how their transition to Division 1 continues and how the five-in-five ruling has impacted his roster, Y98's Jen Siess talks about the now-official transfer of Marcel Hartel, the reaction around the transfer and the worry that the team will lose steam after his move. And we close out the show with more questions and anticipation around the Cardinals following the promotion of top prospects Joshua Baez.

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  Hour 1 - PowerMizzou's Gabe DeArmond, MLB.com's Brenden Schaeffer

  Aug 14, 202635 min

  Matt Pauley has another edition of Sports Open Line, with the Cardinals breaking news with the promotion of Joshua Baez we're talking plenty of Cardinals on the show, PowerMizzou.com's Gabe DeArmond joins the show to talk about the Mark Mitchell situation and a massive offer from Kentucky basketball, Brenden Schaeffer breaks down his expectations after the Baez call-up,

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  Hour 2 - Jacon Cersosimo talks Cardinals, Gabi Cole on Fitness Deserts in STL

  Aug 13, 202638 min

  In Hour 2 of Sports Open Line, Matt Pauley is joined by KMOV's Jacob Cersosimo to talk about the Cardinals standing at a potential crossroads of the season, the winning mindset inside the club, Marmol still finding ways to balance a focus on winning and the team's focus on the bigger picture and they somehow get some tennis onto the show. In our Community Spotlight, Matt talks with Fit & Foot Connection Co-Founder Gabi Cole about fitness deserts in addition to food deserts.

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