Kevin Wheeler
Kevin Wheeler comes to KMOX after spending the first 10 years of his professional radio career with the Chicago-based Sporting News Radio Network (known as One-On-One Sports prior to 2001). He joined the network in December of 1995 as an unpaid intern and worked his way up from the very bottom.
After spending nearly 5 years hosting a regular weekend show and filling in on weekdays, he moved the Kevin Wheeler Show to weekday overnights (1-5 AM Central) on Sporting News Radio beginning in late January 2002 and continuing until December of 2005.
Kevin has served as a lead writer and editor for John Benson’s Diamond Library publications and as The Sporting News’ Minor League Baseball Expert from late 2001 through the end of 2005.
He has also served as a baseball analyst on radio stations all over North America and he works as a baseball instructor for All-Star Performance in Kirkwood and with The Gamers travel program. Kevin was a baseball player in a former life, reaching the peak of his career as a bench warmer for the Miami Hurricanes in the early 90’s.
When he’s not on the air, at a game or spending time with his family, Kevin is mostly likely watching sports on TV, listening to music (the louder the better!), playing video games or somehow doing all three at once.
Kevin and his wife, Susan, are both 1994 graduates of the University if Miami, FL. Their daughter, Shannon, is a devout animal lover (like her parents) and does a fine job helping them take care of their three dogs when she is not busy playing with friends or doing her homework.
WHEELER: Monday Morning Mash Up – Super Bowl Edition
Super Bowl * Great finish to a largely boring game. Glad to see the Giants beat the Pats…again. It’s easy to dislike the Pats but you have to admit that Belichick and Brady are an [...]
WHEELER: Jupiter Tease – Players To Watch In Spring Training
I don’t know why, exactly, but I have the baseball itch today. Maybe it’s the fact that we’re hitting 60 degrees here on January 30th, I don’t know. Whatever the reason at least I have [...]
Sports Open Line: Business Perspective on the Rams Future
With the uncertainty of the Rams future in St. Louis, many are curious what owner E. Stanley Kroenke may do with the franchise over the next few years.
WHEELER: Kroenke Interest In Dodgers Stokes Fires
Talk about throwing gasoline onto the fire. Rams fans are already distrustful of Stan Kroenke because of his unwillingness commit to keeping the Rams in St. Louis beyond 2014. Now there’s a story out of [...]
Sports Open Line: Divisional Round Preview with Steve Tasker
Tune into KMOX 1120 AM this Sunday afternoon at 3:15pm for a 2007 NFC Championship rematch with the New York Giants visiting the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers.
Sports Open Line: Jim Thomas on Fisher Decision
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Rams beat writer Jim Thomas joins Kevin Wheeler to discuss the latest news on the Rams head coach and general manager search. In Earth City at Russell Training Center, they are optimistic [...]
WHEELER: My Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot (If I Had One)
I am not a member of the BBWAA so I do not have a say in which players get into the Baseball Hall of Fame and which do not. But I do have an opinion [...]
WHEELER: Rams Are Lost, Timmy vs. Tommy, Hot Stove & Blues
Another Sunday, another loss for the Rams. Ho hum. There are lot of things that I could get into regarding yesterday’s 20-13 loss to Cincinnati but there was one thing in particular that just drove [...]
WHEELER: Pride Drives Albert Into The Angels’ Arms
On many occasions Albert has said “it’s not about the money.” Apparently what he really meant to say was “it’s not about how much money I have to spend on material things.”
WHEELER: Assumptions Regarding Potential Pujols Contract Are Pointless
Here are the two arguments I’ve heard the last couple of days regarding the Albert Pujols negotiations: 1) You can’t afford to let a player of this magnitude walk away, it could decimate the franchise. [...]
