Columnist Bryan Burwell Dies At 59

The first time I met Bryan Burwell, we were both kids in the newspaper business, working for competing newspapers in Baltimore. This was the late 1970s, and I was blown away by him. When Burwell walked into the room, he owned it. The man had presence.

"Like so many others in the sports community today, I am shocked and saddened by the passing of respected journalist Bryan Burwell," Selig said in a statement. "From his recent coverage of the Cardinals to chronicling the national pastime as 

Several members of the St. Louis Cardinals leadership team expressed sorrow at the news of Burwell's death. “All of us in the Cardinals organization were deeply saddened to learn of Bryan's passing,” principal owner Bill DeWitt Jr. said. “He was a good 

Bryan Burwell, the longtime columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who was also a fixture on ESPN's The Sports Reporters, died early this morning. His obituary said he fell victim to a “short battle with cancer.” Burwell was 59 

The first time I met Bryan Burwell, we were both kids in the newspaper business, working for competing newspapers in Baltimore. This was the late 1970s, and I was blown away by him. When Burwell walked into the room, he owned it. The man had presence.