Rams broadcaster Snow in critical condition with infection

ST. LOUIS -- Former Rams receiver and current broadcaster Jack Snow was in critical condition Friday with a staph infection.

Snow, 62, was at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Hospital spokesman Jason Merrill said he could not discuss details.

Rams spokesman Duane Lewis said Snow became ill in November. He was getting better, but was hospitalized last week.

Lewis said Snow's family was with him at the hospital. He believed Snow's son, San Francisco Giants first baseman J.T. Snow, was among them.

Jack Snow, a color analyst on the Rams' radio broadcasts even before the team moved here 10 years ago, was last in the booth Nov. 20 during a home loss to Arizona. He has missed the last five games.

Snow has been part of the Rams virtually since being drafted out of Notre Dame in 1965. He spent 11 years as a player with the team when it was in Los Angeles, retiring in 1975.

He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1967 and still is among the team leaders in several receiving categories.

"He's a great supporter of our players, the organization -- really a good guy," Rams interim coach Joe Vitt said. "He's a fighter. He's fighting for his life. Our thoughts and prayers are with him right now."

In addition to his broadcast duties, Snow has helped out during practice, voluntarily, mostly with receivers.