Sports
June 18, 2008 (Volume 74, Online Update)
Former MU wrestler Ben Askren qualifies for 2008 Olympics
By Nick Forrester
Former Missouri wrestler Ben Askren was the first Missouri wrestler to win a national championship, winning the title in 2006. He accomplished the same feat in 2007. And he now ...
June 4, 2008 (Volume 74, Issue 57)
Small Time Skates and a big time skater
By Laura Swan
Eight years ago, Alex Vestal hit his foot on a television set, and the resulting broken toe changed his life. He was couch-bound and antsy, so Alex’s parents bought him ...
Column: A day at the pool
By Mark Levitt
Nothing is better than spending a day at the pool, right? There’s something for everybody. Kids splash their friends. Some cool off on a hot summer day. Others like to ...
Sports shorts
By Lenny Goldman
Baseball season ends in Florida After Missouri beat Ole Miss in their first game of the NCAA Regional 7-0, they lost to Miami 6-5 in the second round. With a ...
May 9, 2008 (Volume 74, Issue 56)
Column: Cardinals far from dead
By Patrick Daugherty
Pronounced dead before the season even began, the St. Louis Cardinals were slotted to duke it out with Pittsburgh and Houston for last place in the NL Central, not Chicago ...
Sports shorts
By Lenny Goldman
2008 National Baseball Team invites two MU players to trials Twelve collegiate baseball players have accepted invitations to attend the 2008 National Team Trials. MU sophomore pitcher Kyle Gibson and ...
Tigers win on walk-off home run
By Sam Wilson
The Tigers hit two home runs off Venditte for a comeback win.
May 6, 2008 (Volume 74, Issue 55)
Baseball wins weekend series
By Sam Wilson
The baseball team won the series overall, but lost the game Sunday.
Derby win is not without sadness
By Brad Minkow
In only two minutes, thoroughbred racing encapsulates everything spectacular and imperfect about sports. Horseracing, a sport with little national, daily notoriety, has the unique ability to demand our attention for ...
Sports Shorts
By Mike Bushnell
Picks for next Truman and cheer squad unveiled Cheerleading coach Suzy Thompson announced Monday the 49 men and women who will make up the cheerleading squads for the fall semester, ...
May 2, 2008 (Volume 74, Issue 54)
Sports Shorts
By Mike Bushnell
Tiger fans donate record amount of food At April 19’s Black and Gold Spring Game, MU fans donated slightly less than 14,000 pounds of food to go with a $2,500 ...
Column: Bye bye Dallas
By Patrick Daugherty
The first round of the National Basketball Association Playoffs are finally almost over, and we have learned quite a bit. Well, some of us have. A lot of the things ...
Tigers' offense struggles, lose five straight games
By Nick Forrester
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the lights began to dim at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday evening, Kansas junior pitcher Paul Smyth jumped up and down in ...
April 29, 2008 (Volume 74, Issue 53)
Softball continues impressive season
By Mike Bushnell
Missouri had a victory on Saturday and a rainout on Sunday.
Winners, losers from NFL Draft
Saturday’s National Football League Draft offered more questionable picks, less excitement and more players named “Long” than in most years past. With the opportunity for every team to increase their ...
April 29, 2008 (Volume 74, Online Update)
Tigers shutout by KU in KC
By Lenny Goldman
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With the crisp glow of the world’s largest high definition television screen in center field, the Tigers failed to show much flashiness of their own against ...
April 29, 2008 (Volume 74, Issue 53)
Former MU players sign with NFL teams
By Mike Bushnell
Rucker and Franklin were selected in the draft.
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