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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Missouri DH Zimmermann signs with Houston Astros

Eli Hoff June 14, 2020

After four seasons with Missouri’s baseball team, senior designated hitter Peter Zimmermann is headed to the pros. He signed with the Houston Astros as an undrafted free agent infielder on Sunday morning. In...

RHP Bedell, OF signee Greene selected in MLB draft

Jack Soble June 11, 2020

Much of Missouri baseball’s 2021 outlook is now in the hands of 18-year-old outfielder signee Isaiah Greene and junior right-handed pitcher Ian Bedell, as they were selected 69th overall by the New York...

Column: Missouri athletes won’t stick to sports, and that’s a good thing

Column: Missouri athletes won’t stick to sports, and that’s a good thing

Eli Hoff June 9, 2020

Cliches dominate the sports world. They’re the incomprehensible insider language of sport, easy ways to dismiss something that’s hard or uncomfortable to reckon with publicly. Most are laughable,...

Blues to the Zou: How hockey helped Peter Zimmermann dominate on the diamond

Blues to the Zou: How hockey helped Peter Zimmermann dominate on the diamond

Jack Soble June 7, 2020

Number 77, in a jersey almost identical to the NHL’s St. Louis Blues, picked up a rolling puck after it had been pushed into his defensive zone by a forward for the North York Rangers. They were a Triple-A...

An icon immortalized: Reflecting on “The Last Dance”

An icon immortalized: Reflecting on “The Last Dance”

Kirubel Mesfin May 16, 2020

It’s crazy to think about how the world of basketball has already frozen twice this year. It froze once on March 11, when Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert’s positive COVID-19 test put a stop to the 2020...

Dr. Takedown: Bohlken leaves Missouri as starting heavyweight, aspiring orthopedic surgeon

Jack Soble May 7, 2020

Jake Bohlken stood in the lobby of Missouri's wrestling room during a standard weightlifting session in December after running down from the weight room to grab his phone. When the senior looked down at...

One More Year: After flirting with retirement, Leeth qualifies for nationals and aims to return in 2020

Jack Soble May 6, 2020

Grant Leeth had overcome a nearly unprecedented onslaught of injuries over his six years as a collegiate wrestler. He transferred to Missouri from Duke before the 2015-16 season — and missed all of...

NFL Draft: DT Elliott heading to Cleveland Browns

NFL Draft: DT Elliott heading to Cleveland Browns

Eli Hoff April 24, 2020

The pick is in: defensive tackle Jordan Elliott is the first Missouri player selected in the 2020 NFL Draft. He’ll head to the Cleveland Browns. The Browns chose Elliott in the third round with the...

Five head coaches, AD Sterk to take voluntary pay cuts

Eli Hoff April 16, 2020

Five Missouri head coaches and Director of Athletics Jim Sterk have taken voluntary pay cuts that will last from May 1 to July 31, the university announced Thursday night. First-year football coach Eliah...

‘He just kind of dominated everybody’: Axel Okongo’s path to Missouri and the one day that changed everything

‘He just kind of dominated everybody’: Axel Okongo’s path to Missouri and the one day that changed everything

Wilson Moore April 6, 2020

Axel Okongo arrived in Chicago last April unknown to much of the basketball world. His relative anonymity can’t be seen as too surprising; while his 7-foot stature makes him stand out in a crowd, a center...

SEC cancels basketball tournament, suspends regular season play

Eli Hoff March 12, 2020

The Southeastern Conference has canceled the remainder of its men’s basketball tournament and suspended regular season competition for all other sports until March 30 out of concern regarding the spread...

Wilhelm, Joven put up goose eggs after the first as Missouri wins sixth straight

Jack Soble March 11, 2020

True freshman pitcher Shane Wilhelm stepped onto the rubber for his first collegiate start, and encountered what every young starter fears when he did — a walk, a single and a line shot into the left-field...