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The Maneater

‘This is not political’: Missouri athletes lead push for change

‘This is not political’: Missouri athletes lead push for change

Anthony Kristensen September 3, 2020

It’s 5:30 p.m., about 30 minutes before the march is supposed to begin, and preparations are well underway. Media members scrambled to get the right shots, with the historic Columns and Jesse Hall serving...

Q&A: Cale Garrett sizes up Missouri’s defense

Q&A: Cale Garrett sizes up Missouri’s defense

Jack Soble August 31, 2020

Inside linebacker Cale Garrett was the heart of Missouri’s defense in 2019 until his season ended after a win against Troy due to a torn pectoral muscle. Garrett, now a member of the Tennessee Titans...

Living their dream: Second Brown commits to Missouri

Kyle Pinnell August 30, 2020

Kaleb Brown officially committed to play basketball at the University of Missouri on Monday, but he made his mind up long before then. It was late at night in early August when Brown entered his parents’...

‘We’ve got a long way to go’: Installing new scheme comes with hurdles for Missouri offense

Jack Soble August 30, 2020

When Eli Drinkwitz was hired at Missouri, one of his main objectives in Year One was to implement a new system that would instill new life into the Tigers’ offensive identity. Through a week of fall...

Covid-19 risks at apartment complexes raise alarm for Drinkwitz

Jack Soble August 26, 2020

When Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz saw photos of students clustered together without masks at the Brookside Midtown pool over the weekend, he took them seriously. He didn’t seem thrilled about...

SEC moves to 10 games, conference-only play with delayed start

Eli Hoff July 30, 2020

The Southeastern Conference will be playing a ten-game, conference-only football schedule this fall, the conference announced Thursday afternoon. The start of the season will also be delayed to Sept. 26,...

Missouri Quarterback Battle Breakdown: Connor Bazelak

Eli Hoff July 5, 2020

Editor’s Note: This story is the third in a series analyzing the contenders to be Missouri’s starting quarterback in the fall. You can find the first article, on Shawn Robinson, here. The second,...

Missouri Quarterback Battle Breakdown: Taylor Powell

Missouri Quarterback Battle Breakdown: Taylor Powell

Eli Hoff June 28, 2020

_Editor’s Note: This story is the second in a series analyzing the contenders to be Missouri’s starting quarterback in the fall. You can find the first article, on Shawn Robinson, here._ With a...

Missouri Quarterback Battle Breakdown: Shawn Robinson

Missouri Quarterback Battle Breakdown: Shawn Robinson

Eli Hoff June 24, 2020

Amid all the uncertainty surrounding the 2020 college football season, there’s one particular source of on-field intrigue for Missouri: Who will be the Tigers’ starting quarterback come Sept. 5. “That,...

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,...