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Choose your favorite Missouri sports moment of the year with this bracket

Joe Noser , Bennett Durando • May 2, 2018

After a year of ups and downs for Missouri sports, here is The Maneater’s definitive seeding of the top eight moments. As for which one prevails and stands alone as the greatest moment of the year? That’s...

Missouri’s regular season success in 2017-18 dampened by postseason failures

Liad Lerner, Alex Gelabert • May 2, 2018

Success can be measured in a variety of ways in athletics. There are the Alabamas of the world, primed for a college football national championship run seemingly every season, and the mid-majors like Loyola...

Down eight, Missouri rallies, prevails 17-16 in five-hour classic at Iowa

Bennett Durando, Jerry Duggan • May 1, 2018

Missouri’s 11-10 series finale loss at Kentucky on Sunday had everything. The Tigers had their apparent game-winning grand slam wiped out by, well, a game-winning grand slam that erased their late three-run...

Bats come alive but Missouri drops two of three at Kentucky

Jerry Duggan • May 1, 2018

Last weekend, Missouri took two of three at home from a highly touted Vanderbilt squad. Then, the team turned in a dominant effort in a decisive 8-2 victory over Missouri State on Tuesday. The last week...

As collegiate career ends, Karissa Schweizer reigns as most decorated Missouri athlete in school history

Andy Kimball • May 1, 2018

On one of the first balmy Friday nights of spring, Karissa Schweizer sped down the straightaway of the track at Audrey J. Walton Stadium. A flock of fans, each eager for a view, had crept onto the track...

“Coaches always say his control is so good, he can hit a gnat’s butt”: With confidence and command, Plassmeyer emerges as ace of Missouri pitching staff

Jerry Duggan • May 1, 2018

Michael Plassmeyer has never been a guy who wowed the opposition with his pitch arsenal; he relied on pinpoint command instead. However, coaches and teammates attest that as he hones his repertoire and...

Schweizer comes from behind to give track and field third win on final day of Drake Relays

Andy Kimball • May 1, 2018

Senior Karissa Schweizer took the baton from redshirt freshman Karina Liz — in fourth place in the distance relay medley, and over four seconds behind the leader. Schweizer passed the three teams in...

In frantic Friday, Missouri basketball picks up point guard, misses out on another

Bennett Durando • April 27, 2018

Even as Cuonzo Martin and his Missouri men’s basketball team moved forward in their offseason recruiting exploits, they held out hope on one point guard. Friday evening, they lost out on the waiting...

Courtney Ramey passes on Missouri, commits to Texas

Bennett Durando • April 27, 2018

Even as Cuonzo Martin and his Missouri men’s basketball team moved forward in their offseason recruiting exploits, they held out hope on one guy. Friday evening, they lost out on the waiting game that...

Missouri lands commitment from Evansville transfer Dru Smith

Bennett Durando • April 27, 2018

Evansville transfer Dru Smith committed to Missouri on Friday morning, as first reported by Corey Evans of Rivals.com. Smith will be required by NCAA transfer policy to sit out the 2018-19 season but will...

Schweizer’s happy homecoming headlines Missouri’s first day at Drake Relays

Owen Krucoff • April 27, 2018

The Drake Relays have been run in Des Moines, Iowa since 1910. History and traditions such as the famous blue track and white flags awarded to event winners abound at this esteemed meet. On Thursday night,...

Trey Harris sparks Missouri bats to 8-2 win over nemesis Missouri State in flagship faceoff

Bennett Durando • April 25, 2018

In the fifth inning of a fight for the right to Missouri’s flagship baseball school title, the flags at Taylor Stadium weren’t beating as harshly as usual in right-center field. The warm weather had...