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The Maneater

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The Maneater

Mizzou wrestling braves the cold and tops Illinois 20-17

Mizzou wrestling braves the cold and tops Illinois 20-17

Bennett Durando November 4, 2017

Inside the third base dugout, Mizzou wrestlers warmed up for their season-opening dual. The gold and black puffs atop their beanies bounced along as some practiced moves on imaginary opponents. Fans in...

As the season opener approaches, a final look at Mizzou wrestling’s lineup

As the season opener approaches, a final look at Mizzou wrestling’s lineup

Bennett Durando November 3, 2017

Brian Smith has spent his final week of the wrestling preseason training himself in meteorology. Sitting in his fourth floor Hearnes Center office, the head coach of the Missouri Tigers instinctively...

Missouri women’s basketball ranked No. 16 in preseason AP Top 25 poll

Missouri women’s basketball ranked No. 16 in preseason AP Top 25 poll

Eli Lederman November 2, 2017

With just over a week remaining before Missouri women’s basketball tips off its season in Iowa City, Iowa, Tigers fans now know where their team stands on the national landscape. Missouri was ranked...

Lock named a Manning Award Star of the Week after five-TD performance at UConn

Lock named a Manning Award Star of the Week after five-TD performance at UConn

Eli Lederman October 31, 2017

After tossing five touchdowns and completing 83.7 percent of his passes in Missouri’s 52-12 win over the UConn Huskies on Saturday evening, Tigers quarterback Drew Lock was named a Manning Award Star...

Cunningham overcomes crash, breaks out for women’s cross-country

Cunningham overcomes crash, breaks out for women’s cross-country

Andy Kimball October 31, 2017

Megan Cunningham was sleeping in the back seat of the truck while her parents were driving. The redshirt senior runner had finished her sophomore track season at Missouri two months earlier and was riding...

Five takeaways from Missouri wrestling’s Black and Gold Dual

Five takeaways from Missouri wrestling’s Black and Gold Dual

Hannah Hoffmeister October 31, 2017

The Missouri wrestling team went head to head with itself Friday night in the annual Black and Gold Dual at Hearnes Center. The squad split into two and wrestled someone in the same or similar weight class...

Pair of newlyweds find success in marriage and volleyball at Mizzou

Pair of newlyweds find success in marriage and volleyball at Mizzou

Chelsea Roemer October 31, 2017

Missouri volleyball head coach Wayne and assistant coach Susan Kreklow are no strangers to partnership. They have been working to build a successful volleyball program at Mizzou since the 2000 season and...

Is an NFL career in the cards for Drew Lock?

Is an NFL career in the cards for Drew Lock?

Theo DeRosa October 31, 2017

Drew Lock looks the part of an NFL quarterback, but will he be one? He’s tall. Well-built. Can throw a football quite far. But how does his actual play on the field, which is sometimes bypassed in favor...

Blocking proves to be difference maker as Mizzou volleyball defeats Georgia 3-1

Blocking proves to be difference maker as Mizzou volleyball defeats Georgia 3-1

Liad Lerner October 30, 2017

Missouri volleyball beat the Georgia Bulldogs 3-1 in Athens, Georgia, on Sunday afternoon. For the Tigers, the victory served as revenge for a 3-0 loss to the Bulldogs on Oct. 20. The first set went back...

Missouri soccer tops Crimson Tide to advance in SEC tournament

Missouri soccer tops Crimson Tide to advance in SEC tournament

October 30, 2017

Missouri soccer jumped ahead early and didn’t look back in its 3-1 victory over Alabama in the first round of the 2017 Southeastern Conference Championship tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama, on Sunday. When...

Lock, Moore, Johnson lead the way in Missouri’s commanding victory over UConn

Lock, Moore, Johnson lead the way in Missouri’s commanding victory over UConn

Joe Noser October 29, 2017

In practice this week, junior quarterback Drew Lock said he wasn’t thinking about the potential for a monster game in his team’s contest against the University of Connecticut Huskies. Sure, UConn entered...

Waffles, a position change and high school basketball: Albert Okwuegbunam’s unique journey to Missouri football

Waffles, a position change and high school basketball: Albert Okwuegbunam’s unique journey to Missouri football

Garrett Jones October 27, 2017

In Missouri football’s media guide, Albert Okwuegbunam’s last name is phonetically spelled out as O-kwoo-AYE-boo-nam. The redshirt freshman tight end’s last name is a mouthful. He’s grown used...