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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Missouri wrestling’s J’den Cox wins bronze at Rio Olympics

Missouri wrestling’s J’den Cox wins bronze at Rio Olympics

Peter Baugh, Anne Rogers August 20, 2016

Missouri wrestling’s J’den Cox took the world by storm when he won a spot on the 2016 U.S Olympic Team in April. He didn’t stop there, traveling around the world and taking on the world’s best...

Three things to look for in the Missouri volleyball season

Three things to look for in the Missouri volleyball season

Anne Rogers August 19, 2016

The Missouri volleyball team will step back onto the court Friday for its 2016 season in the annual Black and Gold scrimmage at Hearnes Center. After the first week of practice, coach Wayne Kreklow is...

Q&A: Sami Fagan discusses Earleywine, professional league

Q&A: Sami Fagan discusses Earleywine, professional league

Peter Baugh August 19, 2016

_After wrapping up her Missouri softball career this spring, shortstop Sami Fagan joined the Akron Racers in the National Pro Fastpitch league. In her first season, she batted .392 with nine home runs...

Missouri officially hires assistant basketball coach

Alec Lewis August 19, 2016

Missouri officially announced the hiring of new basketball assistant coach Emanuel Dildy on Friday. This comes just weeks after the Chicago native was rumored to be a candidate for the job as the Missouri...

Mason overcomes late obstacle to play for Missouri football

Mason overcomes late obstacle to play for Missouri football

Alec Lewis August 19, 2016

Kenyatta Watson vividly remembers his phone buzzing during a meal back in February. While eating at a local Chick-Fil-A in Loganville, Georgia, the town that houses Grayson High School, Watson — Grayson’s...

Mizzou soccer fights back from deficit to defeat Central Arkansas

Mizzou soccer fights back from deficit to defeat Central Arkansas

Elliot Bauman August 19, 2016

Coach Bryan Blitz admits it didn’t go quite as planned, but the women’s soccer team overcame an early deficit to start their season off in the win column with a 3–2 victory over Central Arkansas. “To...

Missouri receivers look to replace production from Nate Brown

Missouri receivers look to replace production from Nate Brown

Alec Lewis August 18, 2016

The Missouri receiving core didn’t need further incentive to compete heading into the second half of fall camp, but an injury sidelining junior wide receiver Nate Brown opens another spot that 12 scholarship...

Missouri softball coach Ehren Earleywine to return in 2017

Missouri softball coach Ehren Earleywine to return in 2017

Alec Lewis August 18, 2016

Missouri softball coach Ehren Earleywine will return in 2017, per multiple reports on Thursday, although no official word has been given by the athletics department. Earleywine, who was involved in a...

Eight Mizzou athletes to watch this year

Eight Mizzou athletes to watch this year

Peter Baugh August 16, 2016

_The Maneater looks at eight fall and winter athletes who could have breakout seasons in 2016._ **Terry Beckner Jr., sophomore, football**: When Beckner came to Missouri, people had high expectations...

What to expect from Mizzou sports this year

Peter Baugh, Alec Lewis August 16, 2016

_The Maneater looks into what to expect from each fall and winter sports team._ **Football:** There’s a saying floating around the Mizzou Athletics Training Complex these days: “Show me.” With...

Missouri sophomore running back suspended indefinitely

Alec Lewis August 13, 2016

Missouri redshirt sophomore running back Trevon Walters has been indefinitely suspended from the football team after he was arrested Friday in Columbia. Walters, 21, was arrested on suspicion of stealing...

Graduate-transfer from Memphis adds depth to offensive line

Graduate-transfer from Memphis adds depth to offensive line

Alec Lewis August 12, 2016

For days, if not weeks, one piece of paper — a transcript — forbade Michael Stannard from practicing with the Missouri football team. Friday, though, the 6-foot-2, 290-pound offensive lineman graduate-transfer...