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Rule changes hurt baseball

Andrew McCulloch • March 4, 2015

There may still be snow on the ground, but spring is right around the corner, and baseball season is finally upon us. In sunnier locales, players and managers are, like the weather, warming up for the...

Missouri veterans push freshmen to play hard

Thomas Cuda • March 4, 2015

With the loss of Mackenzie Sykes, the Missouri softball team’s vocal leader last season, junior second baseman Emily Crane said she felt nervous over who would step up and be the leader. Crane said...

First season proves difficult for Mizzou freshmen, on and off the court

Will Jarvis • March 4, 2015

They lost 13 straight games, had to teach themselves and learned discipline the hard way. One could say it’s been an eventful year for Missouri men’s basketball’s freshmen. Since playing in their...

McClain, pitching staff lead the pack

Quinn Malloy • March 4, 2015

Junior Reggie McClain won’t overpower anybody with his fastball. When he needs to get a strikeout to pitch out of a jam, he won’t be dialing up the high heat. “If I’m going to strike somebody...

Freshman pitcher Lowary turning heads early

Michael Natelli • March 4, 2015

She got out of class and showed up to Thursday practice as the team was finishing warmups at 2:15 p.m. She raced down the stairs in her flats, threw cleats on and immediately came across the media. “I’m...

Bond making the most of early playing time

Jason Lowenthal • March 4, 2015

Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson knew he was getting a special recruit in Brett Bond. The 6-foot-1-inch, 210-pounder was a highly sought-after local recruit who also received some attention from fellow...

Shamburger carries Missouri over Auburn

Daniel Witt • March 4, 2015

With the first half winding down, Missouri senior guard Keith Shamburger fed the ball on a fast-break to freshman guard Namon Wright for the basket, tying the score at 30 apiece at halftime. With the...

Tiger in transition: Jakeenan Gant

Daniel Witt • March 4, 2015

With seven minutes remaining, Florida guard Kasey Hill grabbed his own rebound and put the ball back up. The rubber Nike Elite basketball met the hand of a leaping Jakeenan Gant for his second of his three...

Tigers win final home game of season

Bobby Ceresia • March 1, 2015

It was the last game of the regular season. It was Senior Day, with senior guards Morgan Eye and Bree Fowler’s whole families present. It was a rematch against a team that had previously won by 23...

Mayes, team looking ahead to MAC, National Championships

Quinn Malloy • February 25, 2015

Late last season, soon-to-be national champion and then-freshman J’den Cox pulled then-redshirt freshman Lavion Mayes aside after practice. Cox knew that Mayes had been struggling on bottom in duals...

Tigers finally find mojo against Gators

Michael Natelli • February 25, 2015

Thirty seconds remaining, a 12-point lead. All Keith Shamburger had to do was run out the clock. “Finally,” Missouri coach Kim Anderson said after his team’s second win in 2015. Spot on, Coach. After...

With career nearing end, Eye content

Bruno Vernaschi • February 25, 2015

Ask Missouri women’s basketball senior guard Morgan Eye about any of her teammates and she’ll give you a rousing review. Junior guard Juanita Robinson: “Mature.” Senior forward Bree Fowler? “Most...