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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...

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...

Senior Bree Fowler approaches her final games

Bobby Ceresia • February 25, 2015

She’s been through this all before. She was a freshman, completely new to the summer workouts and daily practices being run by women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton. She was a sophomore, setting...

24-0: Recapping Missouri wrestling’s historic regular season

Harrison Degrood • February 25, 2015

It hasn’t been the brightest winter in Columbia. It has consisted of bitter cold, slippery ice and a fair share of snow. Athletics haven’t been much better. The Missouri men’s basketball team is...

Every loss has a story

Will Jarvis • February 25, 2015

Before last night’s 64-52 victory over the Florida Gators, Missouri men’s basketball team had one win to their name in 2015. Yes, the win was nice but it’s not enough to help fans heal from that...

Tigers rule the diamond: Missouri off to unprecedented start

Jason Lowenthal • February 25, 2015

Missouri baseball is off to an unprecedented start. The team sits atop the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division with a 7-1 record, captured the Kleberg Bank College Classic title and has a plethora...

NFL Combine: The ‘underwear Olympics’

Andrew McCulloch • February 25, 2015

The NFL Combine was a revolutionary idea when it was started in 1977. With hundreds of draft prospects and NFL scouts in the same building, every team would get a look at every player and the entire draft...