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An invitation to Taylor Stadium: Why you should root for Mizzou baseball

Quinn Malloy • February 11, 2015

There are four major American sports: football, basketball, baseball and hockey. Of those four, three are widely played at colleges across the country: football, basketball and baseball. Of those three,...

Missouri’s Hudyn finds her way into starting lineup

Bruno Vernaschi • February 11, 2015

As one of the earlier, and one of many, injuries on the Missouri women’s basketball team, junior forward Michelle Hudyn was lucky enough to find herself back on track last month. After suffering a stress...

Clark hurt as Tigers fall to Gamecocks

Michael Natelli • February 11, 2015

Sunday night marked a month since Missouri had won a basketball game. And with subpar South Carolina on the schedule Tuesday night, there was reason to believe that the Tigers’ nine-game losing streak...

Anderson wants to build his team the ‘right way’

Will Jarvis • February 11, 2015

Kim Anderson’s Missouri Tigers have lost eight straight games and currently ride the program’s worst losing streak in over 40 years. At 1-9 in Southeastern Conference play, the Tigers sit in last place. And...

The insanity of National Signing Day

Andrew McCulloch • February 11, 2015

National Signing Day. It’s like an early Christmas for college football fans across the country. An influx of new talent brings with it hope for a brighter tomorrow. Coaches and fans alike are excited...

Maddie Stock is simply on fire

Bobby Ceresia • February 11, 2015

The Missouri women’s basketball team has its niche players when it comes to scoring. Sophomore forward Jordan Frericks has been very effective scoring from directly under the hoop but has admitted to...

Tigers fall to Aggies at home

Michael Natelli • February 8, 2015

As Gary Thorne used to say in classic EA Sports NHL games, “Finish, finish, finish. And we’re not talking about the country, folks.” Missouri didn’t finish on Saturday. Texas A&M did, and that’s...

Tigers’ turnovers lead to trampling by Texas A&M

Bobby Ceresia • February 6, 2015

The whole game had a sense of familiarity, and that feeling has both upsides and downsides. Senior guard Morgan Eye made another trio of 3-pointers, inching closer and closer to breaking the NCAA career...

An emotionally traumatizing post-Super Bowl scene

Daniel Schmidt • February 4, 2015

It took me nearly a decade to get over the Patriots beating the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI. That Rams team will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest to never win a Super Bowl, a sentence that causes...

As Alden’s lengthy AD tenure wraps up, search for replacement begins

Bruno Vernaschi • February 4, 2015

Off I-70, by Kingdom City, there’s a gas station with an unlikely connection to MU athletics history. The name of this station is Gasper’s Truck Stop, and it’s where on July 4, 1998, over a modest...

Houdashelt, seniors revel in team’s success

Quinn Malloy • February 4, 2015

In 2009, senior wrestler Drake Houdashelt was featured on the cover of the St. Louis edition of ESPN Rise Magazine. The story, written by ESPN’s Mike Grimala, lauded Houdashelt for his aggressive style...

We’ll miss you, Mike, but not that much

Brendan Simpson • February 4, 2015

As I sit at my desk and write this column, I find myself conflicted as to how I feel about the impending resignation of Mike Alden, the athletic director for your University of Missouri Tigers. On one...