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Athletics and others react to Sam’s announcement

Matt Muenzberg • February 10, 2014

The Missouri football team hosts team-building activities, called “Crossover Dinners,” in which groups of 14 players from different positions go over to a coach’s house for dinner. Players stand...

Tigers wrestling, gymnastics return home in dominating fashion

Katherine Knott • February 8, 2014

No. 10 Missouri had plenty to prove to the fans who braved the bitter cold to watch the wrestling team in action Friday night against Buffalo. Competing in conjunction with the gymnastics squad at the...

Big wins from Mayes, Houdashelt push Missouri over Eastern Michigan

Katherine Knott • February 8, 2014

Missouri wrestling coach Brian Smith likes to schedule games back to back. He said it prepares the team for tournaments later in the season. Smith has work to do before his team is tournament-ready after...

Report Card: 2014 Signing Day Class

Ron Davis, Alex Schiffer • February 5, 2014

Coach Gary Pinkel hauled in 27 signees on National Signing Day. Though the team’s celebratory reception was snowed-out, the Tigers still have reason to celebrate. Maneater Sports’ recruiting analysts...

Opportunity opens doors for DeMarre Carroll

Alex Schiffer • February 5, 2014

NEW YORK — Junkyard Dog. The term has stuck with DeMarre Carroll ever since his uncle, former Missouri coach Mike Anderson, coined it for his nephew to describe his hustle on the court. “It’s carried...

Wrestling grapples on unfamiliar mats

Katherine Knott • February 5, 2014

The home-mat advantage for the Missouri wrestling team sits on the corner of Stadium Boulevard and Mick Deaver Memorial Drive. The Tigers practice on the fourth floor of the Hearnes Center. Yet, for the...

Analysts unsure about Mizzou basketball

Matt Muenzberg • February 5, 2014

Missouri basketball will need an impressive back nine in conference play if the Tigers want to make the NCAA tournament. After finishing the first half of Southeastern Conference play with a losing record,...

Seattle can really suck sometimes

Daniel Schmidt • February 5, 2014

Sunday was brutal for a number of reasons, ranging from my razor breaking to having to do laundry for the first time since returning to Columbia (seven loads). But the absolute worst thing to happen on...

Kentucky’s Randle quiets Tiger uprising

Jacob Bogage • February 1, 2014

Missouri’s Jabari Brown may have gotten the highlight, but Kentucky’s Julius Randle got the result. It was junior guard Brown’s 33 points that led Missouri’s furious rally against the Wildcats...

No. 11 Kentucky holds off Missouri’s rally

Matt Muenzberg • February 1, 2014

Following the game, Jabari Brown wasn’t thinking about his posterizing dunk or the four-point play he completed. Instead, what weighed on the junior guard’s mind was Kentucky guard Aaron Harrison’s...

Tigers upset No.16 Vandy, end 4-game skid

Alex Schiffer • January 31, 2014

Depth proved to be the difference for Missouri women's basketball Thursday night as the Tigers upsett No. 16 Vanderbilt 59-54 thanks to 30 points off the Tigers’ bench. The win snapped a four-game losing...

Faith, farce surround Missouri-Kentucky game

Jack Witthaus • January 31, 2014

Denouncing sex, masturbation and Kansas, members of The Antlers staged a Brother Jed-esq revival this afternoon in Speaker’s Circle to drum up support for the Missouri-Kentucky basketball game tomorrow. “Brother...