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Jabari Brown heats up, fills new role

Jacob Bogage • January 29, 2014

Ask Jabari Brown the right question, and his eyes light up. Otherwise, the junior guard — the one carrying Missouri’s mediocre-at-best basketball team on his back — keeps his head down. Talking...

Menu Courey family calls for ‘changing the system’

Jacob Bogage • January 29, 2014

When Missouri swimmer Sasha Menu Courey checked herself into University Hospital in March 2011 for suicidal thoughts, her parents, Lynn Courey and Mike Menu, rushed from their native Toronto. By the time...

Police begin investigation two years after Missouri swimmer’s death

Jacob Bogage • January 29, 2014

**Outside the Lines** After an ESPN report first published Jan. 24 claimed athletic department officials may have known about a possible sexual assault involving Missouri swimmer Sasha Menu Courey and...

Ditching woes with steel toes

Daniel Schmidt • January 29, 2014

I lived a standard childhood. I memorized “The Sandlot,” broke four windows, quit Boy Scouts after a week and dreamed of becoming a professional athlete. What made my dream different from other kids’...

Money and rings don’t correlate

Nick Yahl • January 29, 2014

In the sport’s world these days, money means everything. Big cities — New York, Los Angeles, Chicago — are going to generate lots of revenue for their respective professional teams. But one thing...

Report alleges Mizzou Athletics failed to investigate Menu Courey sexual assault

Jacob Bogage • January 26, 2014

When [Missouri swimmer Sasha Menu Courey](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2011/7/21/sasha-menu-coureys-life-revolved-around-swimming-f/) checked herself into University Hospital in March 2011 for suicidal...

Mizzou races past South Carolina

Jacob Bogage • January 25, 2014

Missouri’s matchup with South Carolina was in hand days in advance of Saturday’s game. The Gamecocks (7-12, 0-6 SEC) were a blip on the Tigers’ Southeastern Conference radar. Dynamos No. 14 Kentucky,...

Big turnaround for Missouri’s bigs

Matt Muenzberg • January 25, 2014

Missouri coach Frank Haith said Friday that the Tigers needed more production out of the post. He said he told the post players the same thing. “Yeah, more than enough,” sophomore forward Ryan Rosburg...

Tigers prepare to white out Mizzou Arena

Jacob Bogage • January 24, 2014

When Missouri coach Frank Haith strides onto Mizzou Arena’s Norm Stewart Court on Saturday, he will be lacking his routinely stylish dress shoes to match his pinstriped suit and sauve watch. “I gotta...

Mizzou receiver Copelin arrested for peace disturbance

Jack Witthaus • January 24, 2014

Redshirt freshman wide receiver Levi Copelin was arrested Thursday and charged with peace disturbance, according to MU Police. A representative from the MU Police Department said the 6-foot-2, 190-pound...

Second half adjustments key as Missouri women drop third straight

Aaron Reiss • January 24, 2014

Ask Texas A&M coach Gary Blair and Missouri coach Robin Pingeton for their analysis of their teams’ Thursday matchup, and the answers will contrast. “This is a beautiful win,” Blair said. But the...

Missouri women remain optimistic, looks for more consistency

Aaron Reiss • January 22, 2014

Morgan Eye said she is done with moral victories. But at least for now, the junior guard will have to accept them. Over winter break, the Missouri women’s basketball team (13-5, 2-3 Southeastern Conference)...