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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The brothers from Boston

The brothers from Boston

Jacob Bogage November 2, 2012

Phil Pressey was scared. Yes, the Southeastern Conference preseason player of the year, the star point guard and the captain of the No. 15 Missouri men’s basketball team, was scared. He was a diminutive,...

Sitting down with the seasoned Tiger

Sitting down with the seasoned Tiger

Nate Atkins November 2, 2012

As the Missouri Tigers prepare for their first season as members of the Southeastern Conference, they will bring along one player who has already played two seasons in the league. Junior forward Earnest...

Sheldon Richardson confidently stepping into elite status

Sheldon Richardson confidently stepping into elite status

Ryan Hood November 2, 2012

In his sights, Sheldon Richardson saw an open field as vast as the possibilities he envisions for his future. “My eyes got big,” the junior defensive tackle said, discussing his 60-yard first quarter...

Crafton shies from spotlight, not shots

Crafton shies from spotlight, not shots

Matt Muenzberg November 2, 2012

Between Mizzou Madness’s 10-minute scrimmage and Tuesday’s exhibition against Lincoln, senior guard Sydney Crafton shot 16 for 18, a whopping 89 percent shooting clip. The rest of the team combined...

Bradley makes return with Olympic pedigree

Bradley makes return with Olympic pedigree

Connor Casey November 2, 2012

For a team that is already packed with experience and talent, the biggest name returning to Missouri wrestling for the 2012-13 season is undoubtedly senior heavyweight Dom Bradley. After placing third...

What youth leaves behind

Kalen Wagoner November 2, 2012

No knee should bend the way Marcus Lattimore’s did on Saturday. The top running back in college football was on his way to another big game and season for South Carolina when he took a routine handoff...

Crafton lifts Missouri in first exhibition

Matt Muenzberg October 31, 2012

About halfway through the second half of Missouri women’s basketball’s first exhibition game of the year, senior guard Sydney Crafton finally came back to earth. Crafton had made nine straight shots...

Hall of Shame?

Joe Trezza October 30, 2012

The San Francisco Giants just completed their second world championship season in two years, sweeping the star-laden Detroit Tigers in a series that zipped by quicker than one of Justin Verlander’s late-game...

Andrew Baggett stays strong with everything on line

Andrew Baggett stays strong with everything on line

Seth Boster October 30, 2012

Andrew Baggett’s first sport cost him the growth of a leg. As a sophomore at Lee’s Summit North High School, he wasn’t wearing shin guards during a practice. A sharp kick to his right shin damaged...

Josey on Lattimore: ‘That killed a lot inside me’

Ryan Hood October 30, 2012

Henry Josey is all too familiar with career-threatening knee injuries. So when the junior tailback sidelined for the season after tearing the ACL, MCL and PCL in his left knee in a game last November...

Game time can’t separate Ross, Bell

Nate Atkins October 30, 2012

Even when the smoke cleared, Earnest Ross and Keion Bell were standing together. The transfers and close friends were the first to be introduced before Missouri's exhibition opener with Northwest Missouri...

Total Person Program offers opportunities for success to student-athletes

Total Person Program offers opportunities for success to student-athletes

Zach Foor October 30, 2012

Missouri senior forward Laurence Bowers hopes he'll be playing in the National Basketball Association this time next year. But if not, he has a backup plan. The 6-foot-8-inch, 227-pound dynamic man earned...