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Finally at the end, Missouri gets its moment

Seth Boster • November 10, 2012

There’s no magic here. Gary Pinkel has said it often this season: magic plays no part in football games. “You’ve got to make plays,” he said again Saturday. “There’s no magic here.” At...

Missouri stymied by Florida

Connor Casey • November 9, 2012

Missouri volleyball suffered its first November loss on Friday against visiting No. 16 Florida 3-0 (17-25, 16-25, 19-25). The Tigers failed to get out of the gate in the first set, finishing it with a...

Team lends voice, support to silenced Franklin

Seth Boster • November 9, 2012

It’s closed-door. That’s how coach Gary Pinkel has always done meetings with players. And, at one point last week, that’s how it was done. James Franklin came into his office and the door was closed. Pinkel...

Depth at the forefront of Missouri’s tipoff

Jacob Bogage • November 9, 2012

Missouri men’s basketball coach Frank Haith has a good problem on his hands. Just one day before MU opens it's regular season schedule against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, the Tigers don’t have...

Young Tigers show glimpses with season tipping off

Matt Muenzberg • November 9, 2012

It would seem freshman guard Maddie Stock, who led the Missouri women’s basketball team with 19 points in its 42-point exhibition finale win over Lindenwood Tuesday, is finding the transition to the...

Without Blitz, Tigers set to host Illinois

Joe Trezza • November 9, 2012

When Missouri soccer hosts its first NCAA Tournament match in four years Saturday night at Walton Stadium, the Tigers will be lining up against a familiar opponent. That opponent is Illinois (10-8-3)....

On to the next poll

Kalen Wagoner • November 9, 2012

On Tuesday, America chose between the starkly contrasting visions of two presidential candidates from opposite sides of the spectrum. And on Saturday, two wildly different juggernauts from opposite sides...

Ranked foes await Tiger wrestlers at season’s start

Connor Casey • November 9, 2012

With its highest national ranking in five years, the No. 7 Missouri wrestling team will step into the squared circle for the first time this season against Old Dominion and Purdue on Saturday in West Lafayette,...

Tigers sink Billikens in season-opener

Matt Muenzberg • November 9, 2012

Saint Louis coach Lisa Stone has won over 500 games in 26 years of being a bench manager in women’s college basketball, so certainly nothing Missouri would’ve done Friday night in its season-opener...

Tigers prepare to cross next bridge

Ryan Hood • November 6, 2012

To junior right guard Max Copeland, the essence of the slew of injuries that has decimated Missouri’s offensive line can be captured by the song "Bridge to Cross" by Black Label Society. It’s the...

Jankovic shines as Haith moves parts again

Nate Atkins • November 6, 2012

A year ago, when Missouri starting forward Laurence Bowers went down with a season-ending ACL tear in the preseason, coach Frank Haith sent guard Kim English to take his place. Guards were all he had. When...

Experienced Missouri brings high expectations into season

Ryan Williamson • November 6, 2012

This year’s Missouri wrestling team can be defined in one word: experienced. The team returns nine wrestlers who qualified for last year’s NCAA championship and senior heavyweight Dom Bradley, who...