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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

Returning Franklin has savvy, options

Returning Franklin has savvy, options

Seth Boster August 31, 2012

Junior James Franklin will try to dodge the question with a big smile and a “yes sir” or a “yes ma’am” response. Does it mean anything to be considered one of the more elite quarterbacks in...

Josey takes road back to glory

Josey takes road back to glory

Ryan Hood August 31, 2012

He’s not playing Saturday. He won’t be suiting up next week, or the week after that, either. Henry Josey is out for the season. Yet every day at practice, he is there, in full-pads, working up a...

Rising to the occasion

Rising to the occasion

Seth Boster August 31, 2012

Defense, as coaches have always said, starts at the front, and the Southeastern Conference has crafted an echelon for starting up front. In the past decade, the league has produced 90 NFL Draft first-rounders...

Missouri tops California to stay unbeaten

Seth Boster, Joe Trezza August 28, 2012

The Missouri women’s soccer team came out of halftime resurgent and led an explosive second-half attack to best California 3-2 on Sunday night in Berkeley, Calif., to improve its record to 3-0, a program...

With summer over, Missouri has season-opening media day

With summer over, Missouri has season-opening media day

Seth Boster August 28, 2012

It all appeared so standard. Coach Gary Pinkel, in black slacks and a black jacket, a black Nike dry-fit shirt underneath, stood behind a podium at Onofrio Auditorium inside the athletic complex to talk...

Hayes sisters focus on faith, game

Hayes sisters focus on faith, game

Jacob Bogage August 28, 2012

Jade Hayes had every opportunity to say she was the best volleyball player in her family. Better than her mother Joanna, a longtime high school gym teacher and club volleyball coach in Missouri. Better...

Missouri falls in duel to Wolverines

Connor Casey August 28, 2012

After finishing second in the season-opening Tiger Invitational this weekend, Missouri volleyball has a 3-1 record. The Tigers’ first opponent in the tournament was the North Florida Ospreys. Junior...

Missouri drops tournament finale in loss to Michigan

Missouri drops tournament finale in loss to Michigan

Connor Casey August 26, 2012

Missouri volleyball suffered its first loss Saturday night against the No. 23 Michigan Wolverines in the Tiger Invitational finale, falling in three straight sets (25-19, 25-15, 25-22). The Tigers capitalized...

Missouri rolls in season-opening day at Tiger Invitational

Jacob Bogage August 25, 2012

After a midday romp over North Florida in which the Missouri volleyball team swept the Ospreys in three sets, the Tigers met their first test of the season Friday night against Virginia Tech at the Tiger...

After final scrimmage, questions remain for Missouri

Ryan Hood August 24, 2012

Coach Gary Pinkel had hoped a place kicker and contributors to his offensive line would emerge during Missouri’s third and final scrimmage of fall camp on Thursday. But by the time the whistle blew...

Johnson flashes talents in strong debut week

Johnson flashes talents in strong debut week

Jack Witthaus August 24, 2012

It isn't hard to spot Missouri soccer freshman Candace Johnson on the pitch during a Tuesday morning practice at Walton Stadium. The 5-foot-10 defender, the tallest member on the squad, is looming in the...

Meister, Collier, Hayes balance friendship amidst competition

Jacob Bogage August 24, 2012

Seeing sophomore Jade Hayes in the trainer’s room before and after games and practices is no longer unusual. Sophomores Niki Collier and Sarah Meister make frequent trips as well. Such is the life of...