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Missouri preps for one last Big 12 Tournament run

Nate Atkins • March 6, 2012

Kim English remembers the one and only time Missouri won the Big 12 Conference Tournament, back when a 2009 run branded the Elite Eight-bound Missouri Tigers as the talk of the league. It was the last...

Missouri cruises to series victory over Ball State

Brandon Grammer • March 4, 2012

The Missouri baseball team closed out a three-game series against the Ball State Cardinals with a commanding 9-2 victory Sunday at Taylor Stadium. After dropping their home opener, the Tigers (4-5) responded...

Missouri piles on the runs, trounces Ball State to end three-game skid

Ian Frazer • March 3, 2012

After managing to score only four runs in its previous four games, the Missouri baseball team wanted offense — in any form — badly entering Saturday's matchup with Ball State at Taylor Stadium. In...

Missouri celebrates first Big 12 wrestling championship

Matthew Fairburn • March 3, 2012

With the Big 12 Conference Championships tournament less than a week away, Missouri wrestling coach Brian Smith hung a sign in the locker of each of his starters Monday. It simply read, “Be my David.” The...

Tiger basketball seniors bid M-I-Z B-Y-E

Seth Boster • March 2, 2012

Missouri senior center Steve Moore stood at center court with the microphone down on his left side because he couldn’t seem to put it to his mouth. Each time he tried, “STEEEVE!” would roar inside...

In the NBA, only the Heat can handle themselves

Alex Smith • March 2, 2012

As we enter the second half of the NBA season, the rest of the games are more of a formality than anything else. The Miami Heat have the title locked up, after all. Don’t get it twisted: I’m no South...

Flores, Brock and Gee close out their Tiger careers

Sam Rourke • March 2, 2012

Senior leadership has been a staple on the court for the Missouri women’s basketball team this season. The team has relied on senior forwards Christine Flores and BreAnna Brock to lead the team in scoring...

Missouri wrestlers flex for final stretch

Matthew Fairburn • March 2, 2012

The Missouri wrestling team faces the most important month of the season, with the Big 12 Conference Championships Tournament on March 3 followed by the NCAA Wrestling Championships on March 15. The Tigers...

With shame and glory, a final Border Showdown slowly fades away

Seth Boster • March 2, 2012

The best part of being inside Allen Fieldhouse on that Saturday evening for that superlative-worthy, spellbound game between rivals as old as the Civil War was knowing that the history pages were better...

Erwin steps up despite freshman nerves

Matthew Flores • March 2, 2012

It was a warm, humid Saturday night in Palm Springs, Calif., and the bases were loaded. Freshman pitcher Bailey Erwin was in the circle for the Missouri Tigers, watching as the four-spot batter for University...

Missouri drops home baseball opener to Ball State

Brandon Grammer • March 2, 2012

The Missouri baseball team's 5-2 loss to Ball State was not quite the ideal home opener it had in mind. Squaring off against the Ball State Cardinals, the Tigers were looking to take their minds off a...

Comeback over Iowa State yields smiles for senior class

Ryan Hood • February 29, 2012

After winning for the 67th time at Mizzou Arena with a 78-72 victory over Iowa State, Missouri’s eight seniors reflected in the middle of Norm Stewart Court. “How about that ride in?” senior guard...