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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

Missouri ends Big 12 road with tournament title

Missouri ends Big 12 road with tournament title

Ryan Hood March 10, 2012

The great debate throughout much of the weekend's Big 12 Conference Tournament centered around who “owns” the city of Kansas City among Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri. After both teams from the...

New Orleans executives anything but Saints

Alex Smith March 9, 2012

Coach Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis should not be heading the New Orleans Saints right now. The Saints took their first step back toward the NFL’s boondocks this week when news broke...

Smith’s building project peaks with Big 12 wrestling title

Smith’s building project peaks with Big 12 wrestling title

Matthew Fairburn March 9, 2012

Much has changed since 1998, when coach Brian Smith took over the Missouri wrestling program. Smith inherited a Missouri team that had not had a winning season since the 1991-92 campaign. In his first...

Home opener offers welcomed relief for tired Tigers

Matthew Flores March 9, 2012

It’s been 27 days and just more than 5,000 miles since the Missouri softball team last took the field in Columbia. The Feb. 11 black and gold exhibition might seem like a whole season away for a team...

MU freshmen choose Tigers over pros

Ian Frazer March 9, 2012

College baseball varies from basketball and football in one very important way: Major League Baseball teams can draft players straight out of high school, sign them to a contract and send them through...

Missouri looks to stake territory in semifinal match with Texas

Seth Boster March 9, 2012

In the middle of all the bantering of who holds claim to the territory — whether it is _Kansas_ City, Missouri, as coach Bill Self and the Jayhawk faithful will say; or whether it is Kansas City, _Missouri_,...

Missouri softball outscores opponents 22-1 to sweep doubleheader

Matthew Fairburn March 9, 2012

In the first half of the first inning of the softball DeMarini Invitational, Alcorn State plated a run on Missouri with a sacrifice fly from Rayanna Davis. That run would be the only one the Tigers would...

Missouri baseball bounces back with 10-4 victory over Charlotte

Brandon Grammer March 9, 2012

Missouri baseball learned that revenge tastes sweet after Friday night’s game against the Charlotte 49ers. After badly losing a series with the 49ers last year, the Tigers (6-5) made sure the story...

Missouri takes aim at Baylor for Big 12 finale

Seth Boster March 9, 2012

The Big 12 Conference Tournament championship game will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday in Kansas City and so many expected that the Border Showdown between top-seeded Kansas and Missouri would survive a little...

Tigers 'Sprint' past Cowboys in Big 12 Tournament opener

Tigers ‘Sprint’ past Cowboys in Big 12 Tournament opener

Ryan Hood March 8, 2012

Following a Wednesday night victory over Texas Tech, Oklahoma State seemed out of gas, and No. 5 Missouri wouldn’t let off it. The Tigers (28-4) ran up and down the court at a blistering pace in Thursday...

Missouri evens record with 14-4 victory over Nebraska-Omaha

Ian Frazer March 6, 2012

Freshman Brett Graves’ starting pitching debut for Missouri was not off to a favorable start Tuesday at Taylor Stadium. He had allowed singles to the first two Nebraska-Omaha batters, and a walk loaded...

A title to last: MU wrestling claims first Big 12 championship

Matthew Fairburn March 6, 2012

When Brian Smith was first introduced as Missouri’s wrestling coach back in May of 1998, he told everyone he would make the Tigers Big 12 Conference champions. People laughed. On Saturday, nearly...