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The Griner grind: Tigers dealt blow by No. 1 Bears star

Sam Rourke • February 3, 2012

At 6 feet, 8 inches with an 88-inch wingspan, national player of the year candidate Brittney Griner dwarfs her opponents on the basketball floor. Combined with athleticism rarely seen in the women’s...

With the SEC move, whom are we supposed to hate now?

Alex Smith • February 3, 2012

For all the hoopla this week about top football recruit Dorial Green-Beckham and ESPN’s campus takeover for the Missouri-Kansas basketball game Saturday, one of the biggest stories is a viral YouTube...

M-I-Z discusses D-G-B: Students react to landing top recruit

Connor Casey • February 3, 2012

The MU campus has been abuzz this week over National Signing Day on Wednesday, when the Missouri football team signed the Rivals and Scout No. 1 recruit, Dorial Green-Beckham. The wide receiver from Springfield,...

With tents and all, Missouri preps for Kansas

Seth Boster • February 3, 2012

Already, the campers had pitched their tents. Missouri students had already formed a Technicolor line of canvas confines late Thursday afternoon on the pavilion outside Mizzou Arena, where, in the basement...

No. 1 football recruit anchors 2012 class

Nate Atkins • February 3, 2012

At one point Wednesday morning, Hillcrest High School senior Dorial Green-Beckham had much of the country in silence, gaping at his 6-foot-6-inch, 220-pound frame as it hovered over a podium on an ESPNU...

ESPN analysts anticipate Border Showdown of quickness vs. size

Nate Atkins • February 3, 2012

Like everyone else, ESPN didn’t know. The 24-hour sports network feeds had no idea before the 2011-2012 college basketball season that then-No. 25 Missouri would ascend to a top-five ranking. It had...

Missouri gymnastics cruise past North Carolina State

Ian Frazer • February 3, 2012

By perusing the honors bestowed upon Missouri gymnastics this season, one might develop the concept that the Tigers have a two-athlete team. Freshman Rachel Updike has stolen the headlines by winning...

Top national recruit Green-Beckham selects Missouri

February 1, 2012

A year of history-making for the Missouri football program has taken another step into uncharted territory in wrapping up perhaps its top profile recruit in school history. Hillcrest High School senior...

Baylor deepens Missouri’s Big 12 hole with 71-41 defeat

Connor Casey • February 1, 2012

With the second half of the Big 12 Conference season underway, the Missouri women’s basketball team (10-10, 0-9 Big 12) hosted No. 1 ranked Baylor (22-0, 9-0 Big 12) on Wednesday at Mizzou Arena. Although...

Three Missouri wrestlers crack top 10 of first coaches’ poll

Matthew Fairburn • January 31, 2012

Three Missouri wrestlers found their way into the top 10 of their respective weight classes in the first coaches’ rankings of the season last week. Eight other Tigers also slotted among the top 33 grapplers....

Winless Tigers maintain hope

Connor Casey • January 31, 2012

On Dec. 30, the Missouri women’s basketball team demolished Sam Houston State 66-48 at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers haven’t had a win since. “Losing absolutely sucks,” senior forward Christine Flores...

Pick-me-ups are plentiful for Tigers star

Ryan Hood • January 31, 2012

After Missouri’s 63-50 win over Texas Tech on Saturday, senior Marcus Denmon was asked if he was feeling under the weather. “Yeah I’m not feeling well,” a visibly exhausted and lethargic-sounding...