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Missouri wrestlers look to meet lofty expectations

Matthew Fairburn • November 1, 2011

The Missouri Tigers wrestling team enters the 2011-12 season with high expectations, returning seven of the team-record nine wrestlers the team sent to the NCAA Championship a year ago. Former captain...

Gaines makes gains in MU secondary

Pat Iversen • November 1, 2011

In early September, Missouri cornerback E.J. Gaines learned the first of many lessons as a first-year starter. He was outpaced, outsmarted and simply outmatched by Arizona State’s receiving corps, and...

Tigers feel confident against Jayhawks after sweeping the Sooners

Lindsey Davison • November 1, 2011

The Missouri volleyball team waited all season to celebrate the way they did in the locker room Saturday night. “We definitely went in there after the game and we all danced,” freshman middle blocker...

Tigers rout Bulldogs in exhibition opener

Sam Rourke • November 1, 2011

A host of newcomers finally got their chance to shine in Mizzou’s home opener Tuesday at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers began their 2011 campaign with an exhibition rout of Division II school Truman State,...

NCAA can’t forget athletes are students, too

Michael Bracciano • November 1, 2011

After facing scrutiny for years about student athlete academics, the NCAA has decided to push for change in college athletics. This past Thursday the NCAA passed major reform, deciding to give college...

Volleyball tastes ‘sweet’ victory over No. 21 Oklahoma

Seth Boster • October 30, 2011

The Missouri volleyball bench stormed the court and celebrated after vanquishing No. 21 Oklahoma in a 3-0 sweep Saturday night at the Hearnes Center, and even coach Wayne Kreklow, who kept a steady look...

College football’s 2011 All-Scary Team

Nate Atkins • October 30, 2011

In the land of the campus gridiron, fear is a lifestyle. Sleeping with one eye open is a nightly routine. And a moment of peace and comfort simply doesn’t exist. I’m exaggerating, of course. But then...

Border War could be price of SEC membership

Nate Atkins • October 28, 2011

A Jayhawk and a Tiger walk into a bar. Is it possible one walks out without the other? It's looking like it might just be. It’s difficult to envision closing the cover on the Border War, college football’s...

Tigers prepare for senior night sendoff

Ryan Hood • October 28, 2011

Six minutes remained in Missouri’s battle with rival Kansas on Saturday at Walton Stadium. The game was all but lost for the Tigers, who trailed 2-0. And then they scored. Less than a minute later,...

Tigers to take a plunge into the Southwest

Brandon Grammer • October 28, 2011

Missouri’s swimming and diving team will compete against other Big 12 Conference schools for the first time this season when it travels down to Dallas for the Southwest Plunge this weekend. Other schools...

Missouri volleyball seeks to satisfy hunger against Sooners

Lindsey Davison • October 28, 2011

The Tigers are approaching the final stretch of their season with one feeling sweeping through the team: hunger. The Missouri volleyball team is gearing up for tomorrow’s annual "Can The Sooners" match...

Student-athletes looking for compensation in wrong place

Michael Bracciano • October 28, 2011

The payment of student athletes is an issue that has been in a heated debate for a long time. Many believe that giving any more compensation to athletes is detrimental and violates “amateur status”...