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Softball run rules Razorbacks for ninth straight victory

Pat Iversen • March 11, 2011

The Missouri softball team continued its dominant run Wednesday, run-ruling the Arkansas Razorbacks 12-0 in five innings for the team's ninth consecutive victory. Fresh off her second straight perfect...

Freshmen gymnasts fill big shoes

Ryan Hood • March 11, 2011

This season's group of freshmen gymnasts had a big void to fill entering their first season of competition at the collegiate level. The freshmen gymnasts are replacing four seniors in a class that helped...

McCormick racking up innings for Missouri baseball

Mike Vorel • March 11, 2011

Phil McCormick may not be the fastest, strongest, or flashiest player on the field at any given point. He is, however, the most consistent. The senior reliever from Wildwood, Mo., leads the Tigers as...

Don’t call it a comeback

Mike Vorel • March 11, 2011

“I gotta go out the way I gotta go out.” These words, drawled by an aging, time-beaten Sylvester Stallone in the 2006 series finale “Rocky Balboa,” reflected the pride of a former champion who...

Hardoin leads Tigers to a split against Bulldogs

Nate Atkins • March 11, 2011

With a bizarre mix of collective improvement and disappointment, the Missouri baseball team experienced a little bit of everything in a two-game series with Gonzaga on Tuesday and Wednesday at Taylor Stadium....

Missouri blown out by Texas A&M in Big 12 quarterfinals

John Montesantos • March 11, 2011

Missouri was bounced from the Big 12 Tournament in blowout fashion Thursday night, falling to Texas A&M in its quarterfinal matchup, 86-71. The Tigers shot just 33 percent from the field including 3-for-15...

Unlikely heroes pave way for Missouri victory

Zach Mink • March 9, 2011

The Missouri offense bounced back from a dismal performance against Kansas as a balanced scoring attack surged the Tigers to a narrow 88-84 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Saturday. The win...

Tigers complacent on biggest stage

Jake Kreinberg • March 8, 2011

This was it. This was the game that would redeem Missouri’s season. Defeating Kansas alone would qualify as a good season for some, but add in the fact that the Tigers were on a two-game skid and staring...

Tiger gymnasts get into character during routines

Ryan Hood • March 8, 2011

Dancing and tumbling are two key components of college gymnastics. The Missouri gymnastics squad adds an additional nuance to the sport — gymnast characters. Gargoyles, spider monkeys and superheroes...

Emotions high as Tigers close season with victory

Pat Iversen • March 8, 2011

When the final buzzer ended the Missouri women’s basketball team’s win over Iowa State on Saturday, senior RaeShara Brown could hardly contain her excitement. The guard raced across the court to embrace...

Missouri baseball returns home, drop 2 to Flames

Nate Atkins • March 8, 2011

At this time of the year in Columbia, the smell of freshly cut grass intermingling with the aroma of ballpark brats can only mean one thing: Missouri Tiger baseball is back in full-swing at Taylor Stadium. Absent...

Missouri baseball drops two to UIC

Mike Vorel • March 8, 2011

It wasn’t quite the homecoming they envisioned. The Missouri Tigers, playing in their first home series at Taylor Stadium, lost two of three games to the University of Illinois-Chicago Flames over the...