When Norfolk State had obliterated the hopes and dreams of Missouri basketball fans, when thoughts had turned sartorial with the unveiling of the Tigers’ new uniforms and when anticipation of the beginning...
When the Missouri gymnastics team heads to Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday, it will find itself in a very familiar position.
Missouri, currently ranked No. 19 nationally, will be participating in...
When members of the Missouri gymnastics team look back at their season for a defining moment, they point to one that happened in Lincoln, Neb., of all places.
The Tigers were down through the first two...
In Missouri’s meet Friday night, senior Mary Burke and freshman Rachel Updike were great.
Both competed in all events, and other than Updike’s shaky balance beam routine, every score they recorded...
The path of Missouri junior gymnast Sandra Ostad’s athletic career is a bit scrambled.
She has competed for the national team of her native Norway in the Northern European Championships, winning an...
The last time the Missouri gymnastics team took to competition, it recorded its best score of the season but was outclassed by the Oklahoma Sooners.
The Tigers reversed their role Friday and thumped the...
In describing the night for Missouri gymnastics Friday, coach Rob Drass made it simple.
“Sometimes gymnastics is a weird sport,” he said.
That assertion rang true for the Tigers in their meet Friday...
For someone who stands at 5 feet, 2 inches, Rachel Updike casts an incredibly imposing figure.
Every time the Missouri freshman gymnast from Olathe, Kan., readies herself for the vault, balance beam or...
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...
To topple the higher-ranked University of Denver Pioneers on Friday, the Missouri gymnastics team had to have a special night. Doubt reigned, though, when senior Mary Burke mounted the balance beam, stumbled...
The Missouri gymnastics team defeated the University of Denver 194.725 to 194.625 on Friday night in its first meet against the Pioneers since 2002.
The No. 22 Tigers entered the meet having won their...
When it was all said and done Saturday, the Missouri gymnastics team found itself in fourth place out of the four teams competing in the Big 12 Championships at the Hearnes Center.
Despite the last-place...
