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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Return to international glory: Ostad climbs back

Return to international glory: Ostad climbs back

Ian Frazer February 28, 2012

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...

Border Showdown ends on the shot that never was

Border Showdown ends on the shot that never was

Nate Atkins, Ryan Hood February 28, 2012

A total of 644,400 seconds ticked off the Border Showdown clock before the basketball rivalry between Kansas and Missouri finally put its Civil War vitriol to rest Saturday afternoon in Lawrence, Kan. For...

Tigers flip the page to Cyclones

Tigers flip the page to Cyclones

Seth Boster February 28, 2012

Much to his displeasure, Missouri senior guard Kim English and his teammates had the day off following Saturday’s crushing defeat in Lawrence, Kan., where a 19-point second-half advantage in the Border...

Kansas students sound off on Border Showdown end

Kansas students sound off on Border Showdown end

Nick Ehrhard February 28, 2012

LAWRENCE, KAN. — After more than 100 years of basketball, a rivalry that started with blood came to an end in an 87-86 Kansas victory in overtime. And like their bitter rivals, KU students weren't shy...

Missouri women notch first home victory, 61-56 over Kansas State in overtime

Sam Rourke February 25, 2012

Down by three with nine seconds to play in her team's 61-56 victory over Kansas State on Saturday at Mizzou Arena, Missouri coach Robin Pingeton called her final timeout and drew up a play for leading...

Kansas downs Missouri in overtime showdown

Kansas downs Missouri in overtime showdown

Seth Boster February 25, 2012

LAWRENCE, KAN. — There were 8.3 seconds remaining of the ancient Border Showdown inside Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday, and it was up to visiting Missouri to decide how the final chapter would be told. Down...

Missouri gymnastics experiences role reversal in thumping of Bowling Green

Ian Frazer February 24, 2012

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...

Tigers ready for final Border Showdown

Seth Boster February 24, 2012

When he was a freshman, senior guard Kim English made his first start at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kans., where his attempts to make an audible sound to former teammate Leo Lyons right next to him...

Change in mentality has Missouri's Haynes back on track

Change in mentality has Missouri’s Haynes back on track

Matthew Fairburn February 24, 2012

Missouri wrestler Brent Haynes didn’t start his junior season the way he wanted to. After his second straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament as a sophomore, Haynes came into the season with high...

Michael Dixon stars as Tigers' sixth man

Michael Dixon stars as Tigers’ sixth man

Ryan Hood February 21, 2012

Junior guard Michael Dixon hasn’t taken kindly to attempts by the media to delineate what word best defines his role. “He doesn’t want to be called a sixth man," coach Frank Haith said. "I don’t...

Upset part two: Kansas State stuns No. 3 Missouri again

Upset part two: Kansas State stuns No. 3 Missouri again

Ryan Hood February 21, 2012

The detractors for the Missouri men's basketball team have pegged the Tigers’ lack of depth and size, as well as their reliance upon the three-point shot, as the squad's most likely pitfalls. With perhaps...

101 smiles: Missouri senior class sets record

Ryan Hood February 17, 2012

As players addressed the media following former coach Mike Anderson's departure for the University of Arkansas last year, then-junior forward Kim English addressed how the team would cope without its former...