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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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Sooners down Tigers in gymnastics action

Ian Frazer • February 17, 2012

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...

Missouri women’s team’s inexperience contributes to late-game struggles

Sam Rourke • February 17, 2012

An 0-13 Big 12 Conference record could lead the casual observer to infer the Missouri women’s basketball team has been completely outmatched in league play this season. Although the Tigers (10-14, 0-13...

Missouri completes revenge, thrashes Oklahoma State

Seth Boster • February 15, 2012

Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford could only frown and shake his head trying to explain what happened in his team’s 83-65 thwacking at the hands of No. 3 Missouri on Wednesday night at Mizzou Arena. He...

The last shoot-out: Tigers ready for last bout with Cowboys

Ryan Hood • February 14, 2012

Coach Frank Haith and the Missouri men's basketball team insist Wednesday’s rematch with Oklahoma State at Mizzou Arena is more about learning from mistakes than exacting revenge. “It’d be just...