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Newcomer no more: Updike makes instant name

Ian Frazer • May 1, 2012

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...

Missouri basketball celebrates historic season

Joe Trezza • April 10, 2012

Dressed in their best formal wear and with smoked sirloin on the menu, the Missouri basketball team were celebrated like kings of the Big 12 Conference on Monday at Mizzou Arena.  The end-of-the-year...

Missouri gymnastics rolls into 11th consecutive NCAA Regional

Ian Frazer • April 6, 2012

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...

Uncertainties are abound for men’s basketball team’s future

Ryan Hood • April 3, 2012

When it was his turn March 10 in Kansas City, Missouri senior forward Laurence Bowers delicately climbed the ladder that had been propped up at the foot of one of the Sprint Center’s hoops. The team...

Haith named USBWA Coach of the Year

Nate Atkins • March 20, 2012

The Missouri men’s basketball season might have ended Friday, but the team's consistent flow of awards has not ceased. The United States Basketball Writers Association named first-year coach Frank Haith...

The unlikely dance: Norfolk State upsets Missouri, history in NCAA Tournament

Nate Atkins • March 17, 2012

If one had the power to deconstruct the unconceivable, to erase the names and the seeds and the predictions and the history, the story from Friday in Omaha, Neb., would have been something far more routine...

Missouri gymnastics rides improved depth into postseason

Ian Frazer • March 16, 2012

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...

Missouri gymnastics upsets No. 9 Arkansas

Ian Frazer • March 16, 2012

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...

Missouri’s tournament run ends with loss to Norfolk State

Ryan Hood • March 16, 2012

OMAHA, NEB. -- Coach Frank Haith’s first year at the helm of Missouri basketball has produced unlikely success. Friday evening in Omaha, it all came screeching to an unlikely, premature finish. Missouri...

Mellon embraces second chance at championships

Matthew Fairburn • March 16, 2012

Missouri heavyweight Devin Mellon said he was scared when he felt a pop in his hamstring. The redshirt freshman was wrestling against Oklahoma’s Kyle Colling in the third-place match of the Big 12 Conference...

Tigers surge into NCAA Championships

Matthew Fairburn • March 16, 2012

The Missouri wrestling team is the only one in the country that will send all 10 of its wrestlers to the 2012 NCAA Wrestling Championships this weekend in St. Louis, marking the first time the wrestling...

Tigers to start tourney journey with Norfolk State

Ryan Hood • March 15, 2012

At 30-4, Missouri already has the second most wins for a single season in school history. If the No. 2 seed Tigers are to get where they want to go, they’ll need six more. Game one of what the Tigers...