Reed Nikko’s high school teammates called him “the umbrella.”
Towering over opponents at 6-foot-10, Nikko protected the Maple Grove High School basketball team from a shower of scores, blocking...
_Griffin Schaetzle will be a sophomore swimmer next year at Missouri. He took 40th in the 200-meter backstroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials. He is joining The Maneater staff as an athlete columnist._
It’s...
**Nate Strong set to join the Tigers**
This fall, four-star running back recruit Nate Strong will don the black and gold after all. The Hinds Community College transfer was a 2015 graduate of East St....
Michael Chadwick was behind as soon as he entered the water in the 100-meter freestyle. As the rising senior dove in on June 29 at U.S. Olympic Team Trials, his arms separated. His streamline was broken,...
Michael Chadwick tries not to speculate on how other swimmers will perform. The rising senior knows what he has to do.
“There’s not really a point to it,” he said. “I can do it all I want, but...
The Missouri women’s track and field team kicked off the NCAA championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Thursday with a new school record for the 4x100 meter relay.
The team of freshman Maya Cody, juniors...
**Track and Field NCAA Championships**
NCAA Championships for track and field are set to begin June 8 in Eugene, Oregon. The Tigers will send 14 men and women to the four-day meet.
Missouri’s men’s...
J’den Cox grew up around the Missouri wrestling room, accompanying his older brothers, who were part of the Columbia Youth Wrestling Club.
Cox wasn’t allowed in the actual wrestling room at 4 years...
The team began the season the same way it ended: breaking records.
Before the first tip-off, exhibition match or even practice, the players knew their potential was greater than ever. Missouri had an...
Through hundreds of games, championships and stories, it’s nearly impossible to recap each and every moment that took place in the world of Missouri athletics this year.
So, we give you five. These...
[Michael Chadwick](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/7/8/q-missouri-swimmer-michael-chadwick/) turned to Fabian Schwingenschlogl on the evening of March 24.
“Tomorrow night you could be a national...
When Kim Anderson goes to McDonald’s and orders two sausage biscuits and an iced tea and they ask the name for his order, he says, “Norm.”
That, along with hundreds of anecdotes like it, will be...
