Sports

Column: Cardinals far from dead

By Patrick Daugherty

Pronounced dead before the season even began, the St. Louis Cardinals were slotted to duke it out with Pittsburgh and Houston for last place in the NL Central, not Chicago ...

Sports shorts

By Lenny Goldman

2008 National Baseball Team invites two MU players to trials Twelve collegiate baseball players have accepted invitations to attend the 2008 National Team Trials. MU sophomore pitcher Kyle Gibson and ...

Tigers win on walk-off home run

By Sam Wilson

The Tigers hit two home runs off Venditte for a comeback win.

Baseball wins weekend series

By Sam Wilson

The baseball team won the series overall, but lost the game Sunday.

Derby win is not without sadness

By Brad Minkow

In only two minutes, thoroughbred racing encapsulates everything spectacular and imperfect about sports. Horseracing, a sport with little national, daily notoriety, has the unique ability to demand our attention for ...

Sports Shorts

By Mike Bushnell

Picks for next Truman and cheer squad unveiled Cheerleading coach Suzy Thompson announced Monday the 49 men and women who will make up the cheerleading squads for the fall semester, ...

Baseball loses fifth in a row

By Lenny Goldman

The Tigers were shut out by KU in Kansas City.

Sports Shorts

By Mike Bushnell

Tiger fans donate record amount of food At April 19’s Black and Gold Spring Game, MU fans donated slightly less than 14,000 pounds of food to go with a $2,500 ...

Column: Bye bye Dallas

By Patrick Daugherty

The first round of the National Basketball Association Playoffs are finally almost over, and we have learned quite a bit. Well, some of us have. A lot of the things ...

Tigers' offense struggles, lose five straight games

By Nick Forrester

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the lights began to dim at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday evening, Kansas junior pitcher Paul Smyth jumped up and down in ...

Softball continues impressive season

By Mike Bushnell

Missouri had a victory on Saturday and a rainout on Sunday.

Winners, losers from NFL Draft

Saturday’s National Football League Draft offered more questionable picks, less excitement and more players named “Long” than in most years past. With the opportunity for every team to increase their ...

Tigers shutout by KU in KC

By Lenny Goldman

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With the crisp glow of the world’s largest high definition television screen in center field, the Tigers failed to show much flashiness of their own against ...

Former MU players sign with NFL teams

By Mike Bushnell

Rucker and Franklin were selected in the draft.

Walk-off home run dooms Tigers Sunday

By Sam Wilson

The Tigers record is now 29-14.

Askren hopes to go into MMA

By Nick Forrester

The sophomore has been practicing mixed martial arts.

Baseball spllits weekend games in St. Charles

By Sam Wilson

MU played two Illinois teams in O’Fallon.

The NFL Draft: Lame as shit

By Patrick Daugherty

So here we are. Only a day away from the world’s most boring sports spectacle, the National Football League Draft. Yes, the NFL Draft. Boring. Devoid of entertainment. Vapid. Dumb. ...

Black and Gold game lets players shine

By Sam Wilson

Ten of 11 defensive starters from 2007 will return this year.

Competition over left tackle position continues

By Lenny Goldman

While senior quarterback Chase Daniel has become the face of Missouri football and the athletics department, one question still remains unclear.e Who’s got his back? Spring workouts have concluded since ...