The University of Maryland-Baltimore County pulled off one of the greatest upsets in American sports history at the 2018 NCAA Tournament, knocking off Virginia to become the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1. The madness kept coming that March from Pittsburgh to San Diego. Top-ranked Xavier lost in the second round and…
COLUMBIA, MO. – Mizzou Men’s Basketball redshirt senior point guard Dru Smith was named preseason second-team All-SEC by a voting panel of both SEC and national media members, announced by the league office on Thursday. Smith took the SEC by storm in 2019-20 after transferring from Evansville, leading Mizzou in scoring (12.7 PPG), assists (3.9…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The November 14 Georgia at Missouri football game has been postponed due to combination of positive tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within one position group of the Tigers’ football program, consistent with Southeastern Conference COVID-19 management requirements. Because Missouri has a game tentatively scheduled for December 12, the opportunity…
ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis’ senior trio of Jordan Goodwin, Hasahn French and Javonte Perkins were named to the Atlantic 10 Conference’s preseason All-Conference team, the league announced today. Also, the Billikens were picked to finish second in the A-10 race in the annual preseason poll. The preseason All-Conference teams and the projected order of…
This week’s winner of the Schnucks/KTRS High School Athlete of the Week is Taryn Tkachuk from Villa Duchesne. Tkachuk scored 32 goals in leading Villa to an undefeated state championship season in Field Hockey. Of course, Taryn is also the daughter of former St. Louis Blue Keith Tkachuk, and the sister of Matthew and Brady…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Men’s Basketball’s 2020-21 Southeastern Conference schedule was announced Friday as well as additional nonconference matchups. The league portion of the schedule is set while the nonconference slate is still under construction with dates subject to change and potential games to be added. Mizzou’s 2021 SEC schedule will open up Dec. 30 vs.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado won his eighth consecutive Gold Glove and right fielder Mookie Betts snared his fifth in a row on Tuesday, his first with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers after four with Boston. Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon also won his eighth Gold…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Dan Mullen did more to inflame than extinguish a tense situation against Missouri, drawing a public reprimand and a hefty fine. The Southeastern Conference docked Mullen $25,000 on Monday for his role in a benches-clearing brawl against the Tigers on Saturday night. The league also issued half-game suspensions for…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Dan Mullen showed up after his team’s testy victory against Missouri dressed as Darth Vader. Mullen insisted it was the only Halloween costume in the facility, not a conscious decision to play a villain. Nonetheless, it may have been the perfect role given Mullen’s past few weeks. Kadarius Toney…
Wentzville Holt QB Cooper Brown was named the Schnucks KTRS High School Athlete of the Week. Brown has thrown for 31 touchdowns already on the season for the Indians. The 6-3 junior also carries a 3.7 GPA in the classroom.