COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Former University of Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel will remain at the university as a fundraiser and ambassador, earning nearly $1 million over the length of a three-year contract. The university announced the contract Thursday. It calls for Pinkel to earn $350,000 in both 2016 and 2017, and $250,000 in 2018.…

DETROIT (AP) - Brian Elliott stopped 29 shots, Dmitri Jaskin scored a key third-period goal, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 Wednesday night. Ty Rattie also scored for St. Louis. Elliott came within 2:13 of becoming the first goalie in 69 games to shut out the Red Wings, but Henrik…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Yante Maten had 21 points and 12 rebounds as Georgia held off Missouri in a 60-57 victory Wednesday night. Maten was a force on both ends of the court for the Bulldogs, shooting 10 of 21 from the field and blocking six shots, which tied a career high. J.J. Frazier had…

TAMPA, Fla. – The United Soccer League today announced the alignment, regular season and playoff format for the 2016 USL Season, with 29 teams set to compete in the league’s sixth season in pursuit of the USL Cup. Six new teams will join the USL in 2016, as Bethlehem Steel FC, FC Cincinnati, Orlando City…

Article written by: Jon Wertheim Originally appeared in Sports Illustrated When NFL owners voted 30–2 last week to relocate a team to Los Angeles, it altered the league’s center of gravity. But it also altered the profile of the man behind it, Rams owner Enos Stanley (Stan) Kroenke. A native of Missouri, Kroenke might be…