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Missouri will be short at least dozen players for opener vs. Alabama There are now fewer than 10 days remaining until the Southeastern Conference football season begins; nine days from now, Missouri will host No. 2 Alabama at 6 p.m. Sept. 26 to begin its season. If a sense of normality about the season is going to set in, it hasn't yet. by Colin O'Brien Published Sep. 17 2020 @ 12:40am

Big Ten will try to play fall football after all Players were pumped. Coaches were stoked. Fans seemed relieved. Even the president was pleased. The Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. by Associated Press Published Sep. 17 2020 @ 12:10am

Houck wins MLB debut, goes 5 innings, Red Sox blank Marlins Tanner Houck gave up just two singles in five innings to win his major league debut Tuesday night, pitching the Boston Red Sox past the Miami Marlins 2-0 Tuesday night. by Associated Press Published Sep. 16 2020 @ 12:00am

Big 12 gets Sun Belt-ed on opening weekend Maybe the Big 12 Conference should have followed the lead of the Big Ten and Pac-12 and opted out of playing college football this fall. Or at least opted out of scheduling the Sun Belt. by Associated Press Published Sep. 15 2020 @ 12:20am

After presidents meet, Big Ten football still in limbo The Big Ten presidents were presented a comprehensive plan Sunday to conduct a fall football season, but a final decision is still to come. by Associated Press Published Sep. 14 2020 @ 12:10am

Louisiana-Lafayette leads 10 new teams in AP rankings Sun Belt rivals Louisiana-Lafayette and Appalachian State were among 10 new teams ranked Sunday in first regular-season Associated Press college football poll, which was stripped of the teams not yet scheduled to play a fall season. by Associated Press Published Sep. 14 2020 @ 12:00am

Tigers wrap up fall camp fundamentals, turn focus to opener vs. Alabama Missouri football coach Eliah Drinkwitz called Saturday evening's scrimmage the "final final of fall camp," an effort to simulate the feeling of a Saturday game day as accurately as possible. by Colin O'Brien Published Sep. 13 2020 @ 1:00am

Rattler throws 4 TD passes, No. 5 Oklahoma tops Missouri State Spencer Rattler passed for 290 yards and four touchdowns in his first start and No. 5 Oklahoma rolled past Missouri State 48-0 on Saturday night. by Associated Press Published Sep. 13 2020 @ 12:10am

Tigers add fifth hoops commit, second from in state, to '21 class The Missouri men's basketball team landed two birds with one stone, taking advantage of a lot of anticipated roster turnover after the 2020-21 season and in-state high school talent at a position of need at the same time. by Colin O'Brien Published Sep. 12 2020 @ 12:15am

No tailgating at Missouri home football games this fall; QB Powell to transfer Tailgating will not be allowed at Missouri home football games this fall as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. by Colin O'Brien Published Sep. 12 2020 @ 12:15am

Missouri adds fourth member to 2021 men's basketball class COLUMBIA — Cuonzo Martin's recruiting success in the Springfield area continues. by Colin O'Brien Published Sep. 8 2020 @ 11:50pm

Tigers resume football practice after short break The Missouri football team resumed practice Tuesday after a two-day layoff from Saturday's scrimmage short 18 players. Two more signs of the times. by Colin O'Brien Published Sep. 8 2020 @ 11:50pm

College hoops floats idea of bubbles for safe season The NBA bubble has held. So has the NHL's double bubble. The WNBA and MLS, no leaks. In this unprecedented landscape of sports in a pandemic world, one indisputable fact has emerged: bubbles work. by Associated Press Published Sep. 8 2020 @ 12:10am

Oklahoma State-Tulsa football game pushed back a week Oklahoma State's season-opening game at home against Tulsa has been pushed back a week, with the opposing Golden Hurricane still recovering from multiple players testing positive for COVID-19. by Associated Press Published Sep. 8 2020 @ 12:00am

Tigers working toward game readiness three weeks from opener In another world, Missouri would have opened its football season Saturday against Central Arkansas at Faurot Field in what would have been the debut for Eliah Drinkwitz and the offense the Tigers pulled him away from Appalachian State to implement. by Colin O'Brien Published Sep. 6 2020 @ 12:40am