The gulf between college football's “haves” and “have-nots” could expand as power schools try to align with and strengthen the power conferences. This is not the time to fall into rebuilding m

Mizzou Basketball will host its annual walk-on tryouts on Monday Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. on the main floor of Mizzou Arena.

At least for the fall semester, the final element of a heralded University of Missouri men's basketball recruiting class officially failed to fall into place as of Wednesday when Mizzou acknowledged t

As he stood watching his son Derrick at a University of Missouri football practice in 2009, Donald Washington spoke of how he always urged him to run "like it's your last carry."

The University of Missouri will not allow Derrick Washington to return to the Tigers’ football team, even though there has been no resolution made public regarding a class C felony charge against Washington for deviate sexual assault. The move surprised Washington’s family, said his mother, Sarah.

T he story about this Saturday — when Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase strolls onto the Edward Jones Dome carpet, faces a hell-bent Missouri defense and takes his first snap as a Big Ten starter — begins with the young protagonist fighting back tears. Two years ago on a Friday night in November, Scheelhaase was leading top-ranked Rockhurst against Blue Springs South in a Missouri Class 6 playoff game. Throughout his career, Scheelhaase could always depend on his talent. He could run, pass and make opponents look helpless. They don’t hand out nicknames like “Nasty Nate” for just anybody.

Derrick Washington is being done wrong by Missouri, and he can blame Ricky Clemons. The ghost of Mizzou’s most embarrassing moment lives on, not just with jailhouse tapes about “crackers shaking,” but now with real consequences about how the athletic program (over)reacts to off-the-field issues.

Tony Mitchell — a top small-forward recruit out of Dallas — won't be eligible to play basketball at Missouri for the fall semester, but MU Coach Mike Anderson isn't closing off all options for later on.

Tony Mitchell, the most heralded member of the Missouri basketball team’s nationally ranked recruiting class, won’t be allowed to suit up for the Tigers when they open practice next month.

But Anderson hopes can play later this year

Their worlds divided by 20-something miles and the Missouri River, Blaine Gabbert had no visual evidence that T.J. Moe actually existed. All he knew were the numbers that would make Moe the fantasy football deity of Missouri high schools.

Gary Pinkel says he is embarrassed by the Missouri football team’s extensive summer rap sheet. It includes shoplifting, trespassing, sexual assault and three DWIs — all statistics are current through happy hour yesterday. Pinkel says he is responsible for the behavior of his 120 players and coaches.

He'll retain his scholarship as long as he is enrolled in school but will not play football again.

Missouri will not allow Derrick Washington to return to the Tigers’ football team, even though there has been no resolution made public of a class C felony charge for deviate sexual assault against Washington.

Derrick Washington has been permanently suspended from the University of Missouri football program.

COLUMBIA, MO. • A year ago, Blaine Gabbert stood nervously in the tunnel at the Edward Jones Dome, butterflies churning in his stomach. He was waiting to take the field for his first game as Missour

COLUMBIA | In the previous two games against Illinois, suspended Missouri tailback Derrick Washington ran 33 times and gained 191 yards, scoring two touchdowns. Missouri’s top four remaining running backs have run 12 times for 19 yards with no touchdowns against Illinois heading into Saturday’s swan song to the Arch Rivalry game in St. Louis. In last season’s 37-9 Mizzou victory, De’Vion Moore netted 21 yards in eight carries and Kendial Lawrence lost two yards in four carries. Freshmen Henry Josey and Marcus Murphy have never played in a college game.

Mizzou track and field head coach Brett Halter has announced that Teri Cantwell will complete his coaching staff as an assistant coach for the program, specializing in the throws and horizontal and vertical jumps. Cantwell, formerly Teri Steer, is an accomplished shot putter and was an Olympian in 2000 and a two-time NCAA National Champion in the event. Cantwell is also married to former Tiger Christian Cantwell, who is currently dominating the shot put as a post collegian.

In a four-week stretch of August, the Missouri football program averaged a drunk-driving arrest every nine days. All the while, a senior co-captain was under investigation for sexual assault, leading to a felony charge filed Monday by Boone County prosecutors.

Former Mizzou baseball player Justin James is stepping up to the Major League. He joins the Oakland A's today in New York City in time for their game at Yankee Stadium tomorrow night. Yankee Stadium is a long way away from where James was at the start of the 2010 season.

Head Coach Gary Pinkel and players met with the media on Monday. Munir Prince is doing really, really well. He's out of the hospital. He was out of the hospital the next day and he's moving around fine. What they're going to do is give him an MRI and CAT Scan, and redo those tests the next couple weeks and then sit down with the medical staff and his family and myself and discuss his future. But the good news is he's doing well.

Pinkel’s team is poised to improve in 2010, but off-field issues may hinder progress.

At the center of what Mizzou coach Gary Pinkel called an "embarrassing" sequence of off-field troubles for his program was a felony sexual assault charge brought Monday against Mizzou senior tailback

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