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Author: Jack Hummel
3 Is a Magic Number: Why Mizzou Can Three-Peat
Can Mizzou football win the SEC East title for the third consecutive season? Despite not being predicted to do so, the players believe it's possible. READ MORE
A Man Who Never Gave Up: Remembering Stuart Scott
The entire sports world woke up this morning to hear the heart-wrenching news that long-time ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott had lost his eight-year battle with cancer. Stuart Scott joined ESPN in 1993, where he quickly rose in the ranks. Soon, Scott became one of the network’s main anchors on the set of SportsCenter because of […] READ MORE
A League That Knows: MLS and Luca Knows Heart
Often times, tragedy brings people together. Strangely enough, it’s the feelings of sympathy, hurt, pain, and sadness that bring us the closest. Sometimes we unite under the most difficult circumstances, only to face tragedy in the end. Tragedies have a way of testing the resolve of an organization. Such was the case not only for […] READ MORE
Mizzou Topples Toledo: Homecoming For Mauk
The Missouri Tigers quarterback had the best game of his young collegiate career on Saturday in Toledo, Ohio, just over an hour from his hometown of Kenton. Maty Mauk threw for a career best 325 yards and 5 touchdowns as the Tigers routed the Toledo Rockets 49-24. Mauk tied a school record for passing touchdowns […] READ MORE
2014 Mizzou Football: Preseason Snub Motivates Tigers, Cool-Hand Mauk
The University of Missouri Tigers’ preseason is quickly winding down as the team went full pads for the last time yesterday for team scrimmage. The Tigers enter the 2014 season as both SEC East and Cotton Bowl Champions. Approaching their 3rd season in the SEC, Head Coach Gary Pinkel and his team have proved themselves […] READ MORE
Liverpool Sign Balotelli: Not So Fast… LFC requests Behavior Clause
It’s every club’s biggest fear. Whether it’s the leaking of scandalous photos from the club, social media slip-ups, or even outbursts on the pitch; every team fears the publicity nightmare that ensues from player irresponsibility. This issue isn’t anything football hasn’t seen before. From George Best, Eric Cantona, Paul Gascoigne, to Adriano and Mark Bosnich, […] READ MORE
MLS Dispatch: Robbie Rogers, Striving for Equality, and Leading Sports Culture
In our ever-changing culture, equality and acceptance have always been fluctuating societal factors. This fluctuation has occurred in all walks of life, including sports. In today’s sports world, we see punishment allocated to players guilty of discrimination, harassment, and other malicious forms of abuse. But aside from the punishment and reprimand of actions already committed, […] READ MORE
Landon Donovan: Leading a Team, Defining A Country
In sports, they always say “one player doesn’t define or characterize a team”, but what about defining a country? What about a player who stands and plays by their country’s same beliefs and principles? A player who works continually to lead their country to greatness; a leader, a captain, and oftentimes a hero. For the United States, […] READ MORE
MLS 3.0: Making USDA Academies Work – German-Style Overhaul
The story of Major League Soccer is the story of the growth of association football in the United States in the years after the United States Soccer Federation was awarded the right to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup. In the years since the league’s inception the sport has grown to a level never before […] READ MORE
