The week in prep football was highlighted by a pair of commitments from the talented Class of 2019.
East St. Louis boys’ basketball standout Terrence Hargrove gave a verbal commitment to Saint Louis University over the weekend.
Recruiting high school talent in the St. Louis area had been a source of frustration for the University of Missouri football program in the past two seasons.
With nine hours remaining until Wednesday night’s deadline to withdraw from 2018’s NBA Draft, Missouri forward Jontay Porter announced his decision.The freshman who reclassified last August to play for Missouri with his brother and projected NBA lottery pick Michael Porter Jr. will return to…
Dymond Guilford, Missouri Baptist - Wrestling
Lauren White, SIU-Edwardsville - Women’s Track and Field
Demontez McCray, McKendree University - Men’s Track and Field
Corey Carter, Principia College - Men’s Track and Field
Jay Pittman, Washington University - Women’s Track
Mason Washington, Missouri Baptist - Baseball
Martinus Mitchell, SIU-Edwardsville - Men’s Track
Eka Jose, Washington University - Women’s Track and Field
Former Incarnate Word Academy girls’ basketball star Napheesa Collier is going back to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament once again with her UConn Huskies.
Darren Wynn, McKendree University - Wrestling
The Mizzou men endured a bit of a soap opera season. The Tigers welcomed a new coach, new stars and new attention. The team also waved bon voyage to numerous players, several via transfers and another due to disciplinary action. Michael Porter Jr.’s well-chronicled back surgery turned the en…
Of the 68 participants in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, which includes the “First Four” participants who played Tuesday and Wednesday, 15 have African-American/minority head coaches at their helm.
Deandre Clark, Harris-Stowe State University - Men’s Basketball
Brion Dunlap is batting a perfect two-for-two since taking over the men’s basketball program at Harris-Stowe State University last year.
Gabby Walker, Lindenwood University - Women’s Basketball
Johari Dix, Greenville University - Men’s Basketball
Dominique Loyd, St. Louis Community College - Men’s Basketball
Darren Wynn, McKendree University - Wrestling
Call me an optimist, but I’m still confident Missouri will march into the NCAA Tournament – and coach Cuonzo Martin’s team won’t need Michael Porter Jr., accomplish the feat.
Somebody, somewhere must have put roots on Mizzou’s athletic program. How else is it possible to explain the infamous Fifth Down Game, Tyus Edney’s shot, Kelly Thames’ injury, Ricky Clemons’ and Dorial Green-Beckham’s legal woes or Michael Porter Jr.’s hernia? It seems that whenever the pros…
Missouri point guard Blake Harris received a release and will transfer from Missouri, the team confirmed Friday.
East St Louis will be well-represented Saturday night when the Bragging Rights college basketball game between Missouri and Illinois game returns to the Scott Trade Center.
Elijah Watson, UMSL - Men’s Basketball
Many Mizzou fans feared the worst regarding the mysterious injury to highly-touted freshman Michael Porter Jr. Today those fears came true.
Derrick Curry, McKendree University - Football
Certain things in the universe are meant to be together. Peanut butter and jelly, macaroni and cheese, Batman and Robin and spades and smack talk all apply. One pairing that belongs on this list but has been missing for far too long is Mizzou vs Kansas, particularly on the hardwood.
Devyn Jambga, SIU-Edwardsville - Men’s Soccer
Shayeen Edwards, McKendree University - Football
Deantrell Prince, Lindenwood University - Football
This week’s track notebook will be a collegiate edition as the St. Louis metro area had several athletes who competed at last week’s NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The area was represented well as a number of athletes earned All-American recognition.
Jakara Davidson-Brooks, Webster University - Women’s Track and Field
Kaitlin Mills, Missouri Baptist - Women’s Lacrosse
Tremaine Bobo, Missouri Baptist - Men’s Track and Field
No too long ago at the University of Missouri, those awful black football players supported those awful black students who were part of that awful Black Lives Matter movement. The threat to boycott a game and the resulting administrative changes led to an awfully lot of money being withdrawn…
East St. Louis’ own Cuonzo Martin was introduced as the head basketball coach at the University of Missouri last week with plenty of fanfare and hype.
Missouri got their man in coach Cuonzo Martin, and the Tigers could be in the 2018 NCAA Tournament if he indeed brings five-star player Michael Porter, Jr. to Columbia.
Cuonzo Martin is headed back to the Midwest. Martin resigned as the head coach at the University of California on Tuesday and has reportedly agreed to become the next basketball coach for the Missouri Tigers.
Missouri is officially on the recruiting trail for a men’s basketball coach after Kim Anderson stepped down on Sunday, March 5 with two years remaining on his contract.
Former East St. Louis Flyer Bryan Keith Cox was a three-time Pro Bowl selection and three-time All Pro player all with the Miami Dolphins (1992, ‘94, ‘95).
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In 2015, former Missouri head football coach Gary Pinkel and his right hand man, assistant coach Cornell Ford, landed the best football recruit from the East side since the late great Damien Nash in Terry Beckner Jr.
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Columbia, Missouri native J'den Cox entered the Olympic Trials for American wrestling this past weekend as a longshot in the 86 kilogram freestyle division, coming off his second NCAA Championship win in his junior season at Mizzou.
This weekend two native Missourians will have the opportunity to elevate themselves to superstar status. Both will have to overcome their statuses as heavy underdogs in order to achieve this.
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The 2016 NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Championships took a break from St. Louis this year. Not to worry area, wrestling fans; the championships will be back in St. Louis in 2017 at the Scottrade Center. This year's championships were held in the most famous arena of them all – Madison Square Ga…
Hampton University and the University of Virginia share the same state and a berth in the 2016 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. That’s about all the two schools share.
Who said the SEC was overrated? The Alabama Crimson Tide are the 2016 National Champions. The team’s 45-40 victory over the then-No. 1 Clemson Tigers allowed ‘Bama to claim its fourth national title in the past seven seasons. For the SEC, the league has now watched its teams win eight of the…
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