ST. LOUIS, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – Saint Louis scored two runs in the seventh to notch its ninth consecutive victory and 39th overall. The Billikens are now 39-15 on the season. According to the most recent update by the NCAA earlier this week, only four teams have reached the 40-win plateau this season. [...]
San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) – Brandon Crawford drove in a pair of runs, Brandon Belt doubled twice and the Giants defeated the Cardinals, 7-5, on Thursday in the finale of a two-game series. Emmanuel Burriss hit a game-tying sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and San Francisco went ahead for good later in the [...]
BOWLING GREEN, KY. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – Mizzou Men’s Golfers, Jace Long and Emilio Cuartero, finished up the first round of play at the 2012 NCAA Men’s Golf Regional Championship today, May 17. Competing as individuals, Long (+2) is currently tied for 18th place while Cuartero (+4) sits in a tie for 35th. The tournament [...]
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – For the third consecutive year, St. Louis Rams coaches, players, and executive staff will partake in the Greater Missouri March of Dimes Challenge for Champions golf tournament, scheduled for Monday, May 21, at Boone Valley Golf Club. The annual event is expected to raise over $150,000 to help March of [...]
Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) – J.J. Hardy’s two-run single in the seventh inning lifted the Baltimore Orioles over the Kansas City Royals, 5-3, in the final test of a two-game series. Adam Jones added a two-run homer for the Orioles, who used Jones’ solo homer in the 15th inning to defeat Kansas City, 4-3, [...]
Kansas City, MO (Bentley Williams, Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Kansas City Chiefs have signed offensive lineman Donald Stephenson, a third-round pick in last month’s draft. Stephenson, who played his college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, was chosen with the 74th overall selection. The 6-foot-6 lineman was an All-Big 12 honorable mention in 2011 and helped Oklahoma [...]
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. (Kate Williams, Missouri Sports Magazine) – Southeast Missouri recently announced the signing of power forward Wayne Martin, Jr., formerly of the University of Central Florida. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Martin played in 11 games and averaged 3.4 minutes per contest as a true freshman with the Knights a year ago. He [...]
ST. JOSEPH, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University today accepted a bid from Brooner & Associates Construction Inc. to renovate the Baker Family Fitness Center. The project will cost approximately $220,000. ”The renovations will make the fitness center more inviting and pleasant for the students, employees, alumni [...]
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – No points, just a lot of cash is on the line in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This year’s edition of the all-star event features a new format. It will be split into five segments for a total of 90 laps. The first four segments [...]
KANSAS CITY, MO. (Sports Network) – The Baltimore Orioles will get back to work rather quickly this afternoon in the back end of a two-game series against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The Orioles got a big lift from outfielder Adam Jones in last night’s 4-3 win in 15 innings, as the slugger [...]
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – Saint Louis scored two runs in the seventh to notch its ninth consecutive victory and 39th overall. The Billikens are now 39-15 on the season. According to the most recent update by the NCAA earlier this week, only four teams have reached the 40-win plateau this season. [...]
BOWLING GREEN, KY. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – Mizzou Men’s Golfers, Jace Long and Emilio Cuartero, finished up the first round of play at the 2012 NCAA Men’s Golf Regional Championship today, May 17. Competing as individuals, Long (+2) is currently tied for 18th place while Cuartero (+4) sits in a tie for 35th. The tournament [...]
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. (Kate Williams, Missouri Sports Magazine) – Southeast Missouri recently announced the signing of power forward Wayne Martin, Jr., formerly of the University of Central Florida. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Martin played in 11 games and averaged 3.4 minutes per contest as a true freshman with the Knights a year ago. He [...]
LIBERTY, MO. (Tracy Lynn, Missouri Sports Magazine) – William Jewell College fooball will conduct a youth football camp for players 5-10 years old on June 7th from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Greene Stadium. The cost is $30 Per Person—$25 w/ registration of 2 or more. You may register by filling out this form. [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – Twenty-three members of the Lincoln women’s and men’s indoor track & field teams have been selected to represent the Blue Tigers at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships. Twelve athletes from the women’s team and 11 from the men will compete at the national championship meet, which will [...]
COLUMBIA, MO. (Shane Patton, Missouri Sports Magazine) – University of Missouri quarterback Corbin Berkstressor has been suspended after his arrest Tuesday in Columbia on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident. Berkstressor, who is No. 2 on the Tigers depth chart, will have to wait and see if Boone County prosecutors choose to charge [...]
Head Softball Coach Holly Hesse – Photo courtesy of Missouri State University Athletics Springfield, Mo. (Timothy Bohn, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications – Web & New Media, Missouri State University) – Missouri State softball Head Coach Holly Hesse continues her ascent among the ranks of women coaches as she was recently named to the Alliance [...]
Greeneville, Tenn. (Missouri Sports Magazine – William Woods University Athletics) – Despite a ton of movement in both the team and individual standings on the second day of the 20th Annual NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship, William Woods University stood pat in fourth place, narrowing the gap to three shots. The Owls posted a team [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – Twenty-three members of the Lincoln women’s and men’s indoor track & field teams have been selected to represent the Blue Tigers at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships. Twelve athletes from the women’s team and 11 from the men will compete at the national championship meet, which will [...]
Photo courtesy of Central Methodist University Athletics Fayette, Mo. (Missouri Sports Magazine – Central Methodist University Athletics) – While the remaining Central Methodist student body starts their summer vacation the CMU women’s softball team has completed practice and traveled to Gulf Shores, Alabama for the NAIA National Softball Tournament. Tournament pool play starts Thursday, May [...]
New Orleans, La. (Greg Gorham, Athletic Media Relations – Graduate Assistant, University of Central Missouri) – With their final regular season meet in the books, the Central Missouri Mules slid three spots to No. 11 before heading to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, while the Jennies held steady at No. 4 in this [...]
Louisville, Ky. (Scott Puryear, Assistant AD for Communications, Drury University) – Katrina Choate hopes experience makes the difference when she tees it up Wednesday through Saturday in the NCAA-II Women’s Golf Championships. The Drury senior has plenty of it, this being her third consecutive trip to the NCAA-II nationals as an individual, having finished 42nd [...]
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – For the third consecutive year, St. Louis Rams coaches, players, and executive staff will partake in the Greater Missouri March of Dimes Challenge for Champions golf tournament, scheduled for Monday, May 21, at Boone Valley Golf Club. The annual event is expected to raise over $150,000 to help March of [...]
ST. JOSEPH, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University today accepted a bid from Brooner & Associates Construction Inc. to renovate the Baker Family Fitness Center. The project will cost approximately $220,000. ”The renovations will make the fitness center more inviting and pleasant for the students, employees, alumni [...]
LAS VEGAS, NV. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Lingerie Football League, recognized as ‘the fastest growing sports league in the U.S.’ (Businessweek), today announced that St. Louis has been awarded an expansion franchise in advance of the rapidly approaching 2013 LFL United States season. The new franchise will play their home games at ‘The Family [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (Eli Yokley, Missouri News Horizon) – The United States Department of Transportation has proposed a rule that would require all new large trucks and interstate buses to be equipped with roll over avoidance technology. Tom Crawford, president of the Missouri Trucking Association, said a federal mandate would not bother him and his [...]
O’FALLON, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – The River City Rascals, presented by Signature Medical Group, kick off the 2012 season this weekend in grand fashion with a packed schedule of promotions and entertainment, starting with opening night on Friday. Opening night, presented by SMG, will feature a multitude of entertainment. Reggie the Entertainer will be [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (Eli Yokley, Missouri News Horizon) – State Representative Steven Webber, D-Columbia, led the charge against placing Kansas Jayhawks on Missouri license plates. “I have an amendment that will prevent the dreaded Jayhawk, the disgusting Jayhawk from being affixed to our beautifully crafted state license plates,” Webber said on the House floor. The [...]
INGOLSTADT, Germany (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – Starting May 16, Audi will be presenting an extremely emotion-inspiring sports machine, the Audi e-bike Worthersee – at Worthersee in Carinthia, Austria. The prototype cycle combines an electric drive and muscle power. Head of Design Wolfgang Egger comments: “As a high-performance e-bike for sports and trick cycling, [...]
PURCHASE, N.Y. (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – Fans of racing, “The Dark Knight” and Mountain Dew® (DEW) start your engines! Mountain Dew and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will give fans everywhere a first taste of this summer’s most anticipated blockbuster, Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ The Dark Knight Rises, before it hits theaters on [...]
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – In an effort to continually educate and protect youth athletes, and enable sports participation in communities across the country, Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH), announced today its commitment to the newly-formed Youth Football Safety and Helmet Replacement Partnership. Supported [...]
ORLANDO, FL. (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – Pushups For Charity 2012 is only five (count ‘em!) days away. On Saturday, May 19th, 2012, 115 gyms across the country will challenge participants to see how many pushups they can do in 90 seconds, while getting friends and family to sponsor them by donating anywhere from [...]
CHICAGO, IL. (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – United Airlines has launched its 2012 Team USA sponsorship effort with the “Fly Me to London” Sweepstakes, offering three grand-prize winners the chance to cheer on the U.S. Olympic Team with two roundtrip tickets to London, hotel accommodations and entry to the London 2012 Olympic Games. In [...]
ANN ARBOR, MI. (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – In an era of tight funding, school districts across the country are cutting their athletic budgets. Many schools are implementing athletic participation fees to cover the cost of school sports. But those fees have forced kids in lower-income families to the sidelines, according to a new [...]
New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) – Suspended New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday in the District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana. Vilma is suspended for the entire 2012 season for his alleged role in the Saints’ bounty system. “By this action, Vilma [...]
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) – The Minnesota Twins have placed pitcher Nick Blackburn on the 15-day disabled list because of a left quad strain and decided to keep catcher Ryan Doumit on the 25-man roster. Doumit is suffering from a right calf strain and the Twins had announced after Wednesday’s game against Detroit that he [...]
(Sports Network) – The San Antonio Spurs have been perfect through the postseason so far as they get ready to host the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals. Chris Paul and Company will take another shot at solving what’s looking like a juggernaut. The Spurs tied a franchise playoff record [...]
Orchard Park, NY (Sports Network) – The Buffalo Bills have signed cornerback Stephon Gilmore, their first pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Gilmore was selected with the 10th overall choice of April’s draft after a standout career at South Carolina. He left school after his junior season, during which he recorded a team-high four interceptions. [...]
New York, NY (Sports Network) – Martin Brodeur made 23 saves and David Clarkson scored the winner early in the third period as the New Jersey Devils took a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Ryan Carter and Ilya Kovalchuk also tallied for the Devils, who [...]
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) – J.P. Arencibia, Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Bautista and Kelly Johnson all homered for the Toronto Blue Jays in an 8-1 victory over the New York Yankees. Toronto starter Kyle Drabek (3-4) was solid in seven innings of work, giving up one run on three hits. The young right-hander fanned five and [...]
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – No points, just a lot of cash is on the line in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This year’s edition of the all-star event features a new format. It will be split into five segments for a total of 90 laps. The first four segments [...]
It’s a simple dream that many dads across the country have: to coach their child’s little league team. But is it the right idea for you? Before you take on the responsibilities that come with being a team coach, it’s best to reflect on what is best for you and your child. It might be [...]
May 17 1875 America’s oldest continuously held sporting event, the Kentucky Derby, was first run. The race was won by Aristides, 1925 Cleveland Indians outfielder Tris Speaker singled off Senators pitcher Tom Zachary to reach the career 3000-hit milestone. 1928 The Summer Olypics had their opening ceremonies in Amsterdam, Holland. 1970 At Crosley Field, Atlanta [...]
WASHINGTON, DC. (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – Now that spring is here, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is reminding consumers to check to see if their bicycles, bicycle components or accessories have been recalled before using them. Recalled bicycles, components and accessories can be dangerous and cause an accident, resulting in injury [...]
May 16 1925 Flyin Gebony won the Kentucky Derby. 1954 The Baltimore Orioles had a record 46,796 fans at Memorial Stadium for a doubleheader with the New York Yankees. 1976 The Montreal Canadiens swept the Philadelphia Flyers in four games to win the Stanley Cup. 1980 The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers in [...]
NEW YORK, NY. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – From the national ballot of 76 candidates and a pool of hundreds of eligible nominees, Archie Manning, chairman of The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, announced today the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame Football Bowl Subdivision Class, which includes the names of 14 First [...]
Cards Lose Series Finale With Giants, 7-5
San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) – Brandon Crawford drove in a pair of runs, Brandon Belt doubled twice and the Giants defeated the Cardinals, 7-5, on Thursday in the finale of a two-game series. Emmanuel Burriss hit a game-tying sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and San Francisco went ahead for good later in the [...]
Rams Swing Clubs for Health of Babies
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – For the third consecutive year, St. Louis Rams coaches, players, and executive staff will partake in the Greater Missouri March of Dimes Challenge for Champions golf tournament, scheduled for Monday, May 21, at Boone Valley Golf Club. The annual event is expected to raise over $150,000 to help March of [...]
Royals Come Up Short In Series Finale With Orioles
Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) – J.J. Hardy’s two-run single in the seventh inning lifted the Baltimore Orioles over the Kansas City Royals, 5-3, in the final test of a two-game series. Adam Jones added a two-run homer for the Orioles, who used Jones’ solo homer in the 15th inning to defeat Kansas City, 4-3, [...]
Chiefs Sign Draft Pick Donald Stephenson
Kansas City, MO (Bentley Williams, Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Kansas City Chiefs have signed offensive lineman Donald Stephenson, a third-round pick in last month’s draft. Stephenson, who played his college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, was chosen with the 74th overall selection. The 6-foot-6 lineman was an All-Big 12 honorable mention in 2011 and helped Oklahoma [...]
