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After easy start, No. 14 Missouri ready for test presented by No. 8 AlabamaNo. 14 Missouri has thrived with a light schedule and now gets a resume-sharpening contest on Saturday when it faces No. 8 Alabama in Southeastern Conference play at Columbia, Mo.,The Tigers (5-0, 1-0 SEC) haven't even played outside their home stadium this season as the Crimson Tide (4-1, 2-0) come...

Legends of the fall: These teams could disrupt the CFP pictureWith the regular season approaching the halfway point, the College Football Playoff picture is starting to come into focus.,In what was expected to be a wide-open year, preseason No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Penn State are now both unranked after taking stunning losses Saturday.,Defending champion Ohio Sta...

Ahmad Hardy (3 TDs), No. 20 Missouri pound UMassAhmad Hardy rushed for 130 yards and three touchdowns Saturday night as No. 20 Missouri pulled away from visiting Massachusetts in the second half for a 42-6 nonconference win in Columbia.,Hardy scored on runs of 5, 1 and 16 yards for the Tigers (5-0), which outgained the Minutemen 521-124 and gaine...

Missouri faces rival Illinois riding 10-game winning streak

Two weekends ago, when Missouri had a chance to knock off the No. 1 team in the nation in a home game, the Tigers came through with a nine-point win over Kansas.,Last weekend, when Illinois had a chance to beat the No. 1 team in a home game, the Illini lost on a layup at the buzzer by Tennessee's Jo...

Missouri narrowly passes amendment to legalize sports betting

Missouri will be the 39th state to legalize sports betting in the United States with the latest results from the 2024 general election.,With all precincts reporting, Amendment 2 passed by a slim margin of 4,366 votes out of the more than 2.9 million cast in the election. It will become law by Dec. 5...

College Football Preseason Power Rankings: Top 12 Teams in the Nation

As college football grows closer to kicking off at the end of August, these are Deadspin's top 12 ranked teams heading into the 2024 campaign....

Missouri prosecutors charge 2 adults in Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting [Update]

Updated Feb. 20: Missouri prosecutors have officially filed murder charges against two adults after last week’s shooting that killed one and injured 22 during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade....

Wait until you hear what the Kansas City Royals want to do

If you think the Oakland A’s have a lot of nerve in asking for taxpayers to fund their new stadium on the Las Vegas strip to the tune of $380 million in public funding, wait until you hear what the Royals are doing in Kansas City. ...