COLUMBIA, Mo. – All-purpose player Jeremy Maclin and defensive lineman Justin Smith are included on the 2023 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, it was announced by the National Football Foundation (NFF) on Monday. The ballot totals 80 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 96 players and 33 coaches from the divisional ranks.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri baseball head coach Steve Bieser has selected Ricky Meinhold, a Missouri native and former staff member in the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets organizations, as the Tigers’ pitching coach. Meinhold has spent the past season as the Director of Pitching for the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).
In a surprising and seismic shift in college athletics, the Big Ten added Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024. The expansion to 16 teams will happen after the Pac-12’s current media rights contracts with Fox and ESPN expire and make the Big Ten the first conference to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Before being interviewed on Centre Court about his return to the Wimbledon quarterfinals, Nick Kyrgios traded in his allwhite grass-court shoes for a red-and-white pair of basketball sneakers, and swapped out his white hat for a red one.
KWRT’s Brayden Viertel slides under the tag by the Fayette shortstop in the second inning Tuesday night in Junior Babe Ruth action at Twillman Field in Harley Park. KWRT defeated Fayette 6-3 to improve to 9-3 on the season. Fayette dropped to 6-6. In the nightcap, Cooper County Bandits beat Imhoff’s 11-8. (Photo by Chris Bowie)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun will join John Beilein and Lon Kruger in a star-studded cast of coaches who will be inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame in November.
Members of the CCSB 14U team posed after their last game. From left to right are Milly Waller, Lynlee Dicus, Riley Arnold, Josie Long, Aubrey Thompson, Stella Rhode, Myah West, Kaylee Kuschel, and Justice Case is lying on the ground. They were coached by Tasha Knapheide and Angie Rambo. (Photo provided by Sarah Kuschel)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zach Greinke allowed just one run on four hits in his 500th career start, helping the Kansas City Royals avoid a three-game sweep by beating the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Wednesday.
In a surprising and seismic shift in college athletics, the Big Ten voted Thursday to add Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024. The expansion to 16 teams will happen after the Pac-12’s current media rights contracts with Fox and ESPN expire and make the Big Ten the first conference to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
MOSCOW (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4 1/2 months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for a Russian team, in a case that has unfolded amid tense relations between Moscow and Washington.