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Mizzou basketball rallies in final minutes, beats Arkansas to snap losing streak

Arkansas’ Kamani Johnson, left, pulls Missouri’s Kobe Brown, right, to the court during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Columbia, Mo. L.G. Patterson Photos, Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Missouri basketball team extinguished a couple streaks Wednesday night in dramatic fashion. The shorthanded Tigers steered out […]

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How Mizzou basketball’s veterans sparked a comeback win vs. Arkansas

COLUMBIA, Mo. — On a night when Dennis Gates scrambled his playing rotations, both by choice and necessity, Missouri’s coach turned to five veteran mainstays to close out Wednesday’s improbable comeback at Mizzou Arena. And each one — from 22-year-old relative youngster DeAndre Gholston, to 23-year-olds Kobe Brown, Nick Honor and Sean East II, to the […]

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Numbers to know for Wednesday’s SEC clash

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Dennis Gates and his No. 20 Missouri Tigers (12-1, 1-0 SEC) head across the state border to face No. 13 Arkansas (11-2, 0-1)  on Wednesday (7:30 p.m., SEC Network) at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Here are 15 numbers to know for Wednesday’s matchup: 16: Arkansas’ shooting percentage from 3-point range […]

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Arkansas outlasts Mizzou basketball in SEC heavyweight bout

Missouri guard DeAndre Gholston (4) and Arkansas guard Ricky Council IV (1) go after the ball during the first half of a game on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in Fayetteville, Ark Michael Woods Photos, Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Missouri basketball program had never beaten three straight nationally ranked opponents before coming to Arkansas […]

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Mizzou basketball learns all about road life in the SEC with loss at Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —  For the seven Missouri basketball players who experienced their first Southeastern Conference road game on Wednesday, reality probably sunk in during one of the night’s many haunting “Woo Pig Sooie!” chants: There’s nothing easy about life on the road in the SEC. Between the deafening home crowd of 19,200 at Arkansas’ Bud […]

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Mizzou basketball’s prolific offense faces Arkansas’ elite defense in prime SEC showdown

Missouri’s Kobe Brown claps during the final minute of his team’s 89-75 victory over Kentucky in a game on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, in Columbia, Mo.  L.G. Patterson, Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Missouri men’s basketball team’s grueling five-game stretch hasn’t been the quagmire most figured for first-year coach Dennis Gates and his Tigers, […]

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Alabama

Black leaders rebuke Tuberville stance on reparations, crime | #elections | #alabama

As far as Jeremy Ellis is concerned, Republican Tommy Tuberville should know or learn more about the long history and struggles of the Black Alabama residents he represents in the U.S. Senate. Tuberville told people Saturday at an election rally in Nevada that Democrats support reparations for the descendants of enslaved people because “they think […]

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Once a mere postseason hopeful, Rebels now in prime position at CWS after beating Arkansas 13-5 | College Sports

OMAHA — In early March, the Mississippi baseball team was ranked No. 1 and had all the makings of a national title contender. Two months and one first-round exit from the SEC Tournament later, and the Rebels didn’t know if they’d even make the NCAA Tournament. Drawn as a No. 3 seed in the Coral […]

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