February 22, 2012

You are here: Home / Archives for Bill Pollock

Mizzou adds another recruit for 2012 class

February 22, 2012 By

The Missouri football program has added Brandon Holifield of Tallahassee, Fla., to the 2012 recruiting, as announced today by Head Coach Gary Pinkel. Holifield is a 6-foot-5 inch, 215-pound tight end from Godby High School, where he has been a standout in both track and basketball. He’s only played football during his senior year at Godby, and he was limited in his amount of playing time as a senior due to a groin injury.

Holifield handled kickoffs and punts for Godby, and he had a long punt of 60 yards, while he consistently put kickoffs in the endzone. He is currently a starting power forward on Godby’s basketball team, which has been ranked #1 in the state for much of the season, and he previously has placed 3rd in the state in the high jump, where he has a personal best mark of 6-foot-11 inches.

Holifield chose Mizzou over Miami, Fla. and Rutgers, and also had interest from Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt, among others.

Filed Under: MIZ-SEC, Sports Tagged With: , , ,

Mizzou women lose at Iowa State

February 22, 2012 By

The Missouri Women’s Basketball team dropped an overtime contest at Iowa State 66-59. Three Tigers scored in the double figures as Mizzou held the Cyclones to just 29.3 percent from the field. Three Tigers also fouled out. In a game where Mizzou was whistled for fouls 30 times compared to just 14 for Iowa State, head coach Robin Pingeton could be overheard on the radio broadcast saying she’s never had three players foul out in a game.

[Read more...]

Filed Under: MIZ-SEC, Sports Tagged With: , ,

La Russa talking with MLB about work

February 22, 2012 By

Former Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has talked to Major League Baseball’s Commissioner Bud Selig about working in the league. While La Russa didn’t give details, he will not be taking over Joe Torre’s job as executive VP of baseball operations.  Details are still being worked out.  La Russa couldn’t stay away from the field very long. On Tuesday, he visited with good friend Jim Leyland of the Detroit Tigers.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: , ,

Mizzou swept by K-State (AUDIO)

February 21, 2012 By

The third ranked Missouri Tigers shot just 38% for the game, including just 8 of 26 from long range as the Kansas State Wildcats come into Mizzou Arena and win 78-68.

Missouri, down by as many as 16, cut it to 4 after two free throws by Michael Dixon with 2:21 left, but Jordan Henriquez answered with an alley-oop dunk following a Tiger timeout. The Wildcats extended the lead on two free throws by Henriquez after a Steve Moore foul on a missed Dixon three-pointer and built a cushion from the foul line in the final minute.  The Tigers were 1 of 10 from beyond the arc in the final six and a half minutes.

Dixon scored 21 and Marcus Denmon added 19 for Missouri. The Tigers  entered the game hitting more than 50 percent of their shots, best in the Big 12 and third-best nationally.

The K-State loss was Missouri’s first home defeat of the season and just the fourth career loss at Mizzou Arena for the Tigers’ 5-man senior class. It also kept Missouri from the best start in school history. The previous two Missouri teams to start 25-2, in 1990 and 1994 under coach Norm Stewart, also lost.

AUDIO Missouri postgame

Filed Under: MIZ-SEC, Sports Tagged With: , ,

Will new Cardinal Beltran pay for nose job?

February 21, 2012 By

New York Mets pitcher Jonathan Niese got a nose job this offseason. Why is this a story for us in Missouri? His former teammate Carlos Beltran, told Niese if he had the surgery done, Beltran would foot the bill for the new nose.

Beltran was then traded to San Francisco last season, Niese went ahead and had the surgery this offseason, then Beltran signed his $13 million contract for this season with the Cardinals. Beltran certainly has the money to pay up, but Niese says that Beltran has yet to come forward.

“[Beltran] wanted me to have a new nose,” Niese [told reporters on Monday]. “So he offered to pay for it. I was just like, ‘All right.’ Then it turned into seeing doctors and to getting it fixed…If he pays, he pays.”

Click here to see Niese’s nose.  To be honest…I don’t see a difference.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: , ,
« Older Posts