by Bill Pollock | Nov 9, 2011 | Sports Features
Ed Macauley, one of the NBA’s first big stars who won a championship with the St. Louis Hawks and was traded by the Boston Celtics for Bill Russell, has died as the age of 83. Macauley was a standout player with the Saint Louis Billikens, leading them to a 1948...
by Bill Pollock | Nov 8, 2011 | Sports Features
The Atlanta Tipoff Club has announced its 2011-12 Naismith preseason watch list and Missouri senior guard Marcus Denmon is on this year’s list that includes the top men’s college basketball players from 34 schools around the country. The watch list was compiled by the...
by Bill Pollock | Nov 8, 2011 | Sports Features
The Missouri men’s basketball team used a 16-2 run in the first half to hold off a stubborn Mules team of Central Missouri in the Tigers final exhibition game of the season, an 88-70 win at Mizzou Arena on Monday night. Ricardo Ratliffe led five Tigers in double...
by Bill Pollock | Nov 5, 2011 | Sports Features
Missouri State got 23 points from Kyle Weems and shot 57.4 percent from the field to secure a 84-48 exhibition men’s basketball win in Joplin Saturday over Missouri Southern in the I-44 Challenge. The event was a fund-raising benefit with all proceeds from the...
by Bill Pollock | Nov 3, 2011 | Sports Features
Missouri basketball made 14 three-pointers in an easy 87-48 win over Truman State University in exhibition play Wednesday night at Mizzou Arena. Mizzou used runs of 20-0 and 14-2 to open up a 29 point halftime lead and led by as many as 41 in the second. Marcus Denmon...
