LOUISVILLE, KY. (Tracy Lynn, Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Central Missouri Mules golf team dropped a best-of-five match play showdown with No. 1 seed Chico State, falling in three matchups while winning two. Freshman Sean Elliott (Westfield, N.J.) posted the Mules lowest round, shooting a 70 (-2) at Cardinal Club Golf Course, defeating his opponent [...]
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) – The St. Louis Cardinals placed outfielder/first baseman Allen Craig and pitcher Kyle McClellan on the 15-day disabled list Friday. Craig is hampered by a left hamstring strain, while a right elbow strain has shelved McClellan. Craig missed the first month of the season recovering from knee surgery. He was [...]
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Sports Network) – The Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences have announced a five-year agreement for their football champions to meet in a postseason bowl game following the 2014 season. The first game between the champions of the two conferences will be played on January 1, 2015. If one or both of the [...]
FULTON, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – The William Woods University gym will hardly be silent over the course of the summer, as both the men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams will host skills camps. Women’s basketball head coach Dan Chapla will host a residential camp June 24-28, tailored for girls entering grades 5-10 in the [...]
ROLLA, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Missouri S&T baseball team will hold its annual open tryout on Monday, June 4 for prospective players who have completed their senior year of high school play or two years at a junior college. The tryout will get underway at 12 p.m. at the Miners’ home field. Those [...]
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – Cardinals Nation is the official fan club of your 2011 World Series Champions St. Louis Cardinals! Membership includes tour and shop discounts along with access to 2012 MLB.com® Gameday Audio. Get your Cardinals Nation membership today by clicking HERE!
KANSAS CITY, MO. (Sports Network) – Journeyman right-hander Luis Mendoza makes his first career start against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight when the Kansas City Royals host their weekend foes for the first of three interleague games at Kauffman Stadium. Mendoza, who signed with Boston as an undrafted free agent in 2000, spent minor-league time with [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Sports Network) – Ted Lilly knows it was his offense that helped him post the longest winning streak of his career last weekend. The veteran will try to return the favor this evening when the Los Angeles Dodgers open up a three- game series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Lilly has won [...]
ST. CHARLES, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – Undefeated boxer Ryan ‘The Irish Outlaw’ Coyne (19-0, 8 KOs) will do battle with Julius ‘K.O.B.’ Fogle (15-7, 10 KOs) on “Irish MAYhem” in a co-featured bout of the May 25th ESPN Friday Night Fights show at Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, Mo. Coyne, from St. Louis, Mo., [...]
MILLINGTON, TN. (Stephanie Miller, Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Washington University in St. Louis baseball team scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning, but left the tying run on base as Illinois Wesleyan University defeated the Bears 3-2 in an elimination game at the NCAA Division III Baseball Central Regional on Thursday [...]
LOUISVILLE, KY. (Tracy Lynn, Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Central Missouri Mules golf team dropped a best-of-five match play showdown with No. 1 seed Chico State, falling in three matchups while winning two. Freshman Sean Elliott (Westfield, N.J.) posted the Mules lowest round, shooting a 70 (-2) at Cardinal Club Golf Course, defeating his opponent [...]
ROLLA, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Missouri S&T baseball team will hold its annual open tryout on Monday, June 4 for prospective players who have completed their senior year of high school play or two years at a junior college. The tryout will get underway at 12 p.m. at the Miners’ home field. Those [...]
MILLINGTON, TN. (Stephanie Miller, Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Washington University in St. Louis baseball team scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning, but left the tying run on base as Illinois Wesleyan University defeated the Bears 3-2 in an elimination game at the NCAA Division III Baseball Central Regional on Thursday [...]
COLUMBIA, MO. (Heath Mitchell, Missouri Sports Magazine) – Head cross country coach Tim Cornell announced today that he has signed Cody Gorham to a Letter of Intent to run for the Cougars beginning this fall. “Cody is a fantastic athlete,” said Cornell. “He excelled in cross country, track and basketball as a high school athlete. [...]
TERRE HAUTE, IN. (Kate Williams, Missouri Sports Magazine) – Indiana State pounded out 15 hits and rode a complete-game effort from Dakota Bacus to wrap up its first outright Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title with a 6-3 victory over the Missouri State Bears Thursday evening at Bob Warn Field. The Sycamores plated the go-ahead run [...]
WARRENSBURG, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Central Missouri Mules dropped their opening round game of the South Central Regional 8-6 to St. Edward’s on Thursday afternoon at Crane Stadium/Tompkins Field. The Hilltoppers (36-14) jumped on the Mules early building a 4-0 lead after two innings. SEU plated one run in the first inning and [...]
Greeneville, Tenn. (Missouri Sports Magazine – William Woods University Athletics) – Sophomore Jamie Palermo (Santa Fe, N.M.) set a new school record as she claimed third place at the 18th Annual NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship on Friday. She finished the tournament as she started, firing an even-par 73 on the final day to finish [...]
Columbia, Mo. (Missouri Sports Magazine – University of Missouri Athletics) – The ninth-seeded Missouri Tigers opened up their Regional with a 6-0 shutout over the Illinois State Redbirds on Friday evening. The Tigers pounded out six runs on nine hits while being backed by a complete game shutout at the hands of pitcher Chelsea Thomas. [...]
Aubrey Utley – Photo courtesy of Central Methodist University Athletics Gulf Shores, Ala. (Nicholas Petrone, Sports Information Director, Central Methodist University) – Central Methodist pitcher Aubrey Utley threw nine strikeouts in a complete game on Friday, with eight of those coming in the first three innings, but it wasn’t enough as No. 6 William Carey [...]
Greeneville, Tenn. (Missouri Sports Magazine – William Woods University Athletics) – The William Woods University women’s golf team held on to its fourth-place spot on the team leaderboard at the 18th Annual NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship, with Jamie Palermo (Santa Fe, N.M.) holding fast at the fifth spot on the individual leaderboard. The Owls [...]
Springfield, Mo. (Timothy Bohn, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications – Web & New Media, Missouri State University) – Missouri State women’s soccer head coach Rob Brewer announced today that he has three additional players joining the program for the 2012 season. Kelsey Goff, M/F, Liberty, Mo. (Liberty High/University of Nebraska) Goff transfers to Missouri State [...]
Gulf Shores, Ala. (Nicholas Petrone, Sports Information Director, Central Methodist University) – Back to back RBI doubles by Kayla Yount and Rebecca Lipsey gave No. 20 Central Methodist a 2-0 victory over No. 11 Houston-Victoria (Texas) on the opening day of pool play in the 32nd Annual NAIA Softball Championship. The Eagles (41-12) also used [...]
FULTON, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – The William Woods University gym will hardly be silent over the course of the summer, as both the men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams will host skills camps. Women’s basketball head coach Dan Chapla will host a residential camp June 24-28, tailored for girls entering grades 5-10 in the [...]
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – Cardinals Nation is the official fan club of your 2011 World Series Champions St. Louis Cardinals! Membership includes tour and shop discounts along with access to 2012 MLB.com® Gameday Audio. Get your Cardinals Nation membership today by clicking HERE!
ST. CHARLES, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – Undefeated boxer Ryan ‘The Irish Outlaw’ Coyne (19-0, 8 KOs) will do battle with Julius ‘K.O.B.’ Fogle (15-7, 10 KOs) on “Irish MAYhem” in a co-featured bout of the May 25th ESPN Friday Night Fights show at Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, Mo. Coyne, from St. Louis, Mo., [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (Eli Yokley, Missouri News Horizon) – The Missouri House of Representatives approved legislation early Thursday morning that would allow Missouri localities to instate a sales tax on vehicles sold outside of the state. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that localities could only impose a sales tax on automobiles purchased [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (Eli Yokley, Missouri News Horizon) – Tax credit reform following the failed Mamtek deal in Moberly has likely died in the legislative process. Wednesday, the Senate attached language that would limit the historic preservation tax credit to the bill that made changes to economic development rules. State Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, [...]
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – For the third consecutive year, St. Louis Rams coaches, players, and executive staff will partake in the Greater Missouri March of Dimes Challenge for Champions golf tournament, scheduled for Monday, May 21, at Boone Valley Golf Club. The annual event is expected to raise over $150,000 to help March of [...]
WASHINGTON, DC. (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – Driver Greg Biffle salutes Red Cross blood donors during the May 19 NASCAR® Sprint® All-Star Race. The No. 16 Ford Fusion will sport a “Saluting Our All-Stars” patriotic paint scheme, highlighting the 33 blood donors who will be listed on the car, while honoring millions of others [...]
CARPINTERIA, CA. (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, today announced Ema Boateng of Cate School (Carpinteria, CA) as its 2011‑12 Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Boateng was surprised with the news in class [...]
STAMFORD, CT. (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – No one takes beards more seriously than pro hockey players and their fans, who toss their blades each April when the playoffs begin. The road to the championship is long, and the beards even longer. Which begs the question, are hockey fans superstitious or just super stylish? [...]
INGOLSTADT, Germany (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – Starting May 16, Audi will be presenting an extremely emotion-inspiring sports machine, the Audi e-bike Worthersee – at Worthersee in Carinthia, Austria. The prototype cycle combines an electric drive and muscle power. Head of Design Wolfgang Egger comments: “As a high-performance e-bike for sports and trick cycling, [...]
PURCHASE, N.Y. (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – Fans of racing, “The Dark Knight” and Mountain Dew® (DEW) start your engines! Mountain Dew and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will give fans everywhere a first taste of this summer’s most anticipated blockbuster, Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ The Dark Knight Rises, before it hits theaters on [...]
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Daniel Johnson, Missouri Sports Magazine) – In an effort to continually educate and protect youth athletes, and enable sports participation in communities across the country, Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH), announced today its commitment to the newly-formed Youth Football Safety and Helmet Replacement Partnership. Supported [...]
Chicago, IL (Sports Network) – Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto is expected to miss three weeks of action after an MRI exam revealed a tear in the meniscus in his left knee. Soto was held out of Thursday’s game against the Phillies because of inflammation in his knee and underwent tests on Friday. He will [...]
Chicago, IL (Sports Network) – Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood will reportedly announce his retirement on Friday. According to ESPNChicago.com, Wood will call it quits on the same day of the start of the Windy City Series against the White Sox. The Chicago Tribune reports that Wood will be available out of the bullpen for [...]
Edmonton, AB (Sports Network) – Tom Renney will not return as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers, the team announced Thursday. Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini said the team opted not to renew the coach’s contract following two seasons at the helm. Renney and the Oilers finished this past season with a 32-40-10 record for [...]
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) – Jose Bautista and J.P. Arencibia both hit two- run homers, lifting the Toronto Blue Jays over the New York Yankees, 4-1, to sweep a two-game series. Drew Hutchison (3-1) gave up one run on five hits in six full frames for the Blue Jays, who swept the brief set after [...]
San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) – Unbeaten in more than five weeks, the San Antonio Spurs don’t appear to be slowing down or wearing out. Their 16th win in a row has them one step closer to the Western Conference Finals. Tony Parker had 22 points, Tim Duncan scored 18 and the Spurs beat the [...]
New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) – Suspended New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday in the District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana. Vilma is suspended for the entire 2012 season for his alleged role in the Saints’ bounty system. “By this action, Vilma [...]
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Sports Network) – The Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences have announced a five-year agreement for their football champions to meet in a postseason bowl game following the 2014 season. The first game between the champions of the two conferences will be played on January 1, 2015. If one or both of the [...]
Philadelphia, PA (Lucas Gulotta, Associate College Basketball Editor – Sports Network) – As the senior high school class of 2012 approaches the end of its academic year, the college basketball landscape for next season will be molded by the incoming group of fresh faces. Kentucky’s John Calipari reached the zenith of coaching success with a [...]
May 18 1957 Eddie Arcaro set the record for most number of Preakness Stakes wins by a jockey, six, when he rode Bold Ruler to victory. 1968 Forward Pass won the Preakness Stakes. 1971 The Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup four games to three over the Chicago Blackhawks. 1985 Tank’s Prospect won the Preakness [...]
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – No points, just a lot of cash is on the line in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This year’s edition of the all-star event features a new format. It will be split into five segments for a total of 90 laps. The first four segments [...]
It’s a simple dream that many dads across the country have: to coach their child’s little league team. But is it the right idea for you? Before you take on the responsibilities that come with being a team coach, it’s best to reflect on what is best for you and your child. It might be [...]
May 17 1875 America’s oldest continuously held sporting event, the Kentucky Derby, was first run. The race was won by Aristides, 1925 Cleveland Indians outfielder Tris Speaker singled off Senators pitcher Tom Zachary to reach the career 3000-hit milestone. 1928 The Summer Olypics had their opening ceremonies in Amsterdam, Holland. 1970 At Crosley Field, Atlanta [...]
Cards Place Craig, McClellan On DL
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) – The St. Louis Cardinals placed outfielder/first baseman Allen Craig and pitcher Kyle McClellan on the 15-day disabled list Friday. Craig is hampered by a left hamstring strain, while a right elbow strain has shelved McClellan. Craig missed the first month of the season recovering from knee surgery. He was [...]
Royals Host Diamondbacks At Kauffman
KANSAS CITY, MO. (Sports Network) – Journeyman right-hander Luis Mendoza makes his first career start against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight when the Kansas City Royals host their weekend foes for the first of three interleague games at Kauffman Stadium. Mendoza, who signed with Boston as an undrafted free agent in 2000, spent minor-league time with [...]
Cards Open Series With Dodgers
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Sports Network) – Ted Lilly knows it was his offense that helped him post the longest winning streak of his career last weekend. The veteran will try to return the favor this evening when the Los Angeles Dodgers open up a three- game series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Lilly has won [...]
Ryan ‘The Irish Outlaw’ Coyne Returns to Action In Co-Feature of ‘Irish MAYhem’ At Ameristar Casino
ST. CHARLES, MO. (Missouri Sports Magazine) – Undefeated boxer Ryan ‘The Irish Outlaw’ Coyne (19-0, 8 KOs) will do battle with Julius ‘K.O.B.’ Fogle (15-7, 10 KOs) on “Irish MAYhem” in a co-featured bout of the May 25th ESPN Friday Night Fights show at Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, Mo. Coyne, from St. Louis, Mo., [...]