Mizzou Links, 1-23-13

Mizzou survives, Frank Haith pushes back (well, his lawyer does), and the diamond sports get closer and closer.

By Bill Connelly@SBN_BillC Jan 23, 2013, 5:08am CST

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Mizzou > South Carolina (eventually)
MUtigers.com: Earnest Ross Leads No. 22 Missouri Past South Carolina, 71-65
MUtigers.com: Post Game Quotes
The Trib: Tigers survive ugly performance against South Carolina
Post-Dispatch: Mizzou rallies from miserable half to best Gamecocks
PowerMizzou: Game at a Glance: Tigers survive
PowerMizzou: PMTV-HD: South Carolina Post-Game
PowerMizzou: PHOTOS: The Baseline View
KBIA Sports: Ross, Brown fuel Missouri second half surge against South Carolina
ESPN.com (Andy Katz): Oriakhi's crucial impact
Haith
The Missourian: Frank Haith addresses the media
KC Star: Timing, location could make Haith's situation unique
KC Star: Rush to judgment on Haith ignores most important questions
Post-Dispatch: Haith attorney: Still no NCAA notice; report makes 'mockery' of process
Post-Dispatch: Standing Within a Rumor of Rumor
Thank Goodness
KC Star: MU notebook | Bowers, Bell may be back soon
Just Because
Mizzou Network (YouTube): Keion Bell Dunks

D-Wash
USA Today: Running back Derrick Washington talks about time in prison

Softball Around The Corner
MUtigers.com: Softball ranked eighth in preseason poll
PowerMizzou: One-on-one with Chelsea Thomas

Call it her "real" senior season, which she can share with fourth-year seniors Jenna Marston, Nicole Hudson and Rachel Hay.

"It really was a chance for me to learn a different side of the game. I'm fortunate to have this year," Thomas said. "JJ, Nicole and Rachel are some of my best friends. I was bummed when I got hurt, but knowing I could end my career with them, it was really a relief for me." [...]

Without that stress fracture and redshirt year, Thomas' final memory of Missouri softball could have been her team's best-of-three defeat to LSU at home in the Super Regional last spring. She dealt with overheating issues during a 6-1 loss in the first game of the series, and she took the elimination defeat in Game Three the next day.

It just means she's had seven months to think about how she'll rectify the situation as a senior, and don't think she hasn't been thinking about the rematch with LSU during SEC play in mid-April.

"I'm looking forward to playing every team in the SEC," Thomas said. "I think I have something to prove and I'm excited to get to do that."
Baseball Around The Corner
SimmonsField.com: Ballpark Expansion & Pre-Season List Season
SimmonsField.com: Perfect Game Pre-Season Poll
SimmonsField.com: HI NOTES: Pitchers & Catchers
SEC
MUtigers.com: Getting to Know SEC Baseball: Georgia

USMNT
Wall Street Journal: Jurgen Klinsmann, US Men's National Soccer Team Coach, Sounds Off

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