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1. If he can make a bunch of 48-year old Spurs play like 24-year olds...
...he's good enough for me.
MUtigers.com: Mizzou Basketball Hires Athletic Performance Coach Matt Herring
The Trib: Tigers hire former Spurs strength coach Herring
Post-Dispatch: Mizzou basketball hires strength coach
KC Star: Missouri hires Matt Herring as new men's basketball strength and conditioning coach
And speaking of basketball...
Post-Dispatch (Gordon): Anderson delivers more than good PR
And...
2. Raiding the student directory for info on incoming freshmen
The Trib (Behind the Stripes): MU Signing Class Enrollment Update
Sounds like Greg Taylor is a potential qualification risk. That would be a shame, simply because I think there's a spot in the rotation for a true freshman at safety. (Hello, Tavon Ross.)
3. Thank you, John Infante...
...the whole "If we don't get autonomy, we'll take our ball and go to a new Division, but you'll still totally be involved in the NCAA Tournament" threat has always sounded more like a new Division 1A than this "Division IV" thing. Now John's written it so I don't have to.
Sporting News: Why Mike Slive's Division IV will never happen
4. Next year's No. 2, I guess?
The Trib: Iowa pitching phenom Lowery eager to start at MU
5. Don't you dare, Jeremy...
Bleeding Green Nation: Eagles OTAs: Jeremy Maclin says he's OK following brief injury scare
6. #USMNT
SB Nation: America's greatest foe is once again its own fullbacks
Howler Magazine: How the discovery of Mikkel Diskerud launched the USMNT worldwide search for talent
7. Two of my favorite personalities...
Eater: The 11 Best Lines from Alton Brown on Andrew Zimmern's Podcast
8. A happy birthday to one of the world's most underrated musicians...
...Curtis Mayfield, who would have been 72 today.