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Missouri football team protests racism on campus
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April 7, 2016
Spike Lee's Mizzou film debuts in Columbia
Spike Lee's ESPN film 2 Fists Up, which discusses the November race protests (and football team boycott) at Missouri, debuted in Columbia on Wednesday night.
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February 22, 2016
Mack Rhoades' job is tricky right now
With athletic donations down (both because of a subpar football season and university protests) and interim chancellor Hank Foley talking a big game about handling future protests, Mizzou AD Mack Rhoades' job is awfully tricky at the moment.
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February 19, 2016
Black History Month and sticking to sports
Black History Month means something a little bit different at Missouri in 2016, after November's student protests and the ongoing budget struggle in Jefferson City.
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January 1, 2016
Happy 2016! Gary Pinkel's good on TV!
Gary Pinkel was part of the SEC Network's Cotton Bowl coverage, Missouri's November boycott was the biggest story of the year, and there's life for Missouri after Craig Kuligowski.
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December 16, 2015
Who's "acting out" exactly?
The sponsor of a Missouri house bill proposing stripping the scholarships of student-athletes who threaten to boycott or protest, spoke on the radio about his actions yesterday.
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December 15, 2015
Stick to not-sports!
Missouri legislators introduced a bill stripping a scholarship from any student athlete who "takes state dollars" and refuses to play. (They don't take state dollars, but otherwise...) Also: hey look, more awards for Kentrell Brothers...
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November 30, 2015
"He always had everyone's back."
Former Missouri receiver Greg Bracey talked to Rock M Nation about life as a student athlete at Mizzou and Gary Pinkel's commitment to having his players' back.
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November 18, 2015
Taking the plunge
"Uproot hate where you see it. And maybe we won't ever have to experience the kind of pain that we did last week."
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November 12, 2015
Clouds eventually subside
It's easy to quickly become jaded watching Missouri's unique situation become Just Another Political Argument. So we asked our Columbia editor Taylor S. for some thoughts about actual campus life. There's hope!
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November 12, 2015
SEC coaches talk protest response
In Wednesday's SEC teleconference, SEC coaches like Derek Mason, Bret Bielema, and Nick Saban weighed in on the Missouri race protests and Gary Pinkel's responses to his team's announced boycott.
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November 11, 2015
Moving forward is tough
Tension is still quite high on the Missouri campus after a night of social media threats and false reports. Meanwhile, Gary Pinkel is finding it difficult to move forward and prepare as normal for game week against BYU.
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November 10, 2015
And now we move on (sort of)
The race-related protests from the Missouri football team could have massive implications regarding the power of student athletes moving forward. But for now, the Tigers just try to get back to playing football.
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November 9, 2015
Curator meeting on Monday morning
Missouri's curators will meet at 10 a.m. CT to discuss, presumably, the fate of Missouri president Tim Wolfe amid race protests.
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November 8, 2015
Pinkel, Rhoades release boycott statement
"Our focus right now is on the health of Jonathan Butler, the concerns of our student-athletes and working with our community to address this serious issue."
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November 8, 2015
Tim Wolfe releases statement
In response to the football team's announced boycott, Mizzou president Tim Wolfe releases statement, presses forward without resignation
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November 8, 2015
Empathy above all else
During a tense time on Missouri's campus, empathy is the most important trait.