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Mizzou Softball 2016

Earleywine will return! Pretty sure this time!

Sources say Ehren Earleywine might officially be returning to coach Mizzou Softball. Also; J'den Cox will wrestle at the Olympics on Saturday, and PODCAST AIN'T PLAYED NOBODY is trying to help Baton Rouge flood victims.

Ehren Earleywine is probably coming back

We're getting pretty clear hints that the Title IX investigation of Missouri softball coach Ehren Earleywine is just about over.

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Mizzou Softball loses ace pitcher

Missouri softball's top pitcher has decided to finish her softball career at Oklahoma.

Tremendous Stubble Drive: DONATE NOW

Remember when we pledged a bunch of money to MU Children's Hospital in connection with Mizzou's run through the Women's College World Series? Time to pay up.

Softball season ends in Ann Arbor

Missouri's softball season ended because of Michigan's late-inning rally in Game 2 of the NCAA Super Regionals. Now the focus shifts once again to the school's conduct investigation of head coach Ehren Earleywine.

No more bad first innings, Mizzou

Missouri dropped Game 1 of the NCAA Super Regionals to Michigan, 5-3, thanks to an awful first inning and an awful sixth-inning call. Mizzou can't control the latter, but uh, no more of the former, huh?

Time for the Super Regionals

Missouri and Michigan face off in Ann Arbor in the first game of the NCAA Super Regionals on Saturday at 2pm CT.

Former KSU president talks about Big 12 formation

A new book by former Kansas State president Jon Wefald discusses the formation of the Big 12 and the power battle between Texas and the rest of the soon-to-be conference. Also: Mizzou's Super Regional begins Saturday at 2pm CT.

Mizzou Softball Super Regional Preview

Missouri dominated the Columbia regional in a way rarely seen before. The Tigers' reward: a date with a team that beat them 13-0 earlier this season. Let's look at the Michigan Wolverines.

Ehren Earleywine working with psychologist

Missouri softball coach Ehren Earleywine is working with a psychologist to work on changes and "vocabulary switches." He thinks his language "scares the girls sometimes, and may be inappropriate as well."

Earleywine investigation involves Title IX

Missouri's investigation into softball coach Ehren Earleywine involves the Title IX office because of "sexist and disrespectful language" directed at players. That would make sense.

A much better kind of statement to make

Missouri became just the second softball team to win three NCAA regional games by run-rule shutout, destroying Nebraska for a second time on Saturday to advance to the 2016 Super Regionals, likely against Michigan.

One more win

Missouri beat Nebraska in the NCAA Softball Tournament on Friday to advance to within one win of another Super Regional bid. The Tigers will get two shots at it, both against Nebraska.

A drama-free softball win

Missouri stomped BYU in the first round of the NCAA Softball Regionals and will face Nebraska in the winners' bracket on Friday at 1 pm CT. The loser will face the BYU-Louisville winner at 6 pm. Also: J'den Cox won another wrestling match.

Mizzou Softball regional preview

Learn about all four teams in the NCAA Softball Tournament's Columbia regional: Missouri, Nebraska, Louisville, and BYU.

"If it had anything to do with success..."

Mizzou Softball prepares to host a rugged, even NCAA regional. The Tigers' first game is Thursday night against BYU and an ace Ehren Earleywine calls "the best pitcher here." Earleywine also talked about Mizzou's conduct investigation.

Ehren Earleywine has an eye for talent

The NCAA Softball regionals begin on Thursday in Columbia, with Mizzou playing host to BYU, Nebraska, and Louisville. Thursday night opponent BYU has won 13 of 15.

Maty Mauk graduates, becomes Colonel

Quarterback Maty Mauk officially graduated from Missouri this past weekend and, per his Twitter profile, appears to be heading to Eastern Kentucky as a graduate transfer. Also: Mizzou Hoops is looking for a new strength coach.

6th Annual RMN Tremendous Stubble Charity Drive

Doing something objectively good — raising money for MU Children's Hospital — off of something objectively silly.

Softball's unity council doubles down

Missouri's softball players released another letter detailing their problems with the athletic department's investigation of head coach Ehren Earleywine.

Softball collapses in SEC Tournament

Missouri blew a 4-0 lead in the final inning of a first-round game at the SEC Tournament and lost in extra innings to South Carolina. This wasn't the best week for such a thing.

Ukraine -> IMG -> Columbia?

Missouri's search for size in the 2016 basketball recruiting class continues with a visit from Ukrainian Djordje Sljivancanin this week.

Did Ehren Earleywine cross a line?

Missouri is investigating "complaints concerning our softball program ... from both inside and outside the program." Hopefully the investigation turns up nothing, but whether it frustrates the players or not, complaints have to be investigated.

Mizzou Softball playing under protest

Per The Trib's Blake Toppmeyer, the Missouri Softball team announced that it was playing today's softball game "in protest of Mack Rhoades & athletic administration." It then released a statement.

Connor McGovern: "I don’t have a lot of anxiety."

Connor McGovern talks about preparing for the draft and getting to train with a teammate, Evan Boehm. Also: What the heck do NFL scouts do for 11 months out of the year if they're only now noticing Kentrell Brothers' film?

Gary Pinkel honor tapped

Gary Pinkel was tapped into one of Mizzou's secret societies this weekend. Also: Richaud Floyd and Justin Smith were Missouri's most impressive young receivers in fall camp, and the defensive line is still loaded.

This Week In Mizzou Softball

What happened, what it means, and what's coming next for Missouri's softball team.

Mizzou Softball: So what did we miss?

The Tigers have started SEC play in full now and have already worked through two ranked opponents, with many more to come

Pingeton picks up a defector

Tanner Houck keeps racking up the accolades and Robin PIngeton keeps building upon her successful season by adding a transfer from that place to the west.

Mizzou Softball finally heads home

Mizzou softball took two of three from Ole Miss on the road last weekend to open SEC play and step back outside the conference for a PLETHORA of games over the coming week

Nine Tigers to Grapple in the Garden

Tiger Style wrestling sends nine to the NCAA championships, and - not to be outdone - Track and Women's Basketball go dancing as well.

Mizzou Softball: The Weekend was Not Too Shabby

Though the Tigers dropped their first game of the weekend to #2 Michigan, they would go on to take down three other ranked teams in piling up four more wins. We'll review it and turn our eyes to the start of SEC play

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