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Texas-sized welcome

EL PASO, Texas — Backing up your talk during a football game is one thing; doing so while racing go-karts against three pairs of princesses is another.

Video: Fan Fiesta

Coach Gary Pinkel is ready for the Sun Bowl. Thursday afternoon, the bands from each school sponsored a pep rally in what the city of El Paso calls the "Fan Fiesta." Enjoy the sights and sounds of this event.

Game time finally here

EL PASO, Texas — When the Missouri football team runs its first play today in the Sun Bowl against Oregon State, it will mark the first live game action against another team in 34 days.

Moore on target for Oregon State

Missouri’s defensive players might want to put a little stickem on their gloves before today’s Sun Bowl.

Five things you didn’t know about Oregon State

1 OSU claims some strange world records, like the longest tractor run in 2003 and the longest poetry reading in 1960.

MU’s top shooter nursing injury

After guard Matt Lawrence missed practice Thursday, Missouri coach Mike Anderson said Lawrence is questionable for Saturday’s game against Southern University.

Missouri draws few more fans for finale

EL PASO, Texas — The notion that Missouri has a poor traveling fan base might be in step with the perception of the football program as a whole.

Putting the grrr in Tigers

Tiffany Brooks has the jump shot of a man and she knows it.

Hickman boys bow out early

The Hickman boys basketball team won’t be bringing a trophy home from the Neosho Holiday classic this year.

Sun Bowl breakdown

Video: Tiger Trivia

Oregon State fans take a crack at answering questions by Tigers about Missouri at the El Paso Convention Center.

Missouri loses thriller in Sun Bowl

Oregon State came back from a 14-point deficit with just more than 6 minutes to go, to beat Missouri 39-38 on a two-point conversion with 23 seconds on the clock.

Despite loss, Temple plays 'amazing' game

EL PASO, Texas - Tony Temple said he thinks any running back could have played the game that he did on Saturday in Missouri’s loss to Oregon State in the Sun Bowl.

Video: Tiger fans rally on game day

On Friday morning Tiger fans gathered in various areas across the campus of Texas-El Paso to tailgate and rally for the Sun Bowl. Check out what events took place during these pregame rituals.

Cloned foods stir up hearty debate

While an MU researcher is hailing a Food and Drug Administration finding that milk, meat and other products from cloned livestock and their progeny are safe for people to eat, some Columbia consumers remain wary.

Fines settle MOHELA suit

JEFFERSON CITY — The state’s student loan agency acknowledged Thursday that it violated Missouri’s open meetings law while scrambling to come up with an alternative to Gov. Matt Blunt’s proposal to sell that agency’s assets.

Top professors weigh in on best reading

From romance novels to sci-fi thrillers, everyone has a favorite book. Books can have a tremendous influence on our lives, whether they pull on our heartstrings or force our minds to work a little harder.

A soldier's story

When Joe Uray’s deployment date was pushed back to Oct. 16, his mother, Janel Miranda of Columbia, felt something in her gut tell her, “I have to go. I have to see him one more time.”

Retiree running for school board

Citing the importance of education to students and the community, Jan Mees, a media specialist retired from Hickman High School, is running for the Columbia School Board.

Crematorium fire backs up traffic

Traffic was backed up at the intersection of Tenth and Walnut streets for about 30 minutes Thursday afternoon while firefighters responded to a small fire at a crematorium.

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