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In 2010, it seemed an injury had abruptly ended Munir Prince's football career. Although he could no longer play on the field, his love of the game never faltered.

Missouri's Chelsea Thomas signed with the USSSA Florida Pride on Thursday after being selected as the squad’s 20th overall pick in the NPF draft on April 3.

The No. 18 ranking places the Tigers third in the Southeastern Conference, trailing only Arkansas (16) and Tennessee (17).

Southeastern Conference schools agreed to send their nonconference schedules to the league office for evaluation and possibly renovation.

Hall of Famer George Brett was named the club's interim hitting coach Thursday.

The Missouri program's winningest pitcher at 111-31, Chelsea Thomas went 24-6 in 2013 with a 1.16 ERA, which ranks sixth in the nation.

Special Olympics Missouri will begin Thursday and will last until Sunday. This will be the second year of its four-year term in Columbia.

St. Louis goes for a sweep of Kansas City on Thursday with touted rookie Michael Wacha making his major league debut.

Three months after wrestling got kicked out of the 2020 Olympics, the ancient sport is back in the frame and will compete against baseball-softball and squash for a spot in the games.

The commissioners are still working on the structure of the selection committee for the new postseason system that starts in 2014, but they have eliminated themselves from consideration.

Thanks partly to the growth of social media as well as a few recent slipups, Southeastern Conference football coaches are staying away from one-liners aimed at heated rivals.

Alabama football coach Nick Saban said Tuesday he would like to see the Southeastern Conference expand from eight to nine games, an opinion that surely will draw debate at the league's annual spring meetings this week.

The Tigers' Keaton Steele and Josh Lester were named to the All-Southeastern Conference teams Tuesday.

St. Louis improved to a major league-best 20-9 on the road before heading home for two gamesagainst Kansas City at Busch Stadium.

Michael Wacha, St. Louis' first-round pick last season, will playin his first major league game this week.

Under new coach Andy Reid, Kansas City has been showing progress while busily getting ready for the season as its players acclimate to one another and prepare for next week's mandatory minicamp.

Almost 1.4 million viewers on average tuned in to watch College World Series games on ESPN last year, with a peak of more than 1.9 million in 2009.

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive says league athletics directors voted unanimously to "authorize the conference to explore a primary site for the men's basketball tournament."

Yadier Molina hit a home run and drove in four runs to help the St. Louis beat Kansas City 6-3 on Monday.

The tournament opens Friday with 16 four-team, double-elimination regionals. Best-of-three super regionals will be held next week, with those winners moving to the College World Series in Omaha,Neb.