Posted 10:54 AM 5/14/2013

CLAREMORE, OK - No. 2-seed Central Methodist saw its school-record 19-game winning streak come to an end Monday evening after dropping a 2-0 decision to No. 3 Rogers State (Okla.) in the first game of the 2013 NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round for both teams.

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Posted 10:50 AM 5/14/2013 by Associated Press

COLUMBIA (AP) - The University of Missouri plans to build a new softball stadium to keep up with its new SEC rivals. Missouri wants to replace 31-year-old University Field, the Southeastern Conference's oldest and smallest venue.

Associate athletic director Tim Hickman says the school had (More)

Posted 10:48 AM 5/14/2013 by Associated Press

ANAHEIM, CA (AP) - Billy Butler broke out of a severe slump with five hits and five RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals kept Joe Blanton winless in eight starts this season with an 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.

Butler's hit total tied his career high, established (More)

Posted 9:52 PM 5/13/2013

COLUMBIA -- Here are your Monday night local scores from around the Mid-Missouri area.

High School Baseball:

Rock Bridge 7 Hickman 3 F

Camdenton 6 Helias 4 F

Wright City 7 North Callaway 1 F

Hallsville 2 Centralia 0 F

Kirksville 7 Fulton 5 F

Boonville 5 Mexico 1 F

Posted 9:50 PM 5/13/2013 by Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Lance Lynn overcame early control woes and St. Louis used a three-run seventh inning to beat the New York Mets 6-3 on Monday night.

Lynn (6-1) allowed three runs on three hits and four walks the first two innings. He only gave up one hit and one walk in his last five (More)

Posted 1:15 PM 5/13/2013 by Associated Press

KANSAS CITY (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs have signed running back Knile Davis, a third-round pick out of Arkansas.

Davis was selected 96th overall in last month's draft. Terms were not released Monday.

Davis had a monster sophomore season for Arkansas, running for 1,322 yards and (More)

Posted 9:33 AM 5/13/2013

COLUMBIA - Kearsten Peoples wasn't about to settle for anything less than a Conference title. The sophomore, who won the Big 12 Championship last year in the discus, continued to bounce back from performances all weekend before finally landing the big one: a 17.80m (58-4.75) final throw in the (More)

Posted 8:46 AM 5/13/2013 by Associated Press

JOPLIN, Mo. - Olympic marathon bronze medalist Deena Kastor is sharing some of her experiences this week in southwest Missouri.

The Joplin Globe reports that Kastor will speak Friday night at the Joplin Memorial Run pre-race banquet at Missouri Southern (More)

Posted 10:11 PM 5/12/2013 by Ashley Colley

COLUMBIA -- The Missouri softball team will be hosting an NCAA Tournament regional for the fifth straight year. On Sunday, the NCAA announced the Tigers had earned the No. 6 overall seed. This year's national seed is the highest since Mizzou has earned since the No. 5 seed in 2011.

"We got (More)

Posted 8:28 PM 5/12/2013 by Peter Terpstra

MARSHALL- Your typical day for a college athlete: hit class--after all, you have to pass your finals--some cafeteria food, then it's time for Chelsey Merrigan to practice.

"It teaches them discipline. More than anything it's discipline," said Missouri Valley Rodeo Coach Ken Mason (More)

Posted 7:40 PM 5/12/2013 by Karl Roskamp

COLUMBIA- It's kick off for spring time, and that means a flurry of feet from many runners across Mid-Missouri.August Kryger is running too, but with different footwear.

"I bought a pair of Vibram five fingers shoes and figured out I could several miles without knee pain," (More)

Posted 7:17 PM 5/12/2013

PORT ST. LUCIE, FL - Four members of the Lincoln men's golf team carded sub-80 scores, and the Blue Tigers won their fifth PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship on Sunday. The Blue Tigers were the only team in field to register a combined score less than 900, finishing with a three-round (More)

Posted 6:43 PM 5/12/2013 by Associated Press

KANSAS CITY (AP) - Tyler Bray believes that every rookie has something to prove. He may have more than most.

The former Tennessee quarterback left school a year early hoping he'd be chosen highly in the draft, but every team passed on him over the course of seven agonizing rounds. So he (More)