Eli Hoff

4 days ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Fresh off another weekend of official visits, Missouri football picked up another verbal commitment in its 2026 class. Running back Maxwell Warner, a three-star prospect out of Chicago, committed to the Tigers on Monday. He's rated as the No. 53 running back in the country and No. 24 player in Illinois by 247Sports. Warner attends Whitney Young High School — coincidentally, where MU men's basketball coach Dennis Gates won a 1998 state championship as a player.

6 days ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — For Missouri men’s basketball, the keyword starts with the same letter as roster-building. It’s fitting, because retention is at the core of coach Dennis Gates’ program, heading into his fourth season at MU. Even in the age of constant player movement, it’s becoming clearer that Gates’ emphasis is going to be on players who stay more than players who arrive. It was evident, immediately, to Tim Fuller, Mizzou’s first men’s basketball general manager.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A couple of months ago, Missouri athletics went to Washington. Posing for a photo in front of the U.S. Capitol building after visiting with the state’s congressional delegation were Mizzou athletics director Laird Veatch, men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates, women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper and wrestling coach Brian Smith.

1 week ago | wfmz.com | Eli Hoff |Louis Post-Dispatch

Rising increasingly higher over the northern end of Memorial Stadium are steel beams that aren’t quite a silver bullet. Work on a new north concourse has progressed steadily in recent months. Excavation that revealed much of the playing surface to cars passing by along Stadium Boulevard has yielded to a metallic skeleton hinting at what’s to come. The $250 million project won’t be completed until the 2026 football season.

1 week ago | columbiamissourian.com | Alex Buchanan |Eli Hoff |Louis Post-Dispatch

By Alex Buchanan/Missourian,By Eli Hoff, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Rising increasingly higher over the northern end of Memorial Stadium are steel beams that aren't quite a silver bullet. Work on a new north concourse has progressed steadily in recent months. Excavation that revealed much of the playing surface to cars passing by along Stadium Boulevard has yielded to a metallic skeleton hinting at what's to come.