The first day of the Big 12 spring meetings is in the books and little news came out of the annual meeting in Colorado Springs. Here’s my recap of stuff I found important:

** The men’s basketball coaches unanimously voted…

The annual Big 12 spring meetings begin today at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs and continue through Friday. Unlike past years, this year’s meetings will not be geared towards scrutinizing television contracts or figuring out championship sites. Instead, there…

Safety William Moore and linebacker Sean Weatherspoon were named to the Bronko Nagurki watch list on Monday by the Football Writers Association of America. The award is given annually to the nation’s best defensive player.

This is the second watch list…

Sophomore pitcher Kyle Gibson and outfielder Aaron Senne were two of 32 collegiate players invited to USA Baseball national team trials on Thursday. The tryouts, held June 11 - 23, will determine the 22 players selected for the national team…

Former Missouri running back Tony Temple did not make the Cleveland Browns roster after last weekend’s tryout. The Browns kept just seven of the 54 players brought to last weekend’s camp, and only one of those was a running back.

But…

After the second day of training camp, Cleveland Browns coach Romeo Crennel had some thoughts on a couple Missouri players that were involved in this week’s rookie mini camp.

From ClevelandBrowns.com:

**On Rucker: “He played at a big school, in a…

Nine former Missouri Tigers embarked on potential NFL careers Friday and several made early headlines, including tight end Martin Rucker, who has a practice video up on the Cleveland Browns website.

There is also a story about running back Tony…

**UPDATED**

WR Greg Bracey is working out with the Chargers.
S Pig Brown is working out with the Chiefs.

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Will Franklin and Martin Rucker might have been the only Tigers to hear their named called during this year’s draft,…

I had a couple people ask me about the Post-Dispatch’s Super 30 list that I referenced in the Jack Meiners story this morning. The list was compiled by Nate Latsch, a prep writer who has been working on St. Louis…

I’ve never really been able to figure out whether the spring game is the end of the season or the beginning of it. I guess it would stand to reason that it’s the beginning since the seniors who were with…