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07.22.2009 12:12 pm

Hoops fan Nixon to test shot in Show-Me State Games

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jet lag? Not for Gov. Jay Nixon, who fresh after returning from an overseas visit to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will test his athletic prowess in the annual Show-Me State Games.

A release from the governor’s office today tells us…

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06.10.2009 11:59 am

After years in Hazelwood, Zweifel moves family to Columbia

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Zweifel

Zweifel

State Treasurer Clint Zweifel has had enough of the elected commuter life.

After three terms in the State House forced him to travel from his home in north St. Louis County to the state Capitol, the Democrat has sold his home in…

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05.22.2009 2:22 pm

Mizzou basketball coach gets key to the city from Slay

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — Mizzou basketball coach Mike Anderson received an honorary key to the city from Mayor Francis Slay today at City Hall.

Gentry Trotter, a p.r. consultant for the mayor, took a page out of Anderson’s…

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03.27.2009 5:34 pm

Nixon throws rolls on the line against Connecticut governor

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Conn. Gov. M. Jodi Rell

Conn. Gov. M. Jodi Rell

Having already predicted a stellar season for Mizzou, Tiger fan-in-chief Jay Nixon is stepping it up a notch.

For Saturday’s big basketball game against the University of Connecticut, the Missouri governor entered into a friendly wager with…

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03.20.2009 4:15 pm

On House floor, Luetkemeyer echoes Tigers’ roar

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer recognized the Big 12 champion Mizzou basketball team on the House floor this week. The honor was prescient, as the Tigers are well on their way this afternoon to defeating the…

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03.20.2009 12:59 pm

Bond and “Tiger” get ready for today’s big game

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mizzou opens up its tournament play at 2 p.m. against Cornell. Sen. Kit Bond will be watching.

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03.19.2009 8:48 am

Sweet pick: President has Mizzou advancing to third round

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Obamas bracket, courtesy of ESPN

Obama's bracket, courtesy of ESPN

When President Barack Obama was running for office last year,  he told ESPN that, if he won, he would fill out an NCAA tournament bracket for them.

This week he fulfilled his pledge to the sports network, making…

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03.17.2009 9:16 am

Tension in the governor’s office? A Bear lurks among Tigers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Everyone in Jefferson City knows that Gov. Jay Nixon is a rabid Tiger fan — he even predicted Mizzou would make the NCAA Tournament.

It’s no secret, than, who he’ll be rooting for when the basketball team opens up tournament play…

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02.11.2009 8:53 am

Suite victory: Nixon enjoyed Mizzou win from “Governor’s Box”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A room with a view at Mizzou Arena

A room with a view at Mizzou Arena

Monday we told you that Gov. Jay Nixon — a die-hard Tiger fan — was poised to attend his first Mizzou-Kansas basketball game as the state’s fan-in-chief.

And what a game it was.

One question we were…

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01.15.2009 2:07 pm

All she wants to do? Missourian Crow to entertain inaugural ball

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Sheryl Crow will take her guitar to Washington

Sheryl Crow will take her guitar to Washington

Missouri native Sheryl Crow, a politically active Grammy-award winning artist, will be part of the entertainment line-up to celebrate the swearing-in of Barack Obama next week, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced today.

Crow, who was…

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