Rivals.com is doing its rankings from 120 (North Texas) to No. 1. They hit 42 today and it’s the Tigers.

What they are saying: “Not long ago, a 10-4 record at Missouri would’ve seemed like a miracle or a flash in…

Pat Forde at espn.com ranks the rivalries in college football and basketball. He’s got the Tigers-Jayhawks at No. 9 in hoops.

Forde gives Kansas the upper hand today but says Mike Anderson’s group could be gaining on them.

The NCAA is recommending its member colleges and universities test student-athletes to confirm their Sickle Cell Trait status if that information is not already known.

The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports adopted the recommendation June 25.…

The Tigers had players drafted in the first round of the football, baseball and now basketball drafts this year.

Jeremy Maclin (Eagles, 19th) and Ziggy Hood (Steelers, 32nd) started it off in the NFL draft.

Kyle Gibson (Twins, 22nd) followed in the…

From the Associated Press:

DeMarre Carroll was beginning his first season at Missouri two years ago when he was annoyed by itchy legs. Convinced he was allergic to something, he visited several doctors until he received a much different explanation: liver…

From the Columbia Tribune via the Associated Press:

University of Missouri athletes will face mandatory sickle cell tests in a change spurred by the 2005 preseason death of a 19-year-old football player.

The change comes less than three months after the school…

Baseball America is reporting that Missouri pitcher Kyle Gibson, projected as a first-rounder in Tuesday’s baseball draft, has a stress fracture in his right forearm and won’t pitch for the next four-six weeks.

Gibson was 11-3 with a 3.21 ERA with 131…

Apparently, upcoming games against Bowling Green and Toledo weren’t enough for the Missouri Tigers.

They’ve extended their tour of Gary Pinkel’s old turf, the Mid-American Conference, by adding a home-and-home series with Miami (Ohio). They’ll play the Redhawks at Faurot Field…

Veteran sportswriter and Illini mouthpiece Loren Tate reports that the season-opening football series between Missouri and Illinois at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis will end after the 2010 season.

Read his report on the IlliniHQ website.

Here’s what Illinois AD Ron…

Missouri’s baseball season ended with an 11-6 loss to Western Kentucky today in the NCAA regional playoffs in Oxford, Mississippi.

Western Kentucky, which opened the regional by beating the Tigers, jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings and held…