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Someone goes to ESPN Gameday that has arrived on campus exclusively for the Mizzou-Oklahoma football game and holds up a sign talking about basketball?   Not sure this is the right time or place unless there is some specific reason why begging ESPN to come back during basketball season is appropriate… It doesn’t seem to make much [...]

We have plenty of questions regarding the following picture from Saturday’s Blues/Penguins game, but the most important one is probably, “How could ESPN.com allow this to be the headline image on their game recap?” Seriously, check it out here. —– email: matt@joesportsfan.com tweet: @MattSebek

It’s been an odd 12 months for Jack Clark. It began last winter, when the one-time fan favorite was villainized for speaking negatively about the Cardinals hiring Mark McGwire.  Clark’s candor evolved throughout the season as he frequently criticized the Cardinals’ lack of effort.  Although he denies outspokenness as the root cause, Clark was eventually [...]

The campus of Mizzou was buzzing on Saturday morning as the school set a record as the largest ever to attend a taping of ESPN’s Gameday which started 11 hours before the Mizzou-Oklahoma game. Thanks to Matt Hunter, our eyes on the ground, we were able to document several fan categories that gave us a [...]

Rumors are swirling that the “celebrity picker” at this week’s episode of College Gameday will be Mizzou grad Jon Hamm. Unfortunately, one of the common issues with ESPN’s selection is that, those not familiar with his outstanding work in the Emmy-winning drama Mad Men simply don’t know who Mr. Hamm is. Perhaps this simple “reminder” [...]

With the #1 Oklahoma Sooners coming into town, the collective Mizzou fan base eagerly awaits one of the most anticipated football games in recent memory. Truth be told, the Missouri contingent is equally psyched for the complementary festivities.  One such event is ESPN’s College Gameday program, which is making its first visit to Mizzou this [...]

Given the current buzz surrounding Saturday night’s Mizzou-Oklahoma battle in Columbia, this edition of JSF’s Power Rankings looks at how it matches up in the Top 5 Most Anticipated Mizzou Games in the past 5 years.  As a bonus, we reached out to a few titans of Mizzou Sports coverage -  Columbia Daily Tribune’s Mizzou Football expert Dave Matter [...]

Four years ago today, we were all waking up asking ourselves the following questions… – “How in the hell did Endy Chavez catch that ball?” – “Who is this Adam Wainwright character?” – “Should really I rename my first child “Yadi”?” – “Do I really hate the Mets more than I did in the mid-80′s?” [...]

With the biggest game of the season looming on Saturday in Columbia, with #1 BCS-ranked Oklahoma arriving in town, with ESPN’s College Gameday arriving on campus for the first time in since it hit the road several years ago and with all of this randomly falling on homecoming weekend, let’s just say that things are [...]

It’s Monday morning, which means another round of weekend pictures to tickle your limited attention span.  What a truly fantastic sports weekend.  You could argue that the last two St. Louis sports weekends have been the best back-to-back weekends in quite some time.  At least during this period on the calendar. And that’s saying a [...]