Brad Pitt Regrets Dropping Out of Mizzou

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Brad Pitt, full of regret.
Brad Pitt wishes he did not drop out of the University of Missouri.

Why? Because who would do such a foolish thing? What kind of guy would just give up on academics?

Pitt, who grew up in Springfield -- where his parents still live -- opens up about his loneliness and his unfinished academic career in the upcoming issue of Esquire.

It's a must-read, Missouri!

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Mizzou: Adorable Ten-Year-Old Boy Tells College Men How to Be Gentlemen (VIDEO)

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Cole knows how to be a gentleman.
Is chivalry dead? It doesn't have to be! That is, according to an adorable ten-year-old boy who knows how to be a gentleman -- and is spreading his message of kindness at the University of Missouri.

"I may be a kid, but I'm a gentleman in the making," says Cole, age ten, in a video titled "The Extra Mile," which has now gotten more than 250,000 views. "Now I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. I know how to treat a lady."

Who is Cole? And why is he giving flowers (and joy) to random women on Mizzou's campus?

Check out the video below and our interview with one of the Mizzou students behind it.

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Mizzou Cops: Gavin Stark, Drunk Baseball Player, Damages Alum Center, Assaults Student

Categories: Crime, Mizzou

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Gavin Stark.
Gavin Stark, a University of Missouri senior and baseball player, is accused of drunkenly causing quite a commotion on campus Monday night -- allegedly smashing a rock through a window, shouting profanities at officers and throwing a fellow student's computer to the ground.

Around 11:30 p.m. on Monday officers received a phone call that Stark was actively vandalizing the Reynolds Alumni Center. When they arrived, "Mr. Stark immediately assumed a fighting stance against the officers and started yelling profanities at them," Captain Brian Weimer of Mizzou's police department tells Daily RFT.

It gets a lot worse.

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Mizzou Athletic Department Says "You Can Play" to LGBT Students (VIDEO)

Categories: LGBT, Mizzou

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Athletic Director Mike Alden.
If you're a Tiger, you're a Tiger -- and if you can play, you can play!

Such is the message of a newly released promotional video from the University of Missouri's Athletic Department, promoting LGBT rights and diversity on their sports teams.

"The Mizzou Athletics Department strives to provide a safe environment for our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender student athletes," Mike Alden, director of athletics, says in the video. "No individual shall be judged on the court, in the locker room or amongst each other based on their sexual orientation and their gender identification."

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March Sadness: Mizzou Fans, You Got Owned By This Guy

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Feeling blue about last night's loss, Mizzou fans? School spirit not making you feel any better? Don't worry, we got you covered. Just remind yourself how tough the competition was! This guy:

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via ncaa.com, h/t bleacherreport.com

More misery below!

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Mizzou Boobs! These Girls Wear School Spirit on Their Chests (PHOTOS)

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Pride. More boobs below.
There's a growing "Boobment" in America -- and it's alive and well in Missouri, even if the Tigers (who lost unceremoniously last night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament) are not. Like all great social movements these days, it's based mostly on Twitter virality. And boobs. If you're not familiar with the Boobment -- what is wrong with you?! -- it's this thing that started in Kansas where gals show their school pride via their anonymous selfie cleavage shots, which popular Twitter accounts (unless, ya know, you're Wash. U.) blast out for the whole world to see.

In honor of March Sadness last night, we decided we can no longer ignore Mizzou Boobs, the semi-horrifying Twitterer with more than 10,000 followers. Based on the frequent activity, we get the sense that the folks behind muboobies@gmail.com are really -- forgive us -- milking the Boobment for all it's worth.

We've chosen the best nurse-your-hangover submissions for your viewing pleasure below.

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Tiger Trouble?: Mizzou Stuck in Neutral

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The Missouri Tigers have played three games since losing forward Laurence Bowers to a sprained ligament in his knee, and the results have been less than ideal. The hope was Bowers could be back on the floor in time to take on the Florida Gators in Gainesville, but that didn't happen. The question of how much longer Bowers is going to be out, and what the team is going to do to try and fill the void, is an extremely pressing one. 

It's clear a different attack is going to be necessary if the last three games are any indication. Add in injuries to a couple other key players (Keion Bell, ankle, and Earnest Ross, back), and the Tigers look to be in real trouble for possibly the first time in Frank Haith's brief tenure as head coach. 

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REAL Tiger Trouble: Missouri Coach Frank Haith Under Investigation

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Oh, sure, I could have used a picture of him in Missouri gear, but he just looks so much more sinister in orange, don't you think? 
Ugh. 

Missouri Tigers head coach Frank Haith is currently facing allegations of improper conduct and "failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance." The NCAA is, according to various reports, planning on notifying him of the allegations soon. Which is just as mysterious and confusing to me as it is to you, trust me. 

The good news? The allegations relate to Haith's time at the University of Miami, where he served as head coach before being hired by Mizzou. So, Missouri isn't directly under any sort of investigation at the moment. I'm hoping "at the moment" doesn't become the key phrase here in the near future. 

The bad news? Pretty much everything else about this. 

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Loss to Ole Miss Shows How Vulnerable Mizzou is Without Laurence Bowers

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As in, the Tigers have a hole in their lineup, and are going to have to figure out some way of living through it. No? Come on, cut me some slack here. 
So, not too long ago, I wrote a column in which I attempted to answer the question: What will the Missouri Tigers look like without Laurence Bowers

Turns out, the answer might be really, really bad. 

Bowers has been the Tigers' best overall player this season. Leading the team in scoring and second in rebounding, his contributions go much deeper than those numbers. He's the physical presence on the team; the one guy who just imposes his will on the opposition through sheer physicality and toughness. 

And in losing to Ole Miss over the weekend by the score of 64-49, it's obvious Mizzou doesn't have a ready-made solution for replicating that presence. 

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The Tigers Without Their Big Man

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You know, it's surprisingly hard to find a picture of a sporting mascot looking upset. 
At the moment, it looks like good news for the Missouri Tigers and Laurence Bowers, the all-everything power forward who has done as much as anyone could have hoped -- and probably more -- to help get the Tigers where they are right now. 

Phil Pressey came down on Bowers' knee during the win over Alabama, and there was a moment of raw panic throughout the land. (Or at least the tiny fraction of the land that happens to be big MU basketball fans.) We saw the team play last season without Bowers after a knee injury sidelined him in preseason; visions of playing the rest of the way this year danced through the heads of Mizzou fans everywhere. 

Fortunately, it looks, for now, as if the injury isn't serious. A sprain, nothing more. Still, considering what the Tigers are going to look like if the biggest of their daunting collection of big men misses any significant time is a very interesting question indeed. 


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