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Inductee spotlight: Track coach Rod Staggs

When Rod Staggs coached high school track and field athletes, he tried to avoid calling them “kids” or even boys and girls. “If they did my workload and put up with me, they were men and women,” Staggs said, and later added this: “If you could handle my workouts, you could be in the Marines.”… Read more »

Hall of Fame announces holiday hours

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame will be closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday — December 23 to December 26 — as our staff celebrates the holidays with their families. The Hall of Fame museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 27) through Saturday (Dec. 31) but will be closed on… Read more »

New inductees: Jerry Armstrong, Charlie Henke, Nate Quinn, Jeanette Tendai & 1990 Raytown South Boys Basketball

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday proudly inducted Jerry Armstrong, part of Texas Western’s 1966 national championship team and a longtime Missouri high school basketball coach, as well as Malta Bend and Mizzou standout Charlie Henke, Drury University’s Nate Quinn, Missouri State Lady Bear Jeanette Tendai and the 1990 Raytown South High School… Read more »

Upcoming inductee: Drury’s & Hillcrest’s Nate Quinn

The Christmas holiday break back in 1976 came at just the right time. For Nate Quinn, a freshman basketball player and yet-to-be standout, his first semester at Drury University had been the School of Hard Knocks. So upon returning home, his dad — a longtime high school basketball coach in Oklahoma — took him to… Read more »

Hall of Fame announces honorees for Enshrinement in January 2017

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame will soon induct former St. Louis Cardinals speedster Vince Coleman and a pair of past Kansas City standouts in Royals outfielder Amos Otis and Chiefs quarterback Bill Kenney, plus 13 other individuals, a college baseball program and a high school baseball program and its late coach. Jack Henry &… Read more »

Hall of Fame’s Filbert Five awards to recognize Missouri standouts

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame soon will recognize 10 former Missouri basketball standouts with Filbert Five awards, President and Executive Director Jerald Andrews announced Tuesday. The recognitions are among highlights of the Basketball Luncheon presented by Mercy, set for 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Oasis Convention Center… Read more »

Hall of Fame posts holiday schedule

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame has announced its holiday hours: The museum will be be open from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, closed on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24) and and then open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. In December, the Hall of Fame… Read more »

Hall of Fame to induct Jerry Armstrong, Charlie Henke, Jeanette Tendai, Nate Quinn & 1990 Raytown South

Jerry Armstrong, a Missouri native who was part of Texas Western’s memorable NCAA national championship team, will soon be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame along with Mizzou’s Charlie Henke, Drury’s Nate Quinn, Missouri State’s Jeanette Tendai and the 1990 Raytown South High School boys basketball team. President and Executive Director Jerald Andrews… Read more »

Hall of Fame ready for Enshrinement in Cape Girardeau

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday will honor longtime Three Rivers Community College men’s basketball coach Gene Bess as a Missouri Sports Legend and inducted 10 individuals, two teams and three during the Enshrinement in Cape Girardeau, held at the Show Me Center. The Hall of Fame also honored Poplar Bluff’s Joe Scott… Read more »