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A recreation room at the Lenoir Woods retirement community in Columbia functions as a virtual bowling alley once a week when residents gather to play the game on Nintendo Wii.

Former Missouri basketball coach Norm Stewart is recovering from open-heart surgery.

Missouri senior women's golfer Chelsea Schriewer earned a one-shot victory Tuesday at the the St. Louis Metropolitan Women's Amateur Championship.

The former MU basketball player’s trial on a third-degree assault charge was scheduled to start Wednesday.

Nearly half the returning quarterbacks on the Big 12 Conference football teams, including MU’s Chase Daniel, are considered undersized by today’s standards.

Missouri and Illinois are likely to come into their sold-out season opener on Aug. 30 in St. Louis with high national rankings.

The spread offense is relatively new to the Big 12 Conference, and defenses are still struggling to figure out how to stop it.

After a surprising season when four of its football teams finished in the top 10 in the final 2007 AP poll, the Big 12 Conference is no longer behind powerhouses like the SEC, Big 10 and Pac-10. The Big 12 is back among the elite, perhaps as strong as it’s been in 12 years as a conference.

This weekend, 44 men and women competed in the Show-Me State Games’ muzzle loading shooting competition.

Tim and Austin Kuchta competed in the Show-Me State Games in the parent/child golf division.

Five year-old Spencer Robarge and his family traveled from Springfield, Mo., to compete in the bowling portion of the Show-Me State Games.

Teams played ultimate Frisbee in several games at Hinkson Field on Saturday.

Eight-year-old Ashleigh McKinley volunteers at the Show-Me-State Games as a “noodler.” She taps wrestling referees with a blue foam pool noodle to remind them when there’s five seconds left in a match.

The 14 and under team draws players from Lake of the Ozarks, Fulton, Jefferson City, Blackwater, Pilot Grove, Boonville, Lynn, Russellville and Columbia and is only one in its tournament at the Show-Me State Games from this area.

Players of all ages teamed up for the two-day kickball tournament at the Show-Me State Games.

Soccer teams competed in the first weekend of the Show-Me State Games at Cosmopolitan Park.

Forum Christian Church organizes members to volunteer, emphasizing community and the larger picture.

Mary Easley started lifting weights after being diagnosed with cancer three years ago and has won four gold medals at Show-Me State Games in power lifting since.

The Show-Me State Games kicked off Friday after a torch relay and an opening ceremony complete with thousands of athletes from across the state, special guests and the lighting of the torch.