“It kind of gives you a common goal, a mission, to pick up where he left and keep moving it forward.” Tusk is a feature at Arkansas football home games. Keith Stokes was his handler until he passed in 2023. His family continues the program and his legacy:wholehogsports.com/news/2024/nov/…

WATCH: Fans have said it all season, "Let. Him. Cook." In his final game at Faurot Field, Brady Cook sealed the win with an unbelievable rushing touchdown. It's a fit ending for the St. Louis kid who gave everything he had to this fan base. KOMU 8 Sports Ben Arnet

Here's our ESPN story on Luther Burden III heading off to the NFL. "I feel like I met my goal with everything that I set out before I got here. It was a pleasure being here. I will love Mizzou forever." espn.com/college-footba…

LISTEN: #Mizzou has secured BACK-TO-BACK, 10+ win seasons and a Music City Bowl Championship🏆 HC Eli Drinkwitz and this senior class have been the CATALYST for the program's evolution⬇️ "They fought shoulder-to-shoulder every day to get to where we're at." Nathalie Jones

Our hearts are forever with you, Greg Gumbel❤️

LIFTOFF TRENT PIERCE 🤯 #SCTop10 #MIZ 🐯

Helen Hu's unexpected path back to NCAA gymnastics - via ⁦D'Arcy Maine⁩ @ESPN App awesome story!!! espn.com/college-sports…

JJ Redick returned to the Palisades to see the devastation from the fires and to talk about his $50 million plan to help the rebuild - starting with the rec center near his home and sprawling across the city, to make those communal spaces whole again. latimes.com/sports/lakers/…

.Peter Schrager says goodbye to GMFB ❤️

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY, YOUR MISSOURI TIGERS ARE HEADING TO THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 🤩 #MIZ 🐯

We're here and we're not going anywhere 📈 #MIZ 🐯

NEW: LA’s homeless services chief engaged in major misconduct — including hiring unqualified friends into top positions, trying to destroy public records and behaving inappropriately at a conference — according to whistleblower claims obtained by LAist. laist.com/news/housing-h…

Like many millennial sports fans, I grew up on “Around the Horn.” For @nymag, I talked to the show’s host, producers, panelists, and network executives to figure out what its unexpected cancellation means for the future of ESPN. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Our heartfelt condolences go out to Ben’s family & friends. He touched a lot of lives at Mizzou & in Columbia – as a professor, an anchor at KOMU and a friendly face on SECN+ broadcasts. He has helped our program tremendously and will certainly be missed. komu.com/news/ben-arnet…

Thank you Evie B Allen Taylor Freeman and Matt Beckwith for honoring Ben’s life and legacy on tonight’s newscast. Unimaginably tragic news for Ben’s family, friends and those who knew him inside the newsroom and out. He afforded me countless opportunities and taught me so much. RIP 🖤💛

Columbia and Mizzou lost a gifted, driven storyteller on Thursday. KOMU 8 News's Ben Arnet was a friend to many - and now gone way too soon. I shared some thoughts on Ben in this piece: bit.ly/41sAMjr

Remembering KOMU 8 Sports Director Ben Arnet, ahead of the 2025 Border Showdown | Click the image to watch komu.com/sports/remembe…

This week’s Mizzou Xtra was the hardest I’ve ever had to produce. But an important one. It’s filled with stories and interviews Ben spent his final days working on. As well as a very special Tiger Top Five honoring him. Thank you Ben for choosing me to be your producer. I hope I

Amazing episode of Mizzou Xtra this week in Ben Arnet’s honor. Thank you Grace Ainger, Taylor Freeman, John Anderson and everyone involved, Ben included! Loved his special insight into the bitter Mizzou Football Kansas Football rivalry for Tiger fans ahead of this Saturday at Faurot.

At 7-foot-3, Jordan Wilmore could have reached for fame and fortune in professional basketball, but he’s reaching to serve his community instead. Steve Hartman is On the Road in Kemah, Texas.