January 20, 1935
Pro basketball player and Mizzou coach Stormin’ Norman Stewart was born in Shelby County.
Meet the Sled Dog Team That Lives in Missouri
An improbable team of Siberian sled dogs finds love, fun, and new purpose with their Hillsboro musher
November 8, 1954
The American League approved the transfer of Philadelphia’s Athletics to Kansas City.
October 31, 1891
The University of Missouri football team played the Kansas Jayhawks for the first time beginning one of the oldest football rivalry in the nation. It ended in 2012 when Missouri joined the SEC and Kansas refused to play against Missouri.
October 2, 1926
It was the opening day of the World Series where St. Louis Cardinals faced off against the New York Yankees. This was the first World Series ever for the St. Louis Cardinals.
September 10, 1934
Baseball Hall of Famer Roger Maris was born on this day. He played for both the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals.
Mark Littell Shares His Wildest Stories
Country Boy is Mark’s second book, following his 2016 memoir, On the Eighth Day, God Made Baseball. Mark, who used to enter games to John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” describes his latest work as a coming-of-age nonfiction story about how his character formed while growing up in Missouri.
