CBC Alum and Vikings DT Armon Watts gets ready for third NFL season

All-State linebacker Eric Beisel had his pick of Division-1 schools, but in the end Missouri was his choice. He made the announcement Thursday night at a kick-off gathering for the season that included a cheerleading show and a varsity/alumni game...

As Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” rattled Rockwood Summit High School’s lockers, the one his teammates called Zeus sat upon a fold-up throne...

According to numbers released by the NFL this month, there were 199 players who went to high school in Texas on opening day rosters, and 185 from Florida. But Missouri also had a respectable showing with 28 players who started the season on a 53-man active roster.

The sun is setting over the practice field at Rockwood Summit High School, but one player remains. Dripping sweat, he squats across from a one-man blocking sled. Without warning, he violently collides with his imaginary opponent, driving it downfield...

Eric Beisel played his college ball as a linebacker with the University of Missouri Tigers, where he racked up over a hundred tackles. After graduation he played a short stint of football with the Birmingham Iron of the AAF, and “Team Power” of Your Call Football. Now, he has been invited to the XFL draft...

HOOVER, Ala. – When Dave Shroll referred to Eric Beisel as Zeus during Beisel’s freshman year of high school, he gave Beisel more than a nickname. He gave him an alter ego that Beisel fully – and perhaps a bit absurdly – embraces...

Missouri senior linebacker Eric Beisel’s belief that he’s a reincarnated gladiator wasn’t merely shtick for SEC Media Days last month. It’s also become central to the Tigers’ theme for the 2017 football season, “First to Finish, Last to Fall!”...