COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ahead of her senior season, Mizzou women’s basketball star Grace Slaughter has been tabbed as a Preseason All-SEC Second Team selection. The league office released those selections, which were made by the Southeastern Conference’s 16 head coaches, on Wednesday morning. Of course, Slaughter is the headliner of the 2026-27 Tiger roster, returning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou soccer team is getting set for its final push of the season, as the Tigers look to qualify for their first SEC Tournament since 2020. Despite a tough start to conference play this year, head coach Stefanie Golan and company have begun figuring some things out in the past couple
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Smith-Cotton’s Armand Wirght is our Week 8 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Tigers will host Marshall on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL Capital City (0) Helias Catholic (8) FINAL – district championship Southern Boone (9) Blair Oaks (8) FINAL – district semifinal Osage (1) Eldon (0) FINAL – district semifinal Chillicothe
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is about two weeks away from a season with higher expectations than they’ve had in years. Simply put: the 2026-27 season won’t be just about making the NCAA Tournament, but making a run in it, as head coach Dennis Gates and his staff have assembled a wildly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Congratulations to our Week 8 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the nominees in the video player above and then vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Smith-Cotton’s Armand Wright sheds tackles, bounces outside and rips off a 45-yard touchdown. Nominee No. 2: Fulton’s Jacob
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OXFORD, Miss. (KMIZ) Mizzou football had a chance to make a statement in Saturday’s game against Ole Miss, but instead the Tigers suffered a 31-3 loss on the road. That result dropped the team to 5-2 on the season. Despite quarterback Austin Simmons throwing for 339 yards in his highly anticipated return to his former
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OXFORD, Miss. (KMIZ) No. 13 Mizzou will look to extend its winning streak to three games on Saturday, when the Tigers travel to face No. 9 Ole Miss in a high-stakes SEC showdown at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company are coming into Saturday’s game after a dominant 27-6 victory over Texas A&M,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge’s Sean Nevills Jr. and Christian Flood are our Week 7 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winners! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Bruins will host Hickman on Friday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones spoke with the Mike Kelly, the voice of the Mizzou Tigers, ahead of the Mizzou football’s Week 7 clash against No. 9 Ole Miss. Tiger Talk is a weekly radio show hosted by Kelly, which previews the upcoming football games with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge could decide by Friday whether guard CJ Gunn will be eligible for his fifth season of college basketball, which he intends to play at Mizzou. Gunn and his legal team on Tuesday appeared in a Boone County courtroom as his eligibility battle with the NCAA continues. He filed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As No. 13 Mizzou football prepares for a high-stakes clash against No. 9 Ole Miss at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday, the Tigers can count on one thing: familiarity won’t be an issue. Of course, the big story is the return of quarterback Austin Simmons, wide receiver Cayden Lee and cornerback Chris Graves
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new season brings a new puzzle for Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates. After hosting his annual pro day for NBA scouts, on Sunday, the leader of the Tigers is confident that his team has the talent it takes to compete. Now, the challenge is figuring out how each piece fits
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite having assembled a Top-15 transfer and freshman class for the 2026-27 season, Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates and his team were picked to finish eighth in the SEC, by media members. In addition, there were no players for the Tiger roster picked to finish First, Second or Third Team All-SEC
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference tabbed Mizzou running back Jamal Roberts as the SEC Offensive Player of the Week, on Monday, following his second-straight 200-yard game of the season. Roberts is sharing the honor with South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers. Tiger quarterback Austin Simmons put it best after Saturday’s win over Texas A&M: “Today
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates to preview the 2026-27 season in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above and find a full transcript of the interview below. Nathalie Jones: “Welcome back everyone. It
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football didn’t need to be perfect to deliver a win against Texas A&M, on Saturday. No, the Tigers only needed to lean on a suffocating defensive performance and a career outing from running back Jamal Roberts to get the job done in what head coach Eli Drinkwitz called an “old-fashioned” SEC
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Congratulations to our Week 7 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the nominees in the video player above and then vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Rock Bridge’s Sean Nevills Jr. unloads a dime to Christian Flood, who hauls it in at the back
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Only time – and the court system – will tell if Mizzou forward Mark Mitchell and guard CJ Gunn will be eligible to play for the Tigers in the 2026-27 campaign. MU will open up the season on Nov. 3 against Cleveland State and will hope to have answers to those two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team moved up one spot in the latest AP Poll, to No. 13, after a 27-6 win over Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon. That means that head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company will be set for a Top-13 showdown in their Week 7 clash with Ole Miss in Oxford.
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