CHICAGO, Ill. (KMIZ) What was set to be a historic match between Mizzou volleyball and No. 1 Nebraska at Wrigley Field took an unexpected turn, on Sunday night. After two lengthy stoppages in play due to unsafe conditions on the playing surface, officials announced that the game between the Tigers and the Cornhuskers was officially
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Eli Hoff, who is the Mizzou Athletics beat writer for the Columbia Tribune, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz walked away from his team’s season-opening, 40-point win against Arkansas-Pine Bluff with mixed emotions, on Thursday night. “It was was a perfect night for me to be able to be excited in the first half and really mad in the second half,” he said. On one hand, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Congratulations to our Week 2 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: Southern Boone’s Graham McKim throws a cross-body dot to Kai Morris, who fights to stay on his feet,
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CHICAGO (KMIZ) Collin Anderson takes viewers on a tour of Wrigley Field as the iconic stadium hosts two volleyball matches, capped off by Mizzou vs. No. 1 Nebraska. The match starts at 8 p.m.
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By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of student athletes are returning to their college teams this fall. Earning a spot on collegiate rosters, or athletic scholarships, takes years of work from young athletes — and thousands of dollars from their parents in fees, travel and other costs. But the odds are
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tigers are set for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the second leg of the SEC-Big 10 Challenge. Four volleyball teams have been selected to compete in an outdoor match at the historic Wrigley Field for this inter-conference competition on Sunday, Sept. 6. No. 3 Kentucky will face No. 13 Penn State at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Week 2 of the Missouri high school football season kicked off on Friday night. You can find scores from all of your Mid-Missouri teams below, as well as highlights in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tigers picked apart Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the first game of the 2026-27 season 54-14. You can watch extended highlights of the win in the video player below. There were plenty of questions heading into the week one for Mizzou. An nearly entirely new cast on both sides of the ball, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two mid-Missouri Titans clash in week two of the high school football season. Jefferson City and Columbia meet in the second game of the season as Helias and Hickman go head-to-head. Both sides picked up wins in the opening week, and now two legendary coaches will face off for the final time.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 60,000 fans are expected to attend the Mizzou football team’s season opener Thursday, but getting to and from Memorial Stadium could take some extra time as construction around the stadium creates traffic impacts. That traffic could be magnified with more people expected to be inside Memorial Stadium throughout the season.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football fans will see changes to their game-day experience at Faurot Field this season, including stadium upgrades, concession stand additions and travel impacts on I-70. Fan Experience Fans will see new enhancements to Memorial Stadium this season as Mizzou Football kicks off the 2026 season against the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
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By Hannah Keyser, CNN New Brunswick, New Jersey (CNN) — It’s the last Sunday in August and at a steakhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, men who are old enough to have grandchildren are wearing football jerseys and accusing each other of cheating at a game before 10:30 in the morning. They’ll start drinking before
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Expectations are high in Columbia for the Tigers heading into the 2026 college football season. The Mizzou offense is now led by dynamic Ole Miss transfer Austin Simmons at quarterback. And many experts think the two-headed running juggernaut of Ahmad Hardy (when he returns from injury) and Jamal Roberts could be at the top of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After months of workouts and practices, the Mizzou football team is set to take the field for the first time Thursday as the 2026 season kicks off at Faurot Field. But much like the players on the field, the preparation to keep fans safe on game day starts months earlier — and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Standing at 6-foot-6 and 265-pounds, Mizzou defensive end Langden Kitchen is difficult to miss on the football field….and, turns out, even more difficult to block. “He’s been a nightmare for our guys to block,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said. Kitchen, who is in his second year in the program, is next in
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The NBA issued stern penalties against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday following an independent investigation that revealed a “pattern of misconduct” and severe salary cap circumvention violations. The investigation found that the Clippers improperly funneled off-court endorsement opportunities to star forward Kawhi Leonard through corporate partners – including
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s defense is taking shape ahead of the opening game. Corey Batoon’s unit has been filled with question marks since the portal opened up back in January. Nearly every starter from the 2025-26 group is no longer in Columbia, leaving quite the hole in the defense. Fortunately, the defensive line has many
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis County judge on Wednesday added Mizzou to a restraining order to keep a defensive tackle eligible to play. Judge Ellen Ribaudo added the University of Missouri to a temporary restraining order that she previously granted to keep the NCAA from declaring Sterling Webb ineligible to play a fifth year.
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