COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football is in the home stretch of its preparation for the 2026 season. On Monday, the Tigers will enter their final full week of fall camp, as head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company are now less than 20 days away from opening up the season against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Thursday, Sept.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is continuing to inch closer and closer to Sept. 3’s season opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, as the Tigers have the first two weeks of fall camp in the books. On Saturday, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company capped off those two weeks with the first scrimmage of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tigers swept their first taste of intercollegiate action, taking down Drake, 4-0. Head coach Dawn Sullivans new unit dominated in its first competition of the new athletic year. The exhibition against the Bulldogs saw the team take all four sets that were played, while playing from the front for much of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Being a part of the Mizzou football team has always been a dream for defensive end Langden Kitchen, as he grew up just 50 minutes away from Columbia in Huntsville, Missouri. That dream became a reality in 2025, when he transferred in from Division II Northwest Missouri State and became a reliable
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou receiving corps is a group that faced heavy turnover following the 2025 season, however, the revamped unit is now garnering quite a bit of excitement ahead of the 2026 campaign. Following the 2025 season, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company lost top target Kevin Coleman Jr. to graduation, alongside fellow
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Spartans begin their quest back to the mountain top by shifting the perception of the team. Battle finished the 2025 season 0-10, the only winless season in the program’s history. But when you’re at rock bottom, the only way forward is up; a mindset that second year head coach Shawn Gaines
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tigers are looking to integrate the tight end room into its offense more under new OC Chip Lindsey. When looking at what weapons Mizzou has brought in, many eyes go to starting quarterback Austin Simmons making the move from Ole Miss in the offseason, or the new receivers coming to Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The start of the high school academic year is right around the corner, meaning high school football teams everywhere are looking to squeeze in a few extra practices before classes begin. Fulton is entering its third offseason camp before the students return to the classroom, but is putting extra emphasis on on-field
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) For decades, the names Hentges and Helias have gone hand-in-hand in Jefferson City. “My dad started that, but myself as a player, my brother as a player, you know my son, my nephews who played here, all my sisters who supported Helias football down through the years,” head coach Chris Hentges
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After one full week of fall camp, it’s clear that the Mizzou football team believes this group has the potential to achieve great things. But now, the focus is about turning all of that potential into production, once the season arrives. The Tigers are entering this highly-anticipated 2026 season with quite a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A nine-time Grammy Award winner and Rock & Rock Hall of Fame inductee will be taking center stage at Faurot Field for Mizzou football’s season opener, on Thursday, Sept. 3. On Tuesday, Tiger Athletics announced that Mizzou alum Sheryl Crow will be performing the national anthem ahead of MU’s game against Arkansas-Pine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The next step for Mizzou soccer is so close that the entire program can taste it. Although the Tigers haven’t made the postseason since 2020, head coach Stefanie Golan feels that they’ve been consistently building a foundation. And they’ve gotten close to breaking through, too. Despite the face that the team did
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team will finally get to face someone new on Saturday, when head coach Dawn Sullivan and company host Drake for exhibition play on Saturday. That exhibition will comes just one week after the Tigers invited fans out to the Hearnes Center for the annual black and gold scrimmage. Coach
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the June death of an electrician who died while working on the University of Missouri’s Memorial Stadium renovation project. Corey Sooter, 44, died on June 10 after working at Memorial Stadium on June 5. He was a foreman for BK2 Electrical and Design and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2026 football season will be longtime Helias head coach Chris Hentges’ 14th and final season coaching the Crusaders. On Monday, he announced that he will be stepping down following the upcoming season, putting a cap on a career that spans more than 30 years. The 60-year-old has had a memorable
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One week of fall camp is already behind us, as the Mizzou football team is less than one month away from kicking off the season against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, on Sept. 3. On Monday, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company put practice No. 7 of camp into the books. You can watch extended
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up with Mizzou wrestling legend and assistant coach Keegan O’Toole in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-Down, as the pair broke down O’Toole’s recent decision to retire from competition. You can watch ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones’ full chat with O’Toole in the video
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tigers have been one of the most impressive and consistent teams on the offensive and defensive lines for the past few seasons. Mizzou has finished with one of the best rushing attacks in the nation in 2025, finishing inside the top 10 in rush yards per game. With much of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Head coach Eli Drinkwitz brought in 30 new transfers to his squad ahead of the 2026 season. With all of that change across both sides of the ball, the biggest challenge won’t be strictly performance based, but a question of how well they integrate into the system. “We have a big group
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri schools are finally starting to see money from the state’s sports betting industry, which was legalized in December. According to Liz Hoffman of the Missouri Gaming Commission, $1.084 million was transferred to the Sports Wagering Education Fund on June 9, marking the first distribution to education since sports betting was legalized.
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