COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) It has been months since Mizzou basketball was at an empty Bridgestone Arena in the wake of a canceled SEC Tournament. Now, on Wednesday, the team started its first practice of the new season. After the first day, the team said they are excited about where they are at right now. “I
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou and Kansas will have to wait another year to resume the Border War rivalry on the hardwood due to COVID-19, according to a report from the Kansas City Star. An MU spokesman would not confirm the report, but he said head coach Cuonzo Martin will address the originally scheduled Dec.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team has an unexpected bye week after its game against Vanderbilt was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns with the Commodores. We spoke with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz on Tuesday. You can watch his full news conference in the video player above. Drinkwitz said MU’s win over No. 17
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team’s homecoming game against Vanderbilt on Saturday is postponed. PowerMizzou first reported the news. NEWS: The Vanderbilt at Missouri FB game of Oct. 17 is postponed due to positive tests & subsequent quarantine of individuals within the Vanderbilt FB program. The action is consistent with SEC COVID-19 management requirements.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team has postponed its first two matches of the season due to COVID-19 concerns in the Tigers program. MU was scheduled to play at Alabama on Saturday and Sunday this week. Instead – MU will now play in Tuscaloosa, Alab. on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22. “Mizzou Volleyball’s fall
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on the Kansas City Star’s Mizzou beat writer Souichi Terada in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman recaps the Mizzou football team’s upset win over No. 17 LSU on Saturday. “It was our will versus there’s,” Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said after the game. “We wanted it more, bottom line.”
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Eli Drinkwitz’s squad played a close game with LSU throughout, ending in a 45-41 air-raid victory. Mizzou came out firing as the underdogs against the 17th-ranked team in the country. The momentum shifted in the fourth quarter when MU defensive lineman Chris Turner blocked LSU’s field goal attempt. Missouri regained possession and
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Despite changes in location and time, Mizzou football and the LSU Tigers will kickoff on Saturday. LSU and Mizzou came to the decision to move Saturday’s game due to Hurricane Delta’s impact on Louisiana, since the game was originally scheduled for 8:00 P.M. in Baton Rouge. The reigning national champions come to
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou head coach Eli Drinkwitz said his team will be down seven players in its Saturday matchup with LSU. During his radio program, Drinkwitz said one player tested positive for COVID-19, while six others were put into a mandatory quarantine. MU has not released the names of any players affected.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Eli Drinkwtiz’s squad is preparing for a new location, a new time, and overall a new LSU squad on Saturday. Ed Orgeron and his Tigers lost more than 30 players for the national championship roster heading into the 2020 season. First and foremost, LSU lost Heisman trophy and national championship winner Joe
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MU officially confirmed Wednesday that Saturday’s game moved to Columbia because of Hurricane Delta.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou and LSU made it official on Wednesday morning and decided to move Saturday’s game to Faurot Field due to Hurricane Delta. The game will start at 11 A.M. on ESPN and will be LSU’s first appearance at Memorial Stadium. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said the move was necessary for the safety
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football game against LSU will now be played in Columbia, a source confirms to ABC 17 News. Kickoff will be at 11 a.m. from Faurot Field. An MU spokesman would not confirm the change, but he tells ABC 17 News an official announcement on the game will come Wednesday at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz has named Connor Bazelak the starting quarterback for the Tigers road matchup against No. 17 LSU. MU will kickoff against the Tigers on Saturday at 8 p.m. You can watch Coach Drinkwitz’s full news conference from Tuesday in the video player above. Bazelak replaced QB Shawn Robinson in
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman recaps the Mizzou football team’s disappointing performance against Tennessee on Saturday. You can watch the entire report in the video player above. “There were times I think we were clicking pretty good,” Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said after the game. “I thought we were running the ball well.
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The Mizzou football team lost its road opener 35-12 to No. 21 Tennessee on Saturday. MU is 0-2 to start the season for the first time since 1996. You can watch our full interview with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz in the video player above. Shawn Robinson started at quarterback for MU, but he struggled
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) Eli Drinkwitz will be looking for different results in his second outing as Mizzou’s coach on Saturday. The Tigers flew to Knoxville on Friday ahead of their meeting with the No. 21 Tennessee Volunteers. The Vols come in with the SEC’s longest active win streak, after winning six-consecutive games at the end
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The American Midwest Conference (AMC) voted to move the men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball tournaments to the spring on Thursday. For now, the cross country championship will stay on the schedule for November 6. Columbia College and other member schools will continue to play in the all-conference season, but will only
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Rock Bridge alum, Martez Manuel, started his first game as a Mizzou Tiger on Saturday versus the second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. In that start, Manuel notched seven tackles, with 3.5 of those for a loss The sophomore said he studied up on Alabama before hitting Faurot Field. “Being in the film room,
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