COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz has retained Ryan Walters as the Tigers defensive coordinator. “Since connecting with Ryan I’ve been very impressed with his ability to lead people and connect with the players,” Drinkwitz said in a release. “I’m impressed with his work on the defensive side of the ball, I look
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will host Princeton on Wednesday at 7 p.m. We spoke with head coach Robin Pingeton and the Tigers on Tuesday to preview the matchup. Coach Pingeton said the team has really struggled with turnovers, transition defense and rebounding this season. “Those are effort based things. We’ve got
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Mark Smith scored a season-high 23 points to lead Missouri to a 64-48 victory over Southern Illinois on Sunday. Smith led the Southeastern Conference in 3-point accuracy last year, shooting 45%. He had been hit-or-miss this season, entering Sunday’s game making 35.1% of his 3s, but he made 7 of 9
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Despite a strong performance against a top-25 team on the road, the Mizzou women’s basketball team lost to (20) Missouri State, 79-72. With the loss, the Tigers fall to 3-8 on the season and have lost two straight games. Amber Smith led the Tigers with 22 points on the night and added seven rebounds. The
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The University of Missouri sold alcohol at football games for the first time in 2019.
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Former Mizzou football coach Barry Odom will be the next defensive coordinator for the Arkansas Razorbacks. New Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman spoke on the Paul Finebaum Show on SEC Network and said he hired Odom to be his defensive coordinator. Mizzou fired Odom following his last win over Mizzou, which was against Arkansas. Odom
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin took questions from reporters Friday ahead of a home weekend matchup with Southern Illinois.
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Hear from Alex Nichols, Jayton Johnson and Marcos German as they talk about Central Methodist men’s soccer going to back-to-back.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football star Drew Lock will return home to Kansas City this weekend. The Broncos will play the Chiefs at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Lock is 2-0 so far as a starter in the NFL. He helped lead the Broncos to wins over the Chargers and Texans the last two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball player Aijha Blackwell is the SEC freshman of the week. This is Blackwell’s first SEC weekly honor. The St. Louis native averaged 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the Tigers’ two games. Mizzou, 3-7, will be back in action on Sunday on the road against Missouri State
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The UM Board of Curators voted unanimously Tuesday to hire Eli Drinkwitz as the University of Missouri’s new football coach.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri will introduce its new football coach on Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m., and the event is open to the public. You can watch the entire news conference live on ABC 17 and online. On Sunday, we reported MU has reached an agreement with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has reached an agreement with a new football coach, according to a source. Eliah Drinkwitz is expected to be the 33rd head coach of the Mizzou football team. An MU spokesman said an official announcement is close, but nothing will happen Sunday night. The UM Board of Curators
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Mizzou linebacker Cale Garrett in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2019 Norm Stewart Classic has come to a close after 48 straight hours of high school hoops. Check out the highlights and scores from our local schools on Day 3 at Mizzou Arena. GIRLS Battle (25) Vashon (59) FINAL Hickman (54) Osage (56) FINAL/OT BOYS Rock Bridge (52) Webster Groves (70)
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KANSAS CITY (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost to UMKC, 59-56, on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers are now 3-7 on the season. Amber Smith led the Tigers with 12 points and four rebounds. Freshman Hayley Frank also had 12 points on 5-16 shooting. Fellow freshman Aijha Blackwell finished with 11 points, six assists and
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IRVINE, Calif. – For the second straight season, the Central Methodist men’s soccer team is the last team standing. The first ranked Eagles defeated Hastings, 3-1, to capture the 2019 NAIA National Championship. Three first-half goals powered the win for the Eagles. Jayton Johnson, Rodrigo Peredes and Junior Kazeem each scored for CMU. The Eagles
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA – The Mizzou basketball team got a win it had to have after a disappointing loss to Charleston Southern. The Tigers earned their best win of the season with a, 64-54, victory over Temple on the road. The win snaps a three-game losing streak and improves Mizzou’s record to 5-4 overall. Javon Pickett led
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The (1) Central Methodist soccer team will play for its second straight national title. The Eagles defeated (6) Lindsey Wilson College, 2-0. The defending champions will play (15) Hastings for the title after the Broncos upset (2) Columbia College, 2-1. The Norm Stewart Classic began tonight as well. Jefferson City girls basketball beat Hazelwood Central,
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The Mizzou volleyball team cruised past Northern Iowa in three sets (25-11, 25-13, 25-14) to keep its season alive. Tyanna Omazic led the way with 10 kills for the Tigers. Mizzou’s hitting percentage was .363 to Northern Iowa’s just .030. Next up, Mizzou will face the winner of Nebraska and Ball State on Saturday in
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