COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Mizzou defensive end has found his new home. According to a report from On3, Williams Nwaneri has committed to Nebraska, following his entrance into the transfer portal. Nwaneri’s commitment comes just two days after multiple reports surfaced saying the former highly-touted prospect planned to put his name into the transfer
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KMIZ) Mizzou Volleyball’s deepest NCAA Tournament run since the 2017 season ended in the Sweet 16. The No. 7-seeded Tigers dropped a four-set battle with the No. 3-seeded Kentucky Wildcats in the NCAA Regional Semifinal round at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, capping off a stellar second season under head coach Dawn
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It might be bowl season, but it’s never too early to start looking ahead to 2025. The Southeastern Conference (SEC) announced the full 2025 schedules for each of the league’s 16 teams on Wednesday night, including Mizzou. Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz will kick off his sixth season at the helm of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of Mizzou offensive lineman have received some recognition as two of the best players at their position in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Associated Press (AP) announced Armand Membou and Cam’Ron Johnson as second-team All-SEC honorees on Thursday afternoon. Membou, who was named second-team All-SEC by the conference’s head coaches
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team left for the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance since 2017 in style on Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers were sent off with cheers and high fives from members of MU Athletics, including men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates and Athletic Director Laird Veatch. Head coach Dawn Sullivan and company will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Mizzou football standouts made the Southeastern Conference’s all-conference lists, which is selected by the league’s 16 coaches, on Tuesday afternoon. Wide receiver Luther Burden was picked for first-team honors for the second-straight season, while offensive lineman Armand Membou and defensive end Johnny Walker Jr. were both tapped for second-team honors. Burden
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ahead of the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance since 2017, five members of the Mizzou volleyball team were received 2024 AVCA All-Region honors, on Tuesday. Graduate outside hitter Mychael Vernon was tabbed as the AVCA Central Region Player of the Year, while head coach Dawn Sullivan was named the AVCA Central Region
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics is making changes to align with the new era of college athletics. On Monday, MU announced that it is adopting a new fundraising structure, which will focus on elevating competitive success in the ever-evolving world of college sports. The biggest change will be coming to the ‘Tiger Scholarship Fund.’ The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On the first day the NCAA transfer portal opened, Mizzou wide receiver Mekhi Miller announced that he is throwing his name in, after three seasons in Columbia. The Overland Park, Kansas native appeared in 12 games in 2024, grabbing three receptions for 35 yards. In his junior season, he did see less
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, the Southeastern Conference announced that Mizzou standout Tamar Bates is the SEC Player of the Week, after the Tigers a 2-0 week where MU captured the program’s fifth-ever win over the nation’s No. 1 team. In victories over Cal in the ACC/SEC Challenge and Kansas in the Border War, Bates
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Men’s Basketball has toppled the top-ranked team in college basketball. MU defeated Kansas in the latest installment of the Border Showdown 76-67 in court-storming fashion, securing the program’s first victory over the No. 1 team in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 rankings since the 1997 season. You can watch the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football is Music City Bowl bound. Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz’s group has punched a ticket to face Iowa in the Music City Bowl on Monday, Dec. 30 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, per an official announcement from the team. Kickoff time for this postseason matchup is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An energetic defensive performance and a good shooting night lifted Mizzou women’s basketball to its ninth win of the season, on Sunday, as the Tigers thoroughly dominated Northern Illinois 94-55. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Robin Pingeton, as well as junior guard Ashton Judd and senior
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) When the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks roll into Columbia on Sunday afternoon, Mizzou hoops will not be playing in a normal basketball game. They’ll be playing for bragging rights, for the hatred of two fan bases and to honor a whole lot of history. To put it simply: the Border Showdown just
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DALLAS, Texas (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team has survived and advanced in the NCAA Tournament, once again. On Friday, head coach Dawn Sullivan and company beat No. 2-seeded SMU in four sets in the Second Round of the big dance. It was the eighth-straight time that Mizzou had advanced to the Second Round and the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou offensive lineman Armand Membou, a key piece in the trenches for head coach Eli Drinkwitz, announced that he will be declaring for the 2025 NFL Draft, on Friday. Membou made the announcement on social media. He said, “we’ve had some good times, haven’t we? As I look back, I am filled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Women’s Basketball clinches an SEC/ACC Challenge win for the Southeastern Conference MU (8-3) overcame a late comeback bid from SMU (5-4), beating the Mustangs 68-61 at Mizzou Arena. Thursday’s win marks the team’s third straight win and first-ever victory in the second-annual SEC/ACC Challenge. You can watch the full postgame press
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. NAIA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CROWLEY’S RIDGE (50) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (89) FINAL NAIA MEN’S BASKETBALL CROWLEY’S RIDGE (64) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (83) FINAL NAIA WOMEN’S SOCCER COLUMBIA COLLEGE (2) WILLIAM CAREY (1) FINAL HS BOYS
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s starting quarterback is repeating as the SEC’s top scholar-athlete. The Southeastern Conference (SEC) crowned Brady Cook as the league’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the 2024-25 football season, joining Tim Tebow and Barrett Jones as the only three football players in conference history to win the award in back-to-back years. Cook
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DALLAS, Texas (KMIZ) No. 25 Mizzou Volleyball is bound for the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers swept Texas State in the opening match of the NCAA Dallas Regional. With Thursday’s win, the program has now reached round two of the Big Dance in nine straight tournament appearances. MU sparked a pair of
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