Watch the introductory news conference live. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that former Memphis head coach Kerrick Jackson will be Tiger baseball’s next head coach. The St. Louis-native will be officially introduced on MU’s campus in a few days. The news comes less than a week after MU fired former head coach Steve Bieser.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the co-host of KTGR’s ‘The Big Show,’ Andy Humphrey 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 men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates secured a late Sunday night commitment from Oral Roberts transfer Conner Vanover. The 7-foot-5 forward started his career at Cal and then played two seasons at Arkansas. In his year his year with the Golden Eagles, he averaged about 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks
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DESTIN, Fla. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference announced that teams will play in an eight conference games in the 2024 season, as both Texas and Oklahoma join the ranks. The eight-game slate is a one-year solution, but the long-term model hasn’t been set yet. The SEC did announce one change on Thursday evening. The divisions that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou hoops standout Kobe Brown has officially played his final game in a Tiger uniform. The 23-year-old announced that he will stay in the NBA Draft in a social media post on Wednesday. In that social media post Brown said, “I couldn’t be happier to call Mizzou home, but with that being
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou infielder Trevor Austin is set to enter the transfer portal, a team spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday night. The news comes just three days after MU Athletics fired head coach Steve Bieser. The Helias alum led the Tiger attack at the plate in 2023. Through his junior season, he registered 36 RBI
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics and ESPN announced the official start times for two of MU’s home games in the 2023 season on Wednesday. Mizzou will kick off against Middle Tennessee State on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. The game will be simulcast on ESPN+ and SEC Network+. The next week,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on former Mizzou basketball standout Laurence Bowers, ahead of his annual Camp Bowers, 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) The national search for a new Mizzou baseball coach is on. MU Athletics fired head coach Steve Bieser, after seven seasons in Columbia, on Sunday afternoon. The department said that the terms of Bieser’s contract, which runs through July of 2024, will still be honored. Bieser just wrapped up his seventh and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There will be six new members of the Mizzou Athletics Hall of Fame, after the department announced the 2023 class on Friday. You can find the full list of former Tiger athletes joining the hall below. Justin Gage – Football Karissa Schweizer – Cross Country/Track and Field Nick Adcock – Track and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second season in a row, the Mizzou football team will host its season opener at Faurot Field in primetime, on Thursday, August 31. MU and South Dakota will kick off at 7 p.m. on SEC Network. The game was originally schedule for Saturday, Sept. 2, but the athletics department said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A team spokesperson confirmed that six members of the Mizzou softball team are entering the transfer portal. The news comes six days after the Tigers fell out of the Norman Regional in the NCAA Tournament with losses to both No. 1 Oklahoma and Cal. First baseman Riley Frizell, catchers Megan Moll and
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football standout Markus Golden signed a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday. The veteran edge rusher will work behind starters T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith. The 32-year-old has been in the NFL for nine years and has spent seven of those years with the Arizona Cardinals. He started
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HOOVER, Ala. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team could not find a way to hold off the Auburn bats in a 10-4 loss in the first round of the conference tournament on Tuesday night. It was MU’s first SEC Tournament appearance since 2019. The Columbia-based Tigers got off to a solid start in the loss, as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After 153 years, William Woods University is adding a football and women’s flag football team to its athletic programs. The Owls will have their first season of men’s intercollegiate football in the fall of 2024 followed by women’s flag football for the 2025 season. National searches for both head coaches are underway,
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NORMAN, Okla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is set for a meeting the No. 1 overall seed on Saturday, after taking down California, 5-1, in the Norman Regional’s Opening Round on Friday night. The Tigers put up a strong offensive and defensive performance in the win against the Bears. MU had eight hits in the
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AUBURN, Ala. (KMIZ) Mizzou baseball lost both games in Friday’s doubleheader against Auburn, dropping MU to 10-18 in conference play in 2023. With Auburn’s two wins, the Alabama-based Tigers have secured the series win. The day started with a 4-0 shutout victory at the hands of Auburn’s Chase Allsup and Tanner Bauman on the hill.
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OMAHA, Neb. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team lost a commitment in the class of 2024 on Friday afternoon. Three-star quarterback Daniel Kaelin announced that he will be de-commiting from MU. He first committed to head coach Eli Drinkwitz and the Tigers in March of 2023. The 6-foot-2, Nebraska-born QB is notably fielding an offer from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics Director Desiree Reed-Francois announced that MU has hired athletics administration veteran Marcy Girton as a senior association athletics director for football administration and special projects. Girton will provide administrative oversight to the Tiger football team, in addition to handling any special projects within the athletic department. “There’s palpable excitement and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A team spokesperson confirmed that Mizzou women’s basketball standout Sara-Rose Smith entered the transfer portal on Monday. The Australia-native appeared in 31 games for the Tigers through the 2022-23 season, leading the team in rebounding. She averaged 6.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. Smith also led MU in assists per game,
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