COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 14 Mizzou Softball has officially earned a series win against every SEC opponent it has faced at home this season. The Tigers took down No. 18 Mississippi State 4-1 on Sunday afternoon, returning their record to the .500-mark in conference action. Larissa Anderson and company honored five seniors following Sunday’s win,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Eli Hoff, the Mizzou Athletic beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) Mizzou Baseball could not overcome No. 3 Tennessee’s three-run first inning on Saturday, falling to the Volunteers 3-2 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Kerrick Jackson’s crew lost all three games of the weekend series and are now 6-15 in SEC play. After Helias alum Trevor Austin gave the Tigers their first lead of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Senior Laurin Krings’ second complete-game shutout of the season secured a 4-0, series-opening win over No. 18 Mississippi State for the No. 14 Mizzou softball team, on Saturday night. You can watch extended highlights of head coach Larissa Anderson and company’s win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/XfLhfsIV6WY Krings moved with precision
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While several Mizzou Football alums did not hear their names called at the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit, some former Tigers are now set to sign undrafted free agent deals with NFL teams. Reports say Cody Schrader, Harrison Mevis, Marcellus Johnson, Xavier Delgado and Nathaniel Peat are expected to take their talents
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DETROIT, Mich. (KMIZ) Mizzou football finished with six draft selections in the 2024 NFL Draft, on Saturday, after three more Tigers were taken on the third and final day of action. First, offensive lineman Javon Foster became the fourth Mizzou alum taken off the board. The Jacksonville Jaguars picked the Michigan-native with the 114th overall
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football has added another defensive player to its 2025 recruiting class. Jason King, a three-star linebacker from St. Louis, is keeping his talents in the Show Me State after committing to the Tigers on Saturday afternoon. King had offers from Arkansas, Tennessee, Kansas State, Baylor, Kansas and others. According to 247
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DETROIT, Mich. (KMIZ) Mizzou linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper became the third Tiger alum to be taken in the 2024 NFL Draft, on Friday night. The Green Bay Packers picked up Hopper with the No. 91 overall pick in the third round. Hopper transferred to MU from Florida ahead of his junior season. He spent three years
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DETROIT, Mich. (KMIZ) Mizzou cornerback Ennis Rakestraw became the second Tiger taken in the 2024 NFL Draft, after the Detroit Lions took him off the board with the No. 61 overall pick in the second round on Friday night. Rakestraw is the first MU player taken by the Lions since Demetrious Johnson went to the
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DETROIT, Mich. (KMIZ) For the first time since 2017, a former Mizzou Tiger has been selected in the opening round of the NFL Draft. Darius Robinson was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals with the 27th overall pick on Thursday night in his home state of Michigan. The defensive lineman became the first Mizzou Football alum
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced that new MU Athletics Director Laird Veatch will be formally introduced on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. at the Stephens Indoor Facility. The event will be open to the public and will be carried live on ABC 17, KMIZ and abc17news.com The former Memphis AD is preparing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eli Drinkwitz and his coaching staff have made another splash in the transfer portal, adding an offensive tackle with four years of college experience to the offensive line room. Marcus Bryant, who was considered the best remaining offensive tackle in the transfer portal by On3, is transferring from SMU to Mizzou. Bryant
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EUREKA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 1 ranked prospect in the state of Missouri is taking his talents to the Mizzou Football program. Consensus four-star offensive tackle Jack Lange committed to the Tigers on Wednesday night over Michigan, Nebraska and Wisconsin. The Eureka native is not only listed as the top-ranked recruit in the state of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators on Wednesday approved the contract of new athletic director Laird Veatch. Veatch was announced as the new athletic director on Tuesday. Veatch signed the contract on Monday. UM System President Mun Choi signed the curators’ side of the contract on Tuesday. According to the contract,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The nation’s top scorer at the NCAA Division I level is officially joining the Mizzou men’s basketball roster. Northern Kentucky transfer Marques Warrick put pen to paper on Wednesday, signing with Dennis Gates and the Tigers. “Marques is a high-scoring combo guard who has produced every year of his college career,” Dennis
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics confirmed the news that began to make its rounds on Monday afternoon. Former Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch will take the reigns at MU. The UM Board of Curators is planning to meet on Wednesday to approve his contract, before an introductory press conference is held later in the week.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team’s 10-6 win over Missouri State at Taylor Stadium, on Tuesday night, completed a season sweep over the Bears. First-year skipper Kerrick Jackson and company took two-straight against MO State over the past two weeks to go 2-0 against the in-state foe. The bats were live for MU in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday, a team spokesperson confirmed that Mizzou men’s basketball guard Kaleb Brown entered his name into the transfer portal. Brown is now the sixth player from the 2023-24 campaign to come to that decision. Brown, the brother of former Tiger star and current NBA player Kobe Brown, spent three seasons in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: The name of the school Desireé Reed-Francois now is at has been corrected. The University of Missouri may have found its next athletic director. On Monday, college athletics insider Pete Thamel reported that MU Athletics could be hiring University of Memphis Athletic Director Laird Veatch. Veatch was at the forefront
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eli Drinkwitz and his coaching staff have landed two more commits to its 2025 recruiting class. Dante McClellan and Joshua Lewis are now the third and fourth high school prospects respectively to commit to Mizzou’s next class. McClellan was the first prospect to commit to the Mizzou Football program on Monday, choosing
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