COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson made an addition to her staff, on Friday afternoon. Molly Jacobsen will come to Columbia to assist with the pitching staff, as well as scouting. Jacobsen spent the last two seasons at Texas, where she was a graduate manager in 2022 and a volunteer assistant in 2023.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City renegades overcame a six-run deficit to down the U.S. Military War Dogs 14-7 on Thursday night at Ernie Vivion Field. The War Dogs put up six runs in the second inning to grab an early lead. JC started to chip away at the lead with three runs in
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Vince Tobin, who coached the Arizona Cardinals to their first playoff win in 51 years in 1998, has died. He was 79. The Cardinals said Tobin died at his Arizona home. Tobin was hired in 1996 to replace Buddy Ryan and took over a team that had future Hall of Fame
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Chanel Porter brought on Stephens College assistant athletic director and head basketball coach Andre Bell, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. Bell has spent two seasons as the basketball coach at Stephens leading the Stars to their most successful record in school history. Bell was also promoted in March
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Clarinda A’s took down the Jefferson City Renegades 9-5 on Monday night in the battle of the top seeds in the MINK league. Jefferson City claimed the first matchup between the two on Sunday 11-5. In Monday night’s game, the Renegades scored first with a solo home run from Chase
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou’s new baseball coach, Kerrick Jackson, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. Jackson comes on the show, just 22 days after he was hired to take the helm of the Tiger baseball team. He said he’s hit the ground running, so far, and
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou baseball coach Steve Bieser landed a new head coaching job about a month after being let go from the University of Missouri. Bieser is the new head coach at Jacksonville State University, the program announced on Saturday. Bieser spent the past seven years at the helm of Tiger baseball. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates only spent one season with Tiger hoops standout Kobe Brown, but he said he knew his potential after their first conversation. That’s why, on the night of the NBA Draft, he took a step back and watched everyone else’s reaction to Brown being a first round
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KMIZ) Mizzou hoops alum D’Moi Hodge signed a two-way contract with the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night, directly following the NBA Draft. The 24-year-old only spent one season in Columbia, as he followed head coach Dennis Gates to MU from Cleveland State. However, in that one year he made quite an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou hoops standout Kobe Brown is headed to Los Angeles. The Clippers selected Brown with the No. 30 overall pick in the first round of the 2023 NBA Draft. Brown spent draft night in his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama, with family and friends. He said that his agent called him first,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou pitcher Logan Lunceford announced that he will be returning to Mizzou for the 2024 season, despite entering his name into the transfer portal at the beginning of June. Lunceford was one of three key pitchers to enter the portal after MU fired former head coach Steve Bieser. Chandler Murphy and Austin
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou hoops standout Phil Pressey is the latest former Celtics player to join head coach Joe Mazzulla’s staff in Boston. The move up to an NBA coaching staff comes after Pressey spent the last year on MU head coach Dennis Gates’ staff. The news was first reported by the Boston Globe’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team added another new face on Monday afternoon, as former University of Houston guard De’Myla Brown committed to the Tigers. Columbia will be Brown’s fourth collegiate home. She also played for Western Kentucky and Illinois and, most recently, Houston. In her time with the Cougars in Houston, she
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on first-year Mizzou volleyball coach Dawn Sullivan in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair previewed Sullivan’s upcoming debut season in Columbia, as she was first hired in December of 2022. The former UNLV head coach said that working with her old boss, Athletics
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) AFC Columbia brought semipro soccer to Mid-Missouri for the first time last year with a mens team and now this year with the addition of a women’s team. The group is compiled with athletes who all have ties to the area, including players originally from Columbia who played at Rock Bridge, Hickman
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Renegades squeezed out a 4-3 home victory over the Nevada Griffons Thursday night. With a 9-8 record on the season, JC stays in first place of the MINK league. The Renegades got off to a hot start with two runs drove in during the first inning by Camdenton’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team now knows its home and away match ups for the 2024 season, as the Southeastern Conference announced the full conference slate on Wednesday evening. The 2024 season will be the first year that the SEC does away with divisions. There will no longer be an East and a
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DENVER, Colo. (KMIZ) Mizzou hoops alum Michael Porter Jr. and the Denver Nuggets secured the team’s first-ever NBA Finals win in a 94-89 win against the Miami Heat on Monday night. Denver took the championship series 4-1. Porter Jr. registered his second double-double of the series. He finished the game with 16 points and 13
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Chanel Porter brought on Missouri State Representative and former Mizzou offensive lineman, Kurtis Gregory in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two discussed the hot topic in college athletics right now, NIL (name, image and likeness) and how it is changing the world of college sports as we know
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s the first year for the AFC Columbia women’s soccer team in Columbia. The team is still in search of its first win of the season after a 4-0 loss Saturday against the Kansas City Courage. Three first-half goals provided the difference for KC to beat AFC for the second time this
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