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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference pegged Mizzou outfielder Ross Lovich as the Co-Conference Player of the Week, after a big offensive performance in the sweep against Georgia. Lovich started the series against the Bulldogs off by hitting for the cycle in the Friday night opener at Taylor Stadium. On that night, he went 4-for-5
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team completed the team’s second SEC series sweep of the season in a 5-4 walk-off win against the Georgia Bulldogs on Sunday night. It’s the second-straight game that MU has won in walk-off fashion. Hickman alum Cam Chick played the hero at Taylor Stadium. With the Tigers down 4-3,
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team will head to the NCAA Tournament, once again. MU is No. 3 seed in the Norman Regional and will face the Cal Bears in game one. The Tigers still have not missed an NCAA Tournament, every year it’s been held, since 2006. You can watch the full press
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team beat Georgia in walk-off fashion in Saturday’s offensive shootout, 14-12. With the win, the Tigers have officially secured the series win against the Bulldogs. The designated hitter, Dylan Leach, played hero at Taylor Stadium. With a tie game and one runner on board in the bottom of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The bats of Luke Mann and Ross Lovich lifted Mizzou to a series-opening win against Georgia at Taylor Stadium on Friday night. The Tigers downed the Bulldogs in run rule fashion, 13-3. Mann came into Friday’s game just four home runs away from tying MU’s all-time home run record. After a two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conferenced named both Mizzou shortstop Jenna Laird and outfielder Alex Honnold to the All-SEC Second Team on Friday. The Tigers claimed two of the 21 total spots given on the All-SEC Second Team. It is the first time that Honnold has earned an SEC postseason honor. However, for Laird, it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) D1Softball pegged Mizzou third baseman Kara Daly its its Player of the Week, on Tuesday, following her back-to-back walk off home runs against then-No. 12 Arkansas over the weekend. The Jefferson City native cranked home runs in the final frame of each of MU’s wins against the rival Razorbacks. Over those two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 13-seeded Mizzou topped the No. 12 seed, Mississippi State, in the first round of the 2023 SEC Tournament on Tuesday evening, 3-1. The win will move the Tigers further into the first round of action. MU will meet No. 5-seeded Alabama on Wednesday evening. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou baseball standout Luke Mann hauled in the weekly awards after his offensive explosion in the first week of May. The Southeastern Conference pegged Mann as Co-Conference Player of the Week and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper named the third baseman as one its national players of the week. Mann recorded a conference-best nine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Matt Michaels, the color commentator for Mizzou baseball, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two discussed the SEC Tournament picture for the Tigers, as the regular season continues to wind down. MU has two more conference series remaining in 2023, along with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton made another addition from the transfer portal, on Sunday evening. Former Evansville forward Abby Feit announced her commitment to the Tigers on social media. The 6-foot-1 grad transfer spent the last four seasons with the Aces. She averaged about 15 points, which ranked seventh in the
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