COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that Marcy Girton, the senior associate athletic director for football administration, will serve as the school’s interim athletic director with the departure of former AD Desiree Reed-Francois. Girton will bring more than 30 years of experience into the position. She once served as the chief operating officer of athletics
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The search for a new Mizzou Athletic Director begins now. Former AD Desiree Reed-Francois will be leaving Columbia for the same job at the University of Arizona, the school announced on Monday. The move comes about two and a half years after she was first hired, in Aug. of 2021. In her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Andy Humphrey, co-host of KTGR’s ‘The Big Show,’ in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair touched on everything from Mizzou men’s and women’s basketball, as well as the start of the Tiger baseball season. The MU men’s basketball team has still yet
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KMIZ) Mizzou Women’s Basketball cut a 20-point deficit down to five points late in the fourth quarter but was unable to completely close the gap on Sunday evening at Bud Walton Arena. Arkansas held on to defeat Mizzou 75-68 to sweep its two regular season meetings with the Tigers. You can watch the
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BROOKINGS, S.D. (KMIZ) No. 7 Mizzou wrestling came away with two wins in the trip up to the Dakotas. The Tigers topped No. 11 South Dakota State 21-19 on Sunday, just a couple of days after dominating North Dakota State University 32-6, on Friday. Head coach Brian Smith and company handed South Dakota State just
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DENTON, Texas. (KMIZ) The No. 14 Mizzou softball team is still undefeated to start the 2024 season, following a 5-0 campaign at the Tracy Beard College Classic over the weekend. The Tigers rounded out the perfect weekend with a run-rule win over North Texas, on Sunday. Head coach Larissa Anderson and company are now 10-0,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL WILLIAM WOODS (67) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (74) FINAL COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WILLIAM WOODS (52) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (68) FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL VASHON (72) HICKMAN (45) FINAL TOLTON (61) MILLER CAREER
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OXFORD, Miss. (KMIZ) After building a 10-point advantage with 12:32 left in the second half, Mizzou Men’s Basketball fumbled its lead and left the Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss without the team’s first SEC victory. The Rebels protected their home court, narrowly escaping with a 79-76 win. The Tigers are now 0-12
Continue Reading DENTON, Texas. (KMIZ) The No. 14 Mizzou softball team is still undefeated to start the 2024 season. The Tigers won both games on opening day of the Tracy Beard College Classic in Texas, on Friday. With those wins, the team is now 7-0 to start the season. In game one, head coach Larissa Anderson and
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hallsville football team has its new leader. Former Boonville associate head coach Paul Stevens will take the helm of Indian football for the 2024 season, after former head coach Justin Conyers took the open coaching position at Hickman High School. Stevens will come to Hallsville with quite a bit of coaching
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is on the hunt for that elusive first conference win of the season. Head coach Dennis Gates and company are 8-16 overall through the 2023-24 season, but notably 0-11 in SEC action. The Tigers’ next opportunity will come against the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday, Feb. 17.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball’s opening weekend ended with the Tigers posting two wins over No. 5/7 Clemson and No. 13/16 Utah and winning the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic Championship. Larissa Anderson’s crew has a perfect 5-0 record heading into this weekend’s Tracy Beard College Classic where Mizzou will play Texas A&M-Commerce and two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Football League unveiled its list of draft prospects who were invited to participate in the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine. Of those 321 names, eight of them are Mizzou Tigers. Cody Schrader, Javon Foster, Darius Robinson, Ty’Ron Hopper, Kris Abrams-Draine, Jaylon Carlies, Ennis Rakestraw Jr. and Harrison Mevis all received invitations.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After posting its second-lowest team score of the season at No. 5 Kentucky last Friday, Mizzou Gymnastics now sits at No. 14 in the latest Road to Nationals Rankings. Shannon Welker’s crew posted a team score of 196.600 against the Wildcats, marking just the second time this season that Mizzou did not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite Mama Dembele’s historic performance at Mizzou Arena on Sunday afternoon, the Tigers fell short of snapping its losing skid. Dembele finished the game with the program’s first triple-double since 2011, but Mizzou Women’s Basketball lost 70-59 to Auburn. Mizzou’s senior guard posted a team-high 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball is leaving the Sunshine State as the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic champions. Larissa Anderson’s crew capped off a 5-0 start to its 2024 campaign with a 4-1 win over No. 5/7 Clemson. The Tigers scored three runs in the opening frame of the title game, courtesy of RBI singles
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite trailing by just four points at the break, a lackluster second half doomed Mizzou Men’s Basketball 75-51 against Mississippi State. The Bulldogs outscored the Tigers 45-25 in the second half, handing Dennis Gates’ crew its 11th straight loss. Mississippi State began the second half on a 25-6 scoring run, and during
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) After starting SEC play with a 2-3 record, Mizzou Women’s Basketball has now lost five conference games in a row, falling to top-ranked South Carolina 83-45 on the road. The Gamecocks are the only remaining women’s college basketball team that is still undefeated this season. With this loss, Mizzou’s record fell below
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mizzou legend is joining the College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Committee. The CFP Management Committee announced it has appointed former Tiger football coach Gary Pinkel and former Mizzou Athletics Director Mack Rhoades. They will both begin three-year terms starting in the Spring. Pinkel was inducted into the College Football Hall of
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou star Nick Bolton has always been a winner. Although his Tiger teams may not have reached the heights he hoped on the field, Bolton found his own success, finishing his time in Columbia as a Butkus Award finalist and a second-team All-American. However, his winning spirit has reached new
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