COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team grabbed the No. 8 spot in the final AP Poll of the 2023 college football season, on Tuesday. It marks the program’s best finish in the poll since 2013. The Tigers jumped up one spot, from No. 9, after beating then-No. 7 Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team is now the highest ranked SEC team in the land, coming in a No. 3 in the Road To Nationals rankings, on Monday. The Top-3 ranking is the highest in program history. The high placement comes just days after the Tigers recorded the best season opening score in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After six years in the black and gold, Mizzou linebacker Chad Bailey declared for the 2024 NFL Draft, on Monday. With that announcement, he became the 12th Tiger player to take the next step since the season wrapped up. Bailey saw an unfortunate end to his final season in Columbia, appearing in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football’s historic, 11-win 2023 season paid off for head coach Eli Drinkwitz. On Dec. 31, just days after No. 9 MU’s Cotton Bowl win over No. 7 Ohio State, the Mizzou Athletic Department extended Coach Eli’s contract through 2028. Through details obtained by ABC 17 in an open records request, Drinkwitz
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive lineman Josh Landry became the 11th Tiger football player to declare for the 2024 NFL Draft, on Monday. Landry spent two seasons in Columbia, after transferring from Baylor ahead of the 2022 season. He saw action in every game of his MU career, including four starts in 2023. In his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Tribune’s sports editor Chris Kwiecinski in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team remained winless in conference play, on Sunday, with a 79-64 loss to Alabama at home. With that loss, the Tigers dropped to 9-6 on the season. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Robin Pingeton and players in the video player below. https://youtu.be/FdYhmz6JVUM
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is looking for a new defensive coordinator, after former DC Blake Baker left his post for the same job at LSU, on Friday. That news came just 15 days after he had signed a contract extension with MU. On social media, head coach Eli Drinkwitz said to Baker,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 12 Mizzou gymnastics team posted a program-best season opening score to win the Mizzou Invitational, on Saturday, with a 197.150. Lindenwood came in second place in the annual invite, followed by Northern Illinois and SEMO. The Tigers dominated from start to finish at the Hearnes Center, as head coach Shannon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite overcoming a 17-point deficit in the first half, the Mizzou men’s basketball team could not complete the comeback win against Georgia, on Saturday. With the 75-68 loss, the Tigers opened SEC action with a loss to fall to 8-6 on the season. You can watch the full postgame press conference with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou linebacker Ty’ron Hopper will look to bring his talents to the next level. The former Florida transfer declared for the 2024 NFL Draft, on Saturday. With that, the tally of MU players headed to the Draft is up to 10. Hopper, a Butkus Award finalist, had one year of eligibility remaining,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou kicker Harrison Mevis, fondly known as the ‘Thicker Kicker,’ made it official and declared for the NFL Draft, on Saturday. He is the ninth Tiger to declare for the draft, so far. The man who’s provided quite a few memorable moments to Tiger football fans will look to take his leg
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just weeks after signing a contract extension with Mizzou, defensive coordinator Blake Baker is headed to LSU. He will serve, once again, as a defensive coordinator for a Tiger team, after two years in Columbia. It is LSU head coach Brian Kelly’s first move since firing his entire defensive staff at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Defensive lineman Jayden Jernigan is taking his first steps toward starting an NFL career. Jernigan announced on social media on Friday evening that he will declare for the upcoming NFL Draft. The Texas native played two seasons with Mizzou after transferring from Oklahoma State after the 2021 season. In his two seasons
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The Mizzou men’s basketball team isn’t throwing out the record books, by any means. The Tigers are 8-5 headed into the start of conference play, however, the team does recognize an opportunity with that new start.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL OZARK CHRISTIAN (65) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (93) FINAL COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OZARK CHRISTIAN (31) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (83) FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL BOWLING GREEN (51) MEXICO (70) FINAL SOUTH SHELBY (29)
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BATON ROUGE, La. (KMIZ) Mizzou Women’s Basketball committed 18 turnovers on Thursday night, propelling LSU to a 92-72 win on its home floor. The Baton Rouge Tigers turned Mizzou’s giveaways into 29 points in this contest. You can watch the full postgame press conference with Mizzou basketball coach Robin Pingeton in the video player below.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou wide receiver Theo Wease Jr. will run it back with the Tigers in 2024. Wease Jr. announced on social media on Thursday that he will be coming back to play another season with Mizzou. Wease Jr. emerged as one of Brady Cook’s top two targets after transferring from Oklahoma to Mizzou
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive lineman Realus George Jr. became the fourth Tiger on Thursday to announce that they are declaring for the 2024 NFL Draft. The graduate student is now the sixth Mizzou defensive player to reveal their plans to take their football talents to the professional level. George Jr. spent three seasons with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s new single-season rushing record holder is taking his football talents to the next level. Running back Cody Schrader announced on social media that he is declaring for the 2024 NFL Draft. Schrader’s story took the college football world by storm this season. He started his collegiate career at the NCAA Division
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