COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team announced its non-conference schedule on Wednesday. The Tigers will open up the season on Nov. 9 against Central Michigan. Coincidentally, the football and men’s basketball team will open up against the same opponent this season. MU will make its return to Kansas on Dec. 11. The Tigers
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Ufa, RUSSIA (KMIZ) Two Mizzou wrestlers advanced to their respective gold medal matches at the Junior World Championships on Tuesday. Keegan O’Toole (74kg) and Rocky Elam (97kg) will both represent Team USA in the finals on Wednesday. O’Toole needed some last second heroics to punch his ticket to the gold medal match. You can watch
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team already has the first six practice of fall camp in the books and head coach Eli Drinkwitz said that Connor Bazelak just continues to improve. You can watch extended highlights from Thursday’s practice in the video player below. https://youtu.be/1fgLlsSxAzw It will be Bazelak’s first year as the definite
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics welcomed athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois to the department on Wednesday morning. The former UNLV AD is the first woman to ever lead MU Athletics. You can watch the full conversation with Reed-Francois following her introductory press conference in the video player below. https://youtu.be/kZelr8_lWgA Her husband and son, Jackson, accompanied her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said he is excited to work with new athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois. MU hired the former UNLV athletic director on Sunday. “Very excited about what she’s going to bring to the table,” Drinkwitz said after practice on Monday. “I think any time you have a fresh perspective
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The high school football season is officially underway as teams across Mid-Missouri held their first official practices on Monday. We spent the morning at Rock Bridge High School. Van Vanatta is entering year five as the Bruins head coach. We have a full recap in the video player above. Meanwhile – Hickman
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The first day of fall camp is in the books for the Mizzou football team and head coach Eli Drinkwitz said he wants more energy from his team. “Glad ya’ll weren’t out there for the for the conversation afterwards, I think they are plenty aware,” Drinkwitz said after practice. You can watch
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has extended the contract of Commissioner Greg Sankey, whose league is set to grab even more prominence and wealth with the addition of Oklahoma and Texas. The league announced the extension through 2026 on Thursday, five days after the two traditional football powers accepted invitations to join the
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TOKYO (KMIZ) Former Mizzou star Karissa Schweizer finished in 11th place in the 5,000-meter final at the Olympics on Monday morning. The six-time national champion was the first American across the finish line. Schweizer finished with a time of 14:55.80. Here’s a link to the full results. The Iowa native will compete again on Saturday
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KMIZ) Mizzou alum Max Scherzer was a part of a blockbuster deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday afternoon. L.A. acquired both Scherzer and All-Star shortstop Trea Turner in the deal. In return, Los Angeles will send Washington right-handed pitcher Josiah Gray, catcher Keibert Ruiz, right-handed pitcher Gerrado Carrillo, and outfielder
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After the boards of regents for the universities of Texas and Oklahoma voted Friday to accept invitations to the Southeastern Conference, the league announced the Big 12 rivals would start competing in the SEC in the fall of 2025.
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The latest step in a move that has the potential to help reshape college sports came two days after Texas and Oklahoma requested to join the SEC in 2025. That’s when the schools’ media rights agreement with the Big 12 expires.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou offensive lineman Jonah Dubinski will take the helm of the Spartan program, just weeks after former head coach Atiyyah Ellison announced his departure. Dubinski is a Columbia-native who played at Mizzou for four years, before medically retiring from football. The former OL already has quite a bit of coaching expereince, including working
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Oklahoma Sooner and the Texas Longhorns have officially submitted a request to join to the Southeastern Conference. On Monday morning the schools both told the Big 12 that they would not be renewing their media contract, which run through 2025. The formal application to the SEC does ask if the schools
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Amid rumors of a possible departure from the Big 12, Texas and Oklahoma notified the conference that they will not be renewing their media contracts, which end in 2025. Essentially, the announcement makes the schools’ intent to leave official. However, the two are not fully guaranteed to still play in the conference
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Nathalie Jones brought on former KMIZ Sports Director and Tiger Radio Network commentator Chris Gervino in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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HOOVER, Ala. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team was picked to finish fourth in the SEC East, according to the preseason media poll released on Friday. Alabama was the consensus pick to win the SEC championship. Meanwhile, Georgia was selected to represent the East in Atlanta. EASTERN DIVISION GeorgiaFloridaKentuckyMizzouTennesseeSouth CarolinaVanderbilt WESTERN DIVISION AlabamaTexas A&MLSUOle MissAuburnArkansasMississippi State
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HOOVER, Ala. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team kept it real amid all the flash of SEC Media Days on Thursday morning. In short, Eli Drinkwitz showcased the team’s “blue blood mentality,” by bringing not one, but two linemen. “We’re a blue collar community, if you work hard you may not always be the flashiest, Mizzou’s
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HOOVER, Ala. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football contingent took its turn at SEC Media Days on Thursday. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz was joined by defensive lineman Akial Byers and offensive lineman Case Cook. It was a full circle moment for Coach Drinkwitz on Thursday. In 2006, he said he took his high school football team to
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HOOVER, Ala. (KMIZ) Texas and Oklahoma have inquired about potentially joining the Southeastern Conference, according to a report from the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday. The departure would leave the Big 12 with just eight teams, while the SEC would expand to 16. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey would not talk about the report when asked about
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