LEXINGTON, Ky. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team could not hang on for the win in the opening of conference play, as Kentucky took it 35-28 over the Tigers. You can watch the full interviews with Eli Drinkwitz, quarterback Connor Bazelak, and safety Martez Manuel in the video players below. https://youtu.be/sUr_yAef-ZQ https://youtu.be/MyTckBBd7FA https://youtu.be/_DLQiinDpVg The Wildcats came
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MAIMI, Fla. (KMIZ) The Miami Heat signed former Mizzou guard Dru Smith in an undisclosed deal on Friday afternoon. Smith joined the Heat this summer for NBA Summer League Action. He appeared in six games and averaged eight points, 2.5 assists, and 1.17 steals, shooting about 47 percent from the field. The guard had a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team will open up conference play in December with a tough road test at Rupp Arena, facing the Kentucky Wildcats. The Tigers will take on up to ten 2020 NCAA Tournament teams, including four who finished in the top-25. MU will be tested early, with games against Alabama and
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Here are the local scores from Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL Father Tolton (5) Hickman (6) FINAL Jefferson City (1) Helias (12) FINAL Wellsville-Middletown (0) North Callaway (17) FINAL Smith-Cotton (0) Boonville (10) FINAL Blair Oaks (9) Hallsville (0) FINAL South Shelby (11) Mark
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will open up the SEC slate with a matchup against the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday evening. You can watch full interviews with players ahead of the game in the video players below. https://youtu.be/XK692KJxYNk https://youtu.be/7QNwyvi_fUI UK is coming off of a commanding, 45-10, win over the University of Louisiana
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will open up SEC play on the road against Kentucky on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz held his weekly news conference on Monday. You can watch the full interview in the video player below. https://youtu.be/0TGir1UrRo4 The Tigers snapped a five-game losing streak to the Wildcats
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s own Rhyan Loos had some special visitors at Mizzou’s season-opener at Faurot Field on Saturday. One couple is making a cross-country trek to honor their son who died from a rare form of bone cancer. Alec and Cristy Fraser’s son Julian, an All-American swimmer and polo player, died of osteosarcoma five
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is 1-0 after beating Central Michigan, 34-24, in the home opener on Saturday. You can watch extended highlights of Saturday’s win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/t9UZB2nLh64 The Tigers started off strong on their opening drive. Connor Bazelak connected with D’ionte ‘Boo’ Smith for a 63-yard reception on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou plays Central Michigan Saturday, and Faurot Field will be at full capacity for the first time since 2019. The university moved to a new digital ticket service. All tickets are digital this year; no more paper tickets. Now the only way to get into Faurot Field is with a mobile ticket.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It is the first season that football teams around the country will have to deal with the affects of newly passed name, image, and likeness legislation. Ever since the policy passed in July of 2021, quite a few members of the MU football team have taken advantage of the opportunity. “I kind
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Southeastern Conference cross country coaches picked Mizzou to finish in the middle of the pack through conference competition in the annual SEC Cross Country Coaches’ Preseason Poll. The conference picked the women to finish in seventh place and the men’s to end up in sixth. Head coach Marc Burns said his team
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eli Drinkwitz opened up his press conference by wishing Central Michigan’s Jim McElwain a speedy recovery after the head coach was diagnosed with appendicitis on Wednesday. McElwain will not be making the trip to Columbia for the game, so assistant head coach Tim Skipper will oversee the team. Drinkwitz added that his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will host Central Michigan on Saturday at 3 p.m. It’s officially year two under head coach Eli Drinkwitz. Coach Drinkwitz held his first weekly news conference on Tuesday. You can watch the full video in the video player below. https://youtu.be/VwOhmY5OR3I You can hear from Mizzou defensive coordinator Steve
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on PowerMizzou’s Mizzou beat writer Mitchell Forde in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player below.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ever since Mizzou’s super regional run, softball has been coursing through the veins of the Columbia community and, on Sunday, three MU players took it a step further by passing it down to the next generation. Cayla Kessinger, Hatti Moore, and Kendyll Bailey hosted a skills camp which primarily focused on defense
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team is still on the hunt for its first win of the season after going 0-3 in the Mizzou Invitational on Saturday. The action started on Friday morning, when the St. Louis University Billikens swept MU, 3-0, to start the tournament and it all ended on Saturday with another
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eli Drinkwitz said he believes that the Mizzou football has hit the Southeastern Conference’s 85 percent vaccination threshold, as the team is ten days away from the start of the season. “We’ve got to be close to 85 if not over. I know the staff’s at 98%. Combine that with our players
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive coordinator Steve Wilks said he’s pleased with the progress of his defense as Fall Camp winds down. You can hear our full interview with Coach Wilks in the video player below. https://youtu.be/rNDMD4MuL9E Coach Wilks said the defensive line has set the tone during fall camp, and he expects them to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou soccer could not hold off Nebraska on Sunday afternoon, falling 5-0 in the end of first-year head coach Stefanie Golan’s debut weekend. MU actually led the Cornhuskers in time of possession, but could not capitalize. Nebraska led 13-8 in shots taken and 9-4 in shots on goal. The loss brings Mizzou
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou fans got their first look at the 2021 Mizzou volleyball team in the group’s annual Black and Gold scrimmage on Friday night. Following the 2020 season, the Tigers lost quite a bit of experience, including standout Kylie Deberg, Tyanna Omazic, and Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana. However, MU did return one key piece: junior
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