Former Mizzou baseball star Trey Harris spoke with ABC 17 about his minor league career and the social injustices surrounding the African American community. “Honestly as a black man in America, I just think that now it’s all hitting us in the face,” Harris said. “We have access to cameras and film and social media,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou baseball standout Peter Zimmermann is still weighing his options on whether or not to return to school for his extra year of eligibility. The St. Louis native had his senior season cut short due to concerns surrounding COVID-19. However, the NCAA recently granted spring sports student-athletes an extra year of eligibility.
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Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk as well as director of compliance Andy Humes answered questions from reporters about the changes to NCAA eligibility for spring athletes and other topics surrounding Mizzou athletics and the coronavirus.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball and baseball teams’ both earned sweeps on Sunday afternoon. You can watch the highlights and hear from both teams at 10:30 on ABC 17. The MU softball team beat Ole Miss 3-1. The MU baseball beat Western Illinois 7-4. UP NEXT MU baseball will host Northern Illinois on Tuesday
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The Mizzou softball and baseball teams’ both won their respective games on Saturday. The No. 23 Mizzou softball team beat Ole Miss 6-1. The Mizzou baseball team beat Western Illinois 6-5. MU softball will go for the sweep on Sunday at 4 p.m. MU baseball will also go for the sweep on Sunday at 1
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball and baseball teams both won on Friday night. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. The MU softball team run-ruled Ole Miss 9-1 in six innings. The Mizzou baseball team beat Western Illinois 7-3. Up next – MU softball will play Ole Miss on Saturday at
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KTGR’s Andy Humphrey joins ABC 17’s Tyler Murry at the desk for Sunday Sit-Down to discuss Mizzou basketball, softball and baseball.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team will open up its season on Friday against Jacksonville State. ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman caught up with the team on Tuesday to preview the season. You can watch our extended interviews in the video player above. The Tigers will not be able to play in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The NCAA announced Tuesday that it is upholding sanctions against the University of Missouri’s athletics program in connection with an athlete tutoring scandal. PowerMizzou.com was the first to report the news. The NCAA released its own statement at 1:00 p.m. stating that all sanctions will be upheld. Video of a press conference
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Former Mizzou baseball player Trey Harris joins ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman to talk about Harris’s professional baseball career.
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An academic fraud scandal and the ensuing NCAA appeal has cost the University of Missouri more than a half-million dollars. The university paid a total of $595,626.60 to outside counsel for their work on the investigation and appeal, according to records obtained by ABC 17 News. In January, the NCAA ruled to ban several of MU’s
Continue ReadingThe United States’ largest governing body for college athletics took the first step Tuesday toward allowing amateur athletes to cash in on their fame, voting unanimously to permit them to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness.” The NCAA and its member schools now must figure out how to allow athletes to
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Former Mizzou baseball coach Tim Jamieson joins ABC 17’s Tyler Murry for Sunday Sit-Down to talk about some of his former players who are making headway in the MLB.
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