COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz will take the stage on Tuesday, July 16 at SEC Media Days in Dallas. The conference announced its appearance schedule for the annual event on Thursday morning, revealing that Drinkwitz will be in the spotlight on day two. Drinkwitz will be one of four coaches to speak
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The second day of spring football practice is now in the books. Mizzou held its practice inside the Stephens Indoor Facility on Wednesday afternoon, and afterwards, four Tigers answered questions from media members for the first time since spring camp kicked off. You can watch extended highlights of day two of Mizzou’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the Mizzou football team, spring camp is all about individual player development and finding the weaknesses before fall comes and it all started on Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers took Faurot Field for practice for the first time this spring. You can watch extended highlights of the first practice of the spring
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team put itself in the history books in 2023. The Tigers finished 11-2 with a win in the Cotton Bowl and also recorded some of the program’s highest College Football Playoff rankings to date, including a Top-10 finish to the year. However, with the start of spring camp, that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Eli Hoff in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two talked about the ongoing search for a new MU athletic director, after former AD Desiree Reed-Francois left for the same job at the University of Arizona, on Monday. “I
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football will welcome fans into Faurot Field for the annual Spring Game on Saturday, March 16 at 1 p.m., the team announced on Tuesday. It will be free admission. The scrimmage between the black and gold teams will put a bow on MU’s spring camp, which is the first week-long window
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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 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) 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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that it received the largest gift commitment in university history, on Monday morning. The department received a $62 million philanthropic commitment, which will support the renovations at Memorial Stadium and department’s the Tiger Fund program. MU said that the donor wished to remain anonymous, but designated $50 million of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football has filled another coaching vacancy, following the departure of Blake Baker and Kevin Peoples to LSU. The Tigers officially hired Houston’s Brian Early to serve as the team’s next defensive line and edge coach. “Brian is a coach that’s been on our radar for awhile now,” Mizzou football coach Eli
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just days after longtime college football assistant Corey Batoon got introduced as Mizzou’s new defensive coordinator, the details are out on the contract he signed with MU. He is set to earn $1 million per year over the course of three seasons in Columbia, according to details obtained through an open records
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on co-host of KTGR’s ‘The Big Show’ Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eli Drinkwitz has found Blake Baker’s replacement. Mizzou Football announced on Saturday evening that Corey Batoon has officially been hired as the team’s next defensive coordinator. Saturday’s announcement confirms Friday’s report from ESPN that said the Tigers were set to give the defensive coordinator job to Batoon. “Our intent from the start
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Eli Hoff in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team has not produced the results that any of them would have liked through the first part of SEC action. The Tigers are on a four-game losing streak, still winless in conference action, however, the team emphasized that there is no finger-pointing in the locker room. Head coach
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on PowerMizzou’s Drew King in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair talked about the Tiger men’s basketball team’s rough start to SEC action, including the group’s overtime loss to South Carolina, on Saturday. “So far it kind of feels like Mizzou can either
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou tight end Tyler Stephens is returning to the Tigers for another season. Stephens announced on social media on Thursday night that he will be using another year of eligibility to play football for the Tigers in 2024. Stephens has played the past two seasons with the Tigers, appearing in 25 games.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou offensive coordinator Kirby Moore couldn’t have written a better script for his first season in Columbia. In 2023, the Tigers not only scored eight more points per game than the season before, but went on to win a New Year’s Six bowl game. As a result, Moore received a contract extension
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