COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics said it received a $5.2 million commitment to establish a men’s basketball endowment on Friday afternoon. MU Athletics Director Desiree Reed-Francois said the gift came from the Whitten family, who are longtime supporters of Tiger athletics. To honor the family’s donation, the Mizzou men’s basketball head coaching position will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo plans to enter the transfer portal. He confirmed his decision to ABC 17 News on Thursday. PowerMizzou was the first to report the news. The SEC All-Freshman Team member played in 12 games for the Tigers this past season. Wingo had 27 tackles, including two for a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Tiger quarterback Connor Bazelak announced his commitment to Indiana on Thursday afternoon, just two weeks after he entered the transfer portal. The quarterback will have three years of eligibility left with the Hoosiers. Bazelak appeared in 11 games and threw for 2,540 yards, 16 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions through the 2021
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced that safeties coach Charlie Harbison will be stepping away from his full-time role to deal with family matters in North Carolina. “Coach Cheese [Harbison] will remain a valued member of our program moving forward and we appreciate his commitment to Mizzou football,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou safety Shawn Robinson entered the transfer portal on Wednesday, after spending three season with the Tigers. The TCU-transfer originally came to Columbia as a quarterback, sitting out in 2019 due to NCAA transfer rules. He spent the beginning of the 2020 season in a competition for a starting position with former
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou safety Martez Manuel announced that he will be coming back for one more year in the black and gold, as he will finish out his senior year in 2022. The Columbia-native has put together quite a career with the Tigers. Through the 2021 season, Manuel recorded 4.5 sacks, 77 tackles, one
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman and ABC 17’s Nathalie Jones put together a list of the Top 10 Mid-Missouri sports stories of 2021. TOP 10 LIST Mizzou hires Desiree Reed-Francois as athletic directorMizzou fires athletic director Jim SterkNCAA allows student-athletes to profit off their name, image and likenessMizzou football signs record-breaking recruiting classMizzou softball
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou quarterback Connor Bazelak has entered the transfer portal after spending three seasons with the program. He announced his decision on social media on Thursday. Bazelak started 11 of MU’s 12 regular season games this season, but head coach Eli Drinkwitz elected to go with Brady Cook at quarterback for the Armed
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FORT WORTH, Tex. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team came up just short against Army in the Armed Forces Bowl on Wednesday night. The Black Knights kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired to beat the Tigers 24-22. The Tigers were short-handed on Wednesday as they played without All-American running back Tyler Badie. The SEC’s
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FORT WORTH, Texas. (KMIZ) MU running back Tyler Badie will not play in Mizzou’s Armed Forces Bowl matchup against Army, as the senior has declared for the 2022 NFL Draft. Instead, the Tigers will start graduate running back Dawson Downing. The team announced that Badie will still attend the game as a captain. Via Instagram,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman spoke with St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Benjamin Hochman in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player below.
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FORTH WORTH, Texas (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team touched down in Forth Worth, Texas on Saturday ahead of its matchup with Army in the Armed Forces bowl on Dec. 22. MU has an interesting connection to this game against the Black Knights. Running backs coach Curtis Luper is a U.S. Army Veteran and former coach
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Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz is on his way to signing the best recruiting class in program history. Rivals currently ranks MU’s 2022 class as No. 17 in the nation.
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Boonville standout DJ Wesolak will play for Mizzou. Wesolak made his college decision on Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus in Boonville — one of a string of recruits who committed to Mizzou on signing day. https://youtu.be/bOF8aazs1Lc The four-star prospect chose the Tigers over LSU, Georgia, Alabama and USC. According to 247Sports,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Mizzou football player earned Associated Press All-American honors on Monday. Running back Tyler Badie made it on the AP All-American Second Team, and center Michael Maietti earned a spot on the AP All-American Third Team. Here’s a link to see all of the AP All-Americans. Badie and Maietti will play in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is continuing its preparation for its Armed Forces Bowl matchup with Army on Dec. 22. Despite a rocky start to the year, MU did finish the season 6-5. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz said his team is excited to get one last chance to play together. “They still want
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the most iconic rivalries in the history of college sports will make its return on Saturday, as Mizzou and Kansas will do battle at Allen Fieldhouse. It has been nearly a decade since the two programs met in a regular season matchup, but the Tigers and the Jayhawks are far
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Mizzou football players earned All-SEC honors on Tuesday, as voted on by the league coaches. Running back Tyler Badie: First Team All-SECKicker Harrison Mevis: First Team All-SECCenter Michael Maietti: Second Team All-SEC Here’s a link to full list of All-SEC players. Badie rushed for a school record 1,604 yards during the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced changes to student and visiting team seating locations at Faurot Field on Tuesday. MU’s student section will now be four continuous sections (107-110) in the northeast corner of the stadium. Meanwhile, the visiting team section will move from the 50-yard-line to the southeast corner of Faurot Field. MU provided
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will play in the Armed Forces Bowl against Army on Wednesday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. in Fort Worth, Texas. The game will be played at TCU’s Amon G. Carter Stadium. https://youtu.be/ueIqsGE6BeQ Army is 8-3 on the season. The Black Knights still have to play Navy on Saturday,
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