COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football found out Tuesday afternoon that another key piece of the defense will be returning for the 2023, with linebacker Ty’ron Hopper announcing that he’s staying with the Tigers. The Mizzou football twitter page made the official return video. Hopper finished his first year in Columbia second on the team to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday, Mizzou shortstop Jenna Laird was named to the D1Softball Preseason D100 as one of the top 100 players entering the 2023 season. Laird is ranked No. 64 on the preseason list. The junior led the Tigers in 2022 for batting average (.338), doubles (11), triples (3), runs scored (44) and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 20 ranked Mizzou men’s basketball team announced the fifth home sell out Tuesday including upcoming games against Alabama and Iowa State. The Tigers have previously sold out home games against Kansas, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Mizzou stands at 13-2 on the season ranked #20 in the most recent AP Poll. Up
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just six days after he announced that he would be returning to Mizzou for one more season, defensive lineman Trajan Jeffcoat announced he will be entering the transfer portal on Monday. On Tuesday, Jeffcoat said that he would be returning for his fifth season in 2023. However, he has since deleted the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Football Foundation announced that former Mizzou wide receiver Jeremy Maclin will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2023. He is the eighth Tiger football alum to enter the Hall. Maclin will be joining the Hall of Fame just one year after his former coach, Gary Pinkel,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After splitting the week with Arkansas and Vanderbilt, the Mizzou men’s basketball team held strong at No. 20 in this week’s AP Top-25 Poll. The Tigers’ loss to the then-No. 13 Razorbacks marked their first defeat in SEC play. Head coach Dennis Gates and company lost 74-68 in front of a sellout
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on SEC Network play-by-play announcer Tom Hart in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down to talk all things Mizzou men’s basketball. The Tigers improved to 13-2 on the season and 2-1 in the SEC with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday morning. Hart said senior
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 9 Mizzou gymnastics kicked off the 2023 season with a win over No. 23 Illinois 196.425-196.275. The Tigers were led by a big day from senior Helen Hu with a team-high on both the beam and bar. Hu finished with a 9.950 on the beam and a 9.925 on the bar.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team took its first SEC loss of the season Sunday afternoon at Mizzou Arena against Arkansas 77-55. You can watch extended highlights from the game below. https://youtu.be/D-UFza4q6bs The Tigers got off to a rough start down 19-9 after a 15-0 Razorbacks run. In the first half, MU shot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball won a tight game against Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon 85-82 at Mizzou Arena in front of a sold out crowd. Watch the full post-game press conference with head coach Dennis Gates and players below. https://youtu.be/chqJXMMmQF4 The Tigers were down early, but D’Moi Hodge had 14 first-half points to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz introduced the Tigers’ new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Kirby Moore, before the start of the MU men’s basketball game on Saturday morning. Moore is joining Drinkwitz’s staff after six years at Fresno State, where he most recently served as the offensive coordinator in 2022. Drinkwitz said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball team is in the midst of preparation for Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt. The Tigers will return home after a close loss to No. 13 Arkansas on Wednesday night. Head coach Dennis Gates said there is a balancing act between learning from Wednesday night’s loss and moving
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TUSCALOOSA, Al. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team remains unbeaten in the SEC after winning a back-and-forth battle against Alabama 66-65. The Tigers went into the half trailing by two, but after that the shots from beyond the arch started to fall. MU was led by big performances off the bench from Kaitlyn Gilbert and
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Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz named Kirby Moore as the Tigers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Thursday.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou linebacker Michael Scherer landed his first defensive coordinator job on Thursday. The 29-year-old will take over at UNLV on his former head coach Barry Odom’s staff. Scherer worked with Odom at Arkansas, before the head coach took the job at UNLV in December. He spent two seasons coaching the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball couldn’t keep the first-half momentum rolling as they fell to No. 13 Arkansas 74-68 Wednesday night. At one point, the Tigers led by 17 points in the first half, but the Razorbacks took over the second half outscoring MU 47-34. Mizzou was led by Sean East with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball team announced that Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt is sold out, making the third-straight sellout at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers are coming off of dominating victories against No. 16 Illinois, 93-71, and No. 19 Kentucky, 89-75, to improve to 12-1 on the season. This marks just the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou running back Elijah Young announced that he will be entering the transfer portal on Tuesday afternoon after three seasons in Columbia. The junior saw more game action earlier in the 2022 season, but Young faded more to the background as the season went on and Truman State transfer Cody Schrader became
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will make the trip back down to Alabama to meet the Crimson Tide, just days after recording a gritty win against Auburn. With MU’s win over the other SEC Tigers, head coach Robin Pingeton and company improved to 13-2 on the season and 2-0 in conference play.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive coordinator Blake Baker received some good news on Tuesday morning. Standout defensive end Trajan Jeffcoat said he will be staying in Columbia for one more season. 2023 will be Jeffcoat’s sixth season with Mizzou. He saw action in every single one of his seasons, except for his redshirt year in
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