COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) A win on Saturday would not be Eli Drinkwitz’s first time defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks, in fact, it would be the second-straight year. Just one year ago, Drinkwitz and Appalachian State took down South Carolina in a 20-15 victory. However, Drinkwitz was not alone. Mizzou special teams coordinator Erik Link was
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou football is down one more scholarship player, after slot receiver Dominic Gicinto announced his entry into the transfer portal on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Eli Drinkwitz said the team had 56 players available, including Gicinto. The SEC requires 53 scholarship players to be available in order to play a game and Mizzou
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will return to action Saturday on the road against South Carolina. Kickoff from Williams-Brice Stadium is at 6:30 p.m. You can hear head coach Eli Drinkwitz’s full news conference previewing the game in the video player below. Drinkwitz said MU has 56 scholarship player available to play on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball standout Aijha Blackwell was named to the preseason All-SEC second team on Tuesday. Blackwell is entering her second season with the Tigers. She averaged 15 points and seven rebounds a game as a freshman. As a team, MU was selected to finish 10th in the SEC in the preseason
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 sports director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above. Sterk said he’s confident Mizzou will play at South Carolina on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. MU has not played a game
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou will play in eight games non-conference games before heading into a 16-game SEC slate, beginning on November 27. It will be a tough schedule for Robin Pingeton’s squad, as six of the non-conference teams captured 17 wins or more in the past season, including one with a conference championship. MU will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team will host Illinois on Saturday, Dec. 12 thanks to a favorable coin flip on Thursday night. Watch: #Mizzou wins the coin flip over Illinois and the Tigers will host the #BragginRights game on Saturday, Dec. 12. pic.twitter.com/O06upmc6gd— Andrew Kauffman (@A_Kauff) November 13, 2020 Due to COVID-19 concerns –
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Robin Pingeton and the Mizzou basketball will make room for four new players on their roster, after National Signing Day. The Tigers made it official with Sarah Linthacum, Izzy Higginbottom, Kiya Dorroh, and Da’Necia Trusty. Linthacum follows her sister Micah to Mizzou, from Jefferson City High School. However, the MU legacy does
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Five players signed their national letters of intent to join Cuonzo Martin and the Mizzou basketball team on Wednesday. “Quality young guys and, like I said, I think they all have a passion and want to be here,” Martin said. “They have the wanting to and willingness to be a good basketball
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Many Mid-Missouri athletes signed their letters on intent on Wednesday afternoon. Tolton pitcher Paige Bedsworth capped off a historic year by signing with Drake University. The senior made history in many ways in her final season, including breaking the state record for career strikeouts and bring the Trailblazers their first softball state
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The annual Braggin’ Rights game will return to campus on Saturday, December 12. Mizzou athletics said the game will either be hosted at Mizzou Arena or the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois. In order to decide where the game will be hosted, the schools are hosting a “coin flip special,” on
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Georgia will not be making the trip to Columbia on Saturday due to COVID-19 concerns within Mizzou’s program. The team said the postponement is due to a mixture of positive tests and contact tracing within one, specific position group. On Wednesday morning, Eli Drinkwitz said his team is below the required threshold
Continue Reading The Mizzou football team will host No. 12 Georgia on Saturday at 11 a.m. It’s the Tigers fifth game against a ranked opponent this season. You can watch head coach Eli Drinkwitz’s full news conference ahead of the matchup in the video player above. Drinkwitz said one member of the team tested positive for COVID-19
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Dave Matter from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the entire conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou soccer team capped off the regular season with a 5-2 win over Florida on Sunday afternoon. You can watch the full highlights in the video player above. We also have head coach Bryan Blitz’s full interview in the video player below. The Tigers finished the regular season 3-2-2. Up next
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team will open up its season on Nov. 25 at home against Oral Roberts. You can see the full schedule below. Wednesday, Nov. 25Â vs. Oral Roberts Sunday, Dec. 6Â at Wichita State Wednesday, Dec. 9Â vs. Liberty Tuesday, Dec. 22Â vs. Bradley Wednesday, Dec. 30Â vs. Tennessee Saturday, Jan. 2Â at Arkansas Tuesday, Jan.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team ended a week which included a lot of lows, in winning fashion on Thursday night. The Tigers won two-straight over the Arkansas Razorbacks following a tough series with the No. 3 Kentucky Wildcats. However, between those two matches, head coach Josh Taylor said a lot happened. The Tigers
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics said it is partnering with an agency to grow a name, image, likeness program for athletes to develop their own, personal brands. MU said it will partner with Opendorse in it’s brand cultivation program, TradeMark. The company works with more than 26,000 athletes around the world, including Patrick Mahomes, Tiger
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) After knocking on wood, Eli Drinkwitz said he does not have any concerns regarding COVID-19 within his football team after a road trip to Florida. “But it is 14-day latency period, if you know anything about COVID,” he said. “You don’t count your chickens before they hatch, but, no, I’m more worried
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou student-athletes had the day off on Tuesday in order to vote in the 2020 election. “So much bigger than basketball,” Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton said. “This is an opportunity that we’ve really embraced as a program.” A Mizzou spokesman could not confirm the total number of student-athletes that voted
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