COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson met with the media Wednesday for the first time after falling on the road to Alabama Sunday and ahead of MU’s first SEC tournament game Wednesday against No. 10 Auburn. The Tigers fell to the Roll Tide after a questionable un-reviewable home run. “It’s very frustrating and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou basketball announced Monday that Jasmine James has been named as the assistant women’s basketball coach. James spent two seasons at Tennessee Tech and was a standout player in the SEC at Georgia. She was also selected in the 2013 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm and had a four-year professional career.Â
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on former Mizzou quarterback and best-selling author Alex Demczak in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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OXFORD, Miss. (KMIZ) The Ole Miss baseball team took down Mizzou for the third-straight game to complete the sweep in Oxford. The Tigers fell to the Rebels, 10-2, in the finale. Head coach Steve Bieser’s group scored two runs in the fifth inning, but could not get any more offense in the loss, despite having
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (KMIZ) No. 8 Alabama took the regular-season finale over No. 23 Mizzou, 3-1, on Sunday. The loss resulted in a series loss for MU in Tuscaloosa, 2-1. Sophomore Jenna Laird scored the Tigers’ lone run, courtesy of an error from the Crimson Tide in the fourth inning, but the MU bats were cold.
Continue Reading TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (KMIZ) The No. 23 Mizzou softball team knocked of No. 8 Alabama in an extra innings thriller on Friday night. With the win, the Tigers lead the series 1-0. MU took a first inning lead, courtesy of a two-run home run from Kim Wert, however, the Crimson Tide clawed back. Alabama’s Bailey Dowling
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that women’s golf coach Stephanie Priesmeyer will be stepping into a new role within the athletic department. She will now work in a development role. https://youtu.be/FyA1MWe2eRA “This University has been a part of my heart and sole for more than 30 years,” Priesmeyer said in a press release on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou baseball got the job done against SEMO winning 9-3 in the final midweek home game of the season Tuesday night. MU scored in every inning except two, starting off on the board first in the second. Trevor Austin had a homerun in the fourth inning extending the lead 4-2. Fox Leum
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on former Mizzou and NFL tight end Chase Coffman in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team secured a series win over Mississippi State on Sunday, courtesy of a walkoff home run from shortstop Josh Day in the bottom of the ninth inning. The home run was Day’s seventh of the season and his first since April 1. Big day at the plate for multiple
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team finished up the regular-season home schedule with an 11-6 win over Texas A&M on senior day. https://youtu.be/V38u0Q2JosI Six Tigers finished the day with at least a hit against the Aggies, but an eight-run third inning is what really propelled MU to the win. After the game, Mizzou honored
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Come HOME Tour Caravan and Mizzou Athletics has spent the past few weeks traveling with administration, coaches and players to unify Tiger nation and this weekend they stayed in Columbia. Fans gathering outside the Hearnes Center Saturday afternoon to talk with Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois, Head Football Coach Eli Drinkwitz, Head Men’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou running back Tyler Badie and cornerback Akayleb Evans were the only two Tigers who heard their names called in the 2022 NFL Draft, but multiple of those undrafted players are signing deals. Center Michael Maietti will head north to Pittsburgh to join the Steelers organization. He played one season at
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou cornerback Akayleb Evans became the first Tiger taken off the board in the 2022 NFL Draft, after the Minnesota Vikings picked him up in the fourth round. He was taken with 118th overall pick in the draft. Evans joined Mizzou as a fifth-year senior after playing the majority of
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KMIZ) The Baltimore Ravens picked up former Mizzou running back Tyler Badie with the 196th overall pick on Saturday. Badie had a historic senior season with MU, breaking the all-time single season rushing record with 1,604 yards and adding 14 touchdowns on top of that. The running back was the last of
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 25 Mizzou softball team secured a series win against Texas A&M, courtesy of a 7-2 win in front of a sellout crowd on Saturday. MU pitcher Laurin Krings tossed a complete game in the circle with five strikeouts and just two earned runs allowed. The sophomore is now 13-7 through
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Every Mizzou baseball player hit, scored, and had an RBI in the team’s 19-8 win over Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon. The win evened up the series between the two teams. The offense got started with a first inning grand slam courtesy of Fox Leum. That hit triggered 17-hit outing from the
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Oaks basketball standout Luke Northweather announced his commitment to Oklahoma via social media on Friday. The Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year picked Oklahoma over offers from Mizzou, Wyoming, and Wisconsin. Northweather will join the Sooners after averaging about 29 points and 11 rebounds per game game for the Falcons through
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team won the first game of the group’s final home series of the year in walkoff fashion on Friday night. The Tigers took down the Bulldogs 7-5, courtesy of a Hatti Moore home run in the eighth inning. It was quite a night for Moore, as she hit three
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) State representatives honored the career of former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel at the Missouri State Capitol on Wednesday morning. The honor came on his 70th birthday. https://youtu.be/_rPsQnDhBYI Pinkel coached at Mizzou from 2001 to 2015 and, in that time, became the all-time winningest football coach in program history. The 70-year-old
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