Sunday Sit-down with Stefanie Golan
ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou soccer coach Stefanie Golan in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above.
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Mizzou football adds two transfers in two days
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team has landed two transfer commitments in the last two days. Akayleb Evans announced his commitment Friday night on social media. Evans comes to Columbia from Tulsa. The 6-foot-2 safety will have two years of eligibility remaining. The McKinney, Tex. native started 23 games in four seasons at Tulsa.
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Former Mizzou and PGA Tour golfer to host youth golf championship in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The second annual Stan Utley and Mid-America Youth Golf Foundation Championship will be held from July 26-29 at The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia. Utley will be the host for the second straight year. Last year’s inaugural event was named the American Junior Golf Association’s Newcomer of the Year. “The inaugural
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Mizzou makes pitching coach hire official; Brian DeLunas returns to Mizzou
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team announced the hiring of Brian DeLunas as MU’s new pitching coach on Thursday afternoon. It will be DuLunas’ second stint at Mizzou. He served as an assistant coach for the Tigers in the 2007-2009 seasons. In that time, the team appeared in three-straight NCAA regionals and notched over
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Mizzou golf alums qualify for U.S. Open
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou golf standouts Hayden Buckley and Peter Malnati will both make their U.S. Open debuts on June 17. The Tiger alums are two of 156 qualifiers for the 2021 U.S. Open Championship. Buckley, a former All-American and 2018 MU graduate, finished 10-under to capture the second place position in the Atlanta
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Mizzou hoops matchup at Kansas officially scheduled
LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) The Kansas basketball team officially announced its non-conference schedule on Tuesday, and one game stood out among the rest. The Mizzou basketball team will make its return to Allen Fieldhouse on Dec. 11. The Border War was supposed to return in Dec. of 2020, but it was canceled due to the pandemic.
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Five Mizzou Track and Field athletes prepare for NCAA Championships
EUGENE, Oreg. (KMIZ) Five Mizzou Track & Field athletes will compete in the NCAA Championships this week in Eugene. We caught up with Mizzou Track & Field head coach Brett Halter on Tuesday afternoon. You can watch the full interview in the video player below. https://youtu.be/r1QZIunGK1c Three of the five are freshman, and all of
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Mizzou softball standout to return for extra year of eligibility
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball standout Cayla Kessinger plans to return for her extra year of eligibility, according to her father Cory. “Barring any medical issues, she will be back,” He said in a Twitter message Monday night. Kessinger made it official in a social media post on Tuesday night. Kessinger just finished up her
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Sunday Sit-down with Mizzou track star Mitch Weber
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou track and field star Mitch Weber in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above. Weber will compete in the NCAA Championships this week in Eugene, Oregon. The redshirt freshman is ranked No. 12
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Mizzou Athletics sets up GoFundMe for freshman soccer player
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics set up a GoFundMe for freshman soccer player Kyra Reeves on Friday afternoon. This comes after she lost both of her parents to COVID-19 in February. Reeves’ parents died five days apart in their hometown of Austin, Texas, according to a release from MU. Chrisla and Jason were married for
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Two former Mizzou greats placed on College Football Hall of Fame ballot
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel and standout Jeremy Maclin were both placed on the ballot for the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Pinkel is one of seven coaches from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision on this year’s ballot. Maclin is one of 78 players to
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Sunday Sit-down with L’Damian Washington
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on L’Damian Washington in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The former Mizzou football star recently announced he’s moving back to his home state. Washington will be the wide receivers coach for Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. You can watch the full interview on
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Mizzou falls just short of the College World Series
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team fell in a heartbreaking Super Regional finale to James Madison University on Sunday, 7-2, on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers struck first courtesy of a lead off bomb from Brooke Wilmes to put MU up 1-0 in the first inning. However, James Madison responded in the fourth inning, as
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Mizzou sends the Super Regional series to game three
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team made a complete turnaround on Saturday evening. A six-run win sent the Super Regional series to the third and deciding game. You can watch the full postgame press conferences with Larissa Anderson, Cayla Kessinger, and Laurin Krings in the video players below. https://youtu.be/lalKgaQ2Rmg https://youtu.be/OoXyQNN73F0 https://youtu.be/ln6_DMhs12s On Friday night,
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Mizzou falls in Super Regional opener against James Madison
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team fell in the first game of its home Super Regional, 2-1, against James Madison University on Friday night. You can watch the full interview with Mizzou pitcher Jordan Weber in the video player below. https://youtu.be/h1W-l8XchNQ It was a pitcher’s ball game throughout. MU’s Jordan Weber finished with nine
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MU strength coach announces next move; leaving the program
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou announced that MU Hoops’ Director of Athletic Performance, Nicodemus Christopher, will be moving to Denver to start his own company. He has been with the program for four years, however, he’s been with head coach Cuonzo Martin for much longer than that. Martin and Christopher stayed together at Tennessee, Cal-Berkeley, and
Continue Reading Mizzou football announces start times for first three games
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced the start times for its first three games of the season on Thursday afternoon. WEEK 1 – Sept. 4: Mizzou vs. Central Michigan 3 p.m. WEEK 2 – Sept. 11: Mizzou at Kentucky 6:30 p.m. WEEK 3 – Sept. 18: Mizzou vs. SEMO 11 a.m. Earlier this
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Mizzou softball gets set to host Super Regionals
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team will host Super Regionals this weekend for the first time since 2013. The Tigers will face James Madison for a best of three series starting Friday at 8 p.m. You can hear from head coach Larissa Anderson in the video player above. James Madison is 37-1 on the
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Mizzou hires co-head men’s golf coach
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mark Hankins will be the co-head coach of the Mizzou men’s golf team. MU announced its latest hire on Wednesday. Hankins will coach alongside current head coach Mark Leroux for the next few years. He will officially take over in 2023. In a release, Leroux said that’s when he plans to retire.
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Multiple Mizzou baseball players enter transfer portal
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple Mizzou baseball players have entered the transfer portal. An MU spokesperson confirmed Seth Halvorsen, Cameron Swanger and Jared Simpson all plan on leaving the team. Seniors Chad McDaniel, Mark Vierling, Jackson Lancaster, Cameron Pferrer, Clayton Peterson and Alex Peterson are all entering the portal as well. They will look to use
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