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Interview with Missouri football coach Drinkwitz

December 18, 2019 2:11 PM ABC 17 News Team

ABC 17 News interviewed new Missouri head football coach Eli Drinkwitz on national signing day.

Mizzou defensive coordinator to stay on staff

December 18, 2019 11:02 AM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz has retained Ryan Walters as the Tigers defensive coordinator. “Since connecting with Ryan I’ve been very impressed with his ability to lead people and connect with the players,” Drinkwitz said in a release. “I’m impressed with his work on the defensive side of the ball, I look

Mizzou WBB prepares for Princeton

December 17, 2019 4:57 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will host Princeton on Wednesday at 7 p.m. We spoke with head coach Robin Pingeton and the Tigers on Tuesday to preview the matchup. Coach Pingeton said the team has really struggled with turnovers, transition defense and rebounding this season. “Those are effort based things. We’ve got

Story: Next generation of Mid-Missouri basketball stars making their way at Lange

December 15, 2019 11:05 PM Andrew Kauffman

ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman introduces two of the next star basketball players in Mid-Missouri, Nautica Washington and Boo Anderson.

Mizzou basketball cruises past Southern Illinois

December 15, 2019 6:40 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Mark Smith scored a season-high 23 points to lead Missouri to a 64-48 victory over Southern Illinois on Sunday. Smith led the Southeastern Conference in 3-point accuracy last year, shooting 45%. He had been hit-or-miss this season, entering Sunday’s game making 35.1% of his 3s, but he made 7 of 9

Mizzou women’s basketball falls on the road to No. 20 Missouri State

December 15, 2019 5:21 PM Tyler Murry

Despite a strong performance against a top-25 team on the road, the Mizzou women’s basketball team lost to (20) Missouri State, 79-72. With the loss, the Tigers fall to 3-8 on the season and have lost two straight games. Amber Smith led the Tigers with 22 points on the night and added seven rebounds. The

Alcohol sales at MU football games totaling more than $600,000

December 13, 2019 6:45 PM Sydney Olsen

The University of Missouri sold alcohol at football games for the first time in 2019.

Arkansas hires Barry Odom

December 13, 2019 2:57 PM Tyler Murry

Former Mizzou football coach Barry Odom will be the next defensive coordinator for the Arkansas Razorbacks. New Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman spoke on the Paul Finebaum Show on SEC Network and said he hired Odom to be his defensive coordinator. Mizzou fired Odom following his last win over Mizzou, which was against Arkansas. Odom

Cuonzo Martin fields questions ahead of weekend game

December 13, 2019 12:35 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin took questions from reporters Friday ahead of a home weekend matchup with Southern Illinois.

Lock prepares for homecoming in Kansas City

December 11, 2019 9:41 PM Andrew Kauffman

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football star Drew Lock will return home to Kansas City this weekend. The Broncos will play the Chiefs at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Lock is 2-0 so far as a starter in the NFL. He helped lead the Broncos to wins over the Chargers and Texans the last two

Blackwell wins SEC freshman of the week

December 11, 2019 7:40 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball player Aijha Blackwell is the SEC freshman of the week. This is Blackwell’s first SEC weekly honor. The St. Louis native averaged 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the Tigers’ two games. Mizzou, 3-7, will be back in action on Sunday on the road against Missouri State

Mizzou officially hires Eli Drinkwitz as head football coach

December 10, 2019 8:24 AM Andrew Kauffman

The UM Board of Curators voted unanimously Tuesday to hire Eli Drinkwitz as the University of Missouri’s new football coach.

Mizzou to introduce new football coach Tuesday

December 9, 2019 1:00 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri will introduce its new football coach on Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m., and the event is open to the public. You can watch the entire news conference live on ABC 17 and online. On Sunday, we reported MU has reached an agreement with

Curators to meet after Mizzou reaches agreement with new football coach

December 8, 2019 6:29 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has reached an agreement with a new football coach, according to a source. Eliah Drinkwitz is expected to be the 33rd head coach of the Mizzou football team. An MU spokesman said an official announcement is close, but nothing will happen Sunday night. The UM Board of Curators

Lock throws 3 TDs in first half as Broncos beat Texans 38-24

December 8, 2019 10:51 PM Andrew Kauffman

HOUSTON (AP) – Rookie Drew Lock threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns and Kareem Jackson had an interception and returned a fumble 70 yards for a touchdown against his former team. The Denver Broncos built a huge first-half lead and coasted to a 38-24 win over the Houston Texans. Lock made his NFL debut

Sunday Sit-down with Cale Garrett

December 8, 2019 10:50 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Mizzou linebacker Cale Garrett in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down.

Mizzou WBB falls to UMKC on the road

December 8, 2019 9:51 PM Andrew Kauffman

KANSAS CITY (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost to UMKC, 59-56, on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers are now 3-7 on the season. Amber Smith led the Tigers with 12 points and four rebounds. Freshman Hayley Frank also had 12 points on 5-16 shooting. Fellow freshman Aijha Blackwell finished with 11 points, six assists and

Mizzou volleyball’s season ends at the hands of No. 6 Nebraska

December 7, 2019 9:36 PM Tyler Murry

LINCOLN, Neb. – For the second straight season, Mizzou volleyball’s season comes to an end in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Nebraska. The Tigers lost three sets to one to the Cornhuskers. Mizzou came out of the gates firing and won the first set, 25-20. The Cornhuskers then rallied to win three

Mizzou basketball bounces back against Temple

December 7, 2019 9:14 PM Tyler Murry

PHILADELPHIA – The Mizzou basketball team got a win it had to have after a disappointing loss to Charleston Southern. The Tigers earned their best win of the season with a, 64-54, victory over Temple on the road. The win snaps a three-game losing streak and improves Mizzou’s record to 5-4 overall. Javon Pickett led

Mizzou volleyball advances past first round of NCAA Tournament

December 6, 2019 6:47 PM Tyler Murry

The Mizzou volleyball team cruised past Northern Iowa in three sets (25-11, 25-13, 25-14) to keep its season alive. Tyanna Omazic led the way with 10 kills for the Tigers. Mizzou’s hitting percentage was .363 to Northern Iowa’s just .030. Next up, Mizzou will face the winner of Nebraska and Ball State on Saturday in