COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Seven Rock Bridge athletes signed their national letters of intent to play sports at the next level on Monday evening. The signing ceremony included Bruin volleyball standout Kaylen Rush, who signed to play at Mizzou next year. The libero will join first-year head coach Dawn Sullivan’s group at the Hearnes Center. Rush
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Chanel Porter brought on the Rock M Nation’s lead editor Karen Steger in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two first talked about the historic finish that Mizzou gymnastics had this season. Although the group fell short of a trip to the NCAA Championships, they did end the year
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team fell short of another upset against No. 4 Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon. The Commodores shut out the Tigers in a 5-0 win to secure the 2-1 series victory. Devin Futrell pitched lights out against MU. He went for about eight innings with six strikeouts and no runs allowed
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BATON ROUGE, La. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is coming back to Columbia with one win in the series at at Baton Rouge after No. 11 LSU won the series finale 9-1 on Saturday. The home Tigers only took five innings to get the job done after putting together six runs in the fourth inning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou baseball trailed by one run headed into the final at bat, but Matt Garcia became the hero driving in two for the Tigers to hand No. 4 Vanderbilt its first SEC loss in the 5-4 finish. Before Garcia sealed the deal, the Tigers got three straight singles from Hank Zeisler, Dylan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou offensive lineman Luke Griffin became the second Tiger lineman to enter the portal on Friday morning. The announcements come just days after MU hired a new offensive line coach. Griffin started in eight games over the last three seasons at guard, with six of those starts coming in 2021. Overall, he
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The University of Missouri Board of Curators announced Thursday that it had extended the contract of Athletic Director Desireé Reed-Francois into 2028.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team put up four runs in the eighth inning against No. 4 Vanderbilt, but still managed to fall 7-6 in the series opener. The Commodores scored first in the top of the first, but a Luke Mann leadoff homer quickly tied the game at one. Vandy held a 3-1
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BATON ROUGE, La. (KMIZ) The heat from the Mizzou softball bats in the run-rule win over Alabama carried into the road trip against No. 11 LSU winning game one of the series in Baton Rouge 8-6. The Tigers trailed 5-1 in this game, but a four run fifth inning followed by three more in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou board of curators unanimously voted in favor of a one-year contract extension for Director of Athletics Desireé Reed-Francois, which keeps her in Columbia through June 30, 2028. “In less than two years, Mizzou’s fans are excited and breaking attendance records in many of our sports. It’s amazing to see how
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou senior forward Noah Carter confirmed on Twitter Wednesday night that he will be staying in Columbia for his final year of eligibility. The Northern Iowa transfer joined the Tigers when Dennis Gates took over last season and was the key part of MU’s success in the postseason. The 6’6″ forward started
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball center Jayla Kelly announced on Twitter Wednesday afternoon that she has entered her name into the transfer portal. This makes her the second Tiger to do so after guard Lauren Hansen entered last week. Kelly, the St. Louis Native, has spent three seasons in Columbia. Her best numbers came
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football now has a new addition to the coaching staff after Eli Drinkwitz announced Brandon Jones ad the Tigers’ offensive line coach Wednesday afternoon. Jones has more than 15 years of coaching experience, most recently spending the past four seasons at Houston where he coached the offensive line and served as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After two scoreless games against No. 13 Alabama, the Mizzou softball bats came alive Sunday to avoid the series sweep. The Tigers managed to run-rule the Crimson Tide with a score of 11-3 in five innings. Watch the full postgame interview with head coach Larissa Anderson below. https://youtu.be/83ybIIkZmsE Chantice Phillips was the
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team couldn’t get the bats going in a 3-1 loss to No. 16 Kentucky on Sunday. With the win, the Wildcats completed a three-game sweep against MU. Sunday’s loss was the most competitive game of the series, as Kentucky had beaten Mizzou by at least 10 runs in the
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LOS ANGELES, Ca. (KMIZ) The No. 14 ranked Mizzou gymnastics team saw its season come to a close in the NCAA Regional Finals on Saturday night, but the year ended on a high note with the Tigers recording their highest regional score ever. Mizzou finished the day with a total score of 197.6 with the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide secured the series win against Mizzou in a 4-0 win in nine innings on Saturday night in Columbia. The Tiger loss comes despite a standout performance from junior pitcher Laurin Krings. Krings held off the Alabama bats for eight innings of action. She ended her day
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (KMIZ) No. 18 Kentucky clinched the series over Mizzou baseball Saturday afternoon with a shut out 10-0 win. The Tigers managed just five hits on the day, two of which came from leadoff batter Luke Mann. Trevor Austin, Tre Morris and Juju Stevens also got one hit each in the outing. The Wildcats
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team struggled to get the bats going in Friday’s series opener against Alabama putting together just two hits in the 4-0 loss. The Tigers only two hits came in the second with a single from Chantice Phillips and in the seventh on a single from Kara Daly. Jordan Weber
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team couldn’t find an answer for the Kentucky bats in Friday night’s series opener, as UK run ruled MU 12-2. Tiger pitcher Austin Troesser was charged with Mizzou’s loss, dropping him to 2-2 on the season. In less than half an inning he allowed five earned runs on three
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