COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball is heading south to kick off its season this weekend. Starting on Friday, Larissa Anderson’s crew will play five games in three days in the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic down in Clearwater, Florida. Right out of the gate, the Tigers will face some tough competition. During opening weekend, Mizzou
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that it received the largest gift commitment in university history, on Monday morning. The department received a $62 million philanthropic commitment, which will support the renovations at Memorial Stadium and department’s the Tiger Fund program. MU said that the donor wished to remain anonymous, but designated $50 million of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team came in at No. 12 in the latest Road To Nationals standings, on Monday, after winning the squad’s third-straight meet over the weekend. MU’s 6-1 start to the year is the best start to a season since 2010. Head coach Shannon Welker’s group did drop a few spots,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair previewed the upcoming 2024 campaign, as the season will kick off on Friday, Feb. 10. Anderson said she is very excited about the group she has the season. “They’re extremely
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 5 Mizzou wrestling team dropped to 8-2 on the season with a 24-10 loss to No. 3 Oklahoma State, on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers lost five matches out of the gates, including a forfeit at 133, and could never recover from the 18-0 deficit. The reigning national champion at 165
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team extended the losing streak to four games with a 80-69 loss at Tennessee on Sunday afternoon. With the loss, MU fell to 11-11 on the season and 2-7 in SEC action. You can watch the full postgame press conference with Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton in
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DENTON, Texas (KMIZ) No. 9 Mizzou Gymnastics left the Lone Star State on Saturday night with a 197.025-195.475 win over Texas Woman’s University. After this victory, the Tigers have now won three straight meets this season. Sienna Schreiber was the meet’s top all-around performer, finishing with a total score of 39.525 in her four events.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) Mizzou Men’s Basketball tied its worst start to conference play in its SEC era on Saturday afternoon, losing to Vanderbilt 68-61 in the Music City. The Tigers have now dropped their first nine conference games, becoming the first Mizzou team since the 2016-2017 season to start SEC play 0-9. After starting the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After finishing the first eight games of SEC play with a 2-6 record, Mizzou Women’s Basketball is set to begin the second half of its conference schedule on Sunday at Tennessee. Robin Pingeton’s crew has enjoyed some extra rest and time to prepare for the Volunteers as the Tigers did not play
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football has filled another coaching vacancy, following the departure of Blake Baker and Kevin Peoples to LSU. The Tigers officially hired Houston’s Brian Early to serve as the team’s next defensive line and edge coach. “Brian is a coach that’s been on our radar for awhile now,” Mizzou football coach Eli
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new era of Tiger baseball is just 15 days away, as Mizzou prepares to open up the season under first-year head coach Kerrick Jackson, on Feb. 16 on the road against Cal Poly. Jackson was tabbed as MU’s head coach in June of 2023 and hit the ground running from there.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After securing the team’s highest-ranked win in program history against No. 3 LSU on Jan. 26, Mizzou Gymnastics is turning the page to the month of February. The Tigers are preparing to travel to Texas Woman’s University for their first meet of the month on Saturday, Feb. 3. “Friday night was awesome.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Mizzou and Arkansas men’s basketball teams will come into Wednesday night’s rivalry game at Mizzou Arena with their fair share of struggles this season. The Tigers and the Razorbacks are both at or below the .500 mark on the year, sitting at 8-12 and 10-10, respectively. Despite all that, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just days after longtime college football assistant Corey Batoon got introduced as Mizzou’s new defensive coordinator, the details are out on the contract he signed with MU. He is set to earn $1 million per year over the course of three seasons in Columbia, according to details obtained through an open records
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou center fielder Alex Honnold earned another preseason honor, on Monday, just days after getting a preseason All-SEC nod. The senior was named a preseason All-American by Softball America. Honnold led the Tigers with a .593 on-base percentage, .779 slugging percentage, .396 batting average, in addition to her 52 runs and three
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team held steady at No. 9 in the Road to Nationals rankings, on Monday. The program’s second straight week in the top-10 comes after a historic weekend at the Hearnes Center. The Tigers knocked off No. 3 LSU, on Friday, which is the highest ranked win in program history.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on co-host of KTGR’s ‘The Big Show’ Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Women’s Basketball lost its third consecutive SEC game on Sunday afternoon, falling to Arkansas 67-58 at home. The Razorbacks ran away with the lead in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Tigers 18-10 in the final 10 minutes. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Robin Pingeton and
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eli Drinkwitz has found Blake Baker’s replacement. Mizzou Football announced on Saturday evening that Corey Batoon has officially been hired as the team’s next defensive coordinator. Saturday’s announcement confirms Friday’s report from ESPN that said the Tigers were set to give the defensive coordinator job to Batoon. “Our intent from the start
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) With seven SEC games in the books, Mizzou Men’s Basketball is still winless in conference play. South Carolina completed a regular season sweep of the Tigers with a 72-64 win at Colonial Life Arena on Saturday afternoon. These two teams had played just two weeks ago at Mizzou Arena. Dennis Gates’ crew
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