COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on the Columbia Daily Tribune’s Eric Blum in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost its first SEC game of the season on Sunday. Arkansas beat the Tigers 83-73. MU trailed by 17 points at halftime, but the Tigers were able to cut the lead to single digits in the second half. Ultimately, MU’s comeback came up short. It was the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team started off 2022 with a top-25 win, after upsetting No. 15 Alabama at Mizzou Arena on Saturday afternoon. The game marks MU’s first conference win of the season. “We have a ways to go as a team, but I think we’ve made tremendous strides, especially in the
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) — Nearly stumbling heading into the playoffs, Nick Bolton and the Kansas City Chiefs gathered themselves just in time to thunder into the postseason with an AFC-best 12 wins. They’ll learn Sunday if that’s enough to get them a first-round bye. “We’re ready to go wherever
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou defensive lineman Kobie Whiteside has officially declared for the 2022 NFL Draft. The graduate student took to Twitter on Friday evening to make the announcement. He said, “the experiences I had here were truly amazing, from the roaring crowds to the time I spent in class. These experiences helped form
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced that two coaches will take the reigns of the defensive line heading into the 2022 season. Current assistant Al Davis will take over the interior defensive line and former Indiana assistant Kevin Peoples will coach the edge defensive line. “Al Davis and Kevin Peoples are strong coaches
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will play is first game of 2022 on Saturday when No. 15 Alabama comes to town. Head coach Cuonzo Martin said he expects to be without three scholarship players due to COVID-19. https://youtu.be/ir21o3e6w3I The Tigers were on a brief pause due to COVID, as the program had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics said it received a $5.2 million commitment to establish a men’s basketball endowment on Friday afternoon. MU Athletics Director Desiree Reed-Francois said the gift came from the Whitten family, who are longtime supporters of Tiger athletics. To honor the family’s donation, the Mizzou men’s basketball head coaching position will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team won its second straight overtime matchup on Thursday night. The Tigers pulled away at the end to beat Auburn 72-63 in OT. LaDazhia Williams scored a game-high 25 points and brought down 7 rebounds. Former Auburn standout Lauren Hansen scored 17 points for MU. Hayley Frank added
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo plans to enter the transfer portal. He confirmed his decision to ABC 17 News on Thursday. PowerMizzou was the first to report the news. The SEC All-Freshman Team member played in 12 games for the Tigers this past season. Wingo had 27 tackles, including two for a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Tiger quarterback Connor Bazelak announced his commitment to Indiana on Thursday afternoon, just two weeks after he entered the transfer portal. The quarterback will have three years of eligibility left with the Hoosiers. Bazelak appeared in 11 games and threw for 2,540 yards, 16 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions through the 2021
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced that safeties coach Charlie Harbison will be stepping away from his full-time role to deal with family matters in North Carolina. “Coach Cheese [Harbison] will remain a valued member of our program moving forward and we appreciate his commitment to Mizzou football,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will return to action on Wednesday night to host Auburn at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers have not played since their upset over No. 1 South Carolina on Dec. 30 due to COVID-19. MU took down the Gamecocks with just eight scholarship players available, but did have to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou safety Shawn Robinson entered the transfer portal on Wednesday, after spending three season with the Tigers. The TCU-transfer originally came to Columbia as a quarterback, sitting out in 2019 due to NCAA transfer rules. He spent the beginning of the 2020 season in a competition for a starting position with former
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Mizzou women’s basketball players earned SEC weekly honors on Tuesday. Hayley Frank and Lauren Hansen shared the Co-Player of the Week honors. Hansen and Frank each scored a co-team high 21 points in the Tigers overtime win over No. 1 South Carolina last Thursday. Hansen’s last second layup secured a 70-69
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team has postponed its SEC home opener due to COVID-19 concerns. A team spokesperson made the announcement on Monday. The Tigers will no longer host Mississippi State on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The spokesperson said in a release, “The University of Missouri men’s basketball game against Mississippi State
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team captured what just may be the best win in program history with an upset over No. 1 South Carolina on Thursday night. You can watch ABC 17’s Nathalie Jones full recap in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou safety Martez Manuel announced that he will be coming back for one more year in the black and gold, as he will finish out his senior year in 2022. The Columbia-native has put together quite a career with the Tigers. Through the 2021 season, Manuel recorded 4.5 sacks, 77 tackles, one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team postponed its matchup with Vanderbilt on Sunday, due to a “combination of positive tests, contact tracing, and subsequent quarantining,” of individuals within the Tigers’ program. Mizzou dealt with COVID-19 issues in its upset over No. 1 South Carolina on Thursday night, as the team had just eight
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team was shorthanded, but the Tigers came together to shock the No. 1 team in the country on Thursday night. MU beat South Carolina 70-69 in overtime. It’s the first time Mizzou has ever taken down the No. 1 team in the nation. https://youtu.be/fSk-Vbb0TPE Lauren Hansen hit the
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