COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) When Missouri voters approved legal sportsbetting in November 2024, Winning for Missouri Education, backed by millions of dollars from DraftKings and FanDuel, touted millions in new revenue for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Missouri Gaming Commission initially estimated the state would collect more than $6 million in its first
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) If you were looking to buy season tickets for the 2026 Mizzou football season…you’re already too late. On Monday, Tiger Athletics announced that it has sold out of season ticket for the third-straight season. However, there are still single-game tickets remaining for fans for five out of MU’s seven home games. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An NFL MVP made an appearance at Mizzou fall camp, on Monday. As the Tigers start their final full week of fall camp, former NFL quarterback Cam Newton paid a visit to Columbia to hang out with the team and take in a practice. Newton has quite a few connections to Columbia,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company will be starting the 2026 season off with a ranking. On Monday, Mizzou football came in at No. 25 the preseason AP Poll. Along with the Tigers, eight other Southeastern Conference squads found themselves in the Top-25. In fact, five of MU’s opponents on the 2026
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Eli Hoff, who is the Mizzou Athletics beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 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 football is in the home stretch of its preparation for the 2026 season. On Monday, the Tigers will enter their final full week of fall camp, as head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company are now less than 20 days away from opening up the season against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Thursday, Sept.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is continuing to inch closer and closer to Sept. 3’s season opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, as the Tigers have the first two weeks of fall camp in the books. On Saturday, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company capped off those two weeks with the first scrimmage of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tigers swept their first taste of intercollegiate action, taking down Drake, 4-0. Head coach Dawn Sullivans new unit dominated in its first competition of the new athletic year. The exhibition against the Bulldogs saw the team take all four sets that were played, while playing from the front for much of
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CNN By Omar Jimenez, CNN New York City (CNN) — There is an ever-growing love story between the game of golf and basketball. Maybe it’s the rhythm of a smooth swing mirroring the comfort of a polished jumper. Maybe it’s the chance to perform outside in front of chirping birds rather than chirping fans inside
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Being a part of the Mizzou football team has always been a dream for defensive end Langden Kitchen, as he grew up just 50 minutes away from Columbia in Huntsville, Missouri. That dream became a reality in 2025, when he transferred in from Division II Northwest Missouri State and became a reliable
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou receiving corps is a group that faced heavy turnover following the 2025 season, however, the revamped unit is now garnering quite a bit of excitement ahead of the 2026 campaign. Following the 2025 season, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company lost top target Kevin Coleman Jr. to graduation, alongside fellow
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Spartans begin their quest back to the mountain top by shifting the perception of the team. Battle finished the 2025 season 0-10, the only winless season in the program’s history. But when you’re at rock bottom, the only way forward is up; a mindset that second year head coach Shawn Gaines
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tigers are looking to integrate the tight end room into its offense more under new OC Chip Lindsey. When looking at what weapons Mizzou has brought in, many eyes go to starting quarterback Austin Simmons making the move from Ole Miss in the offseason, or the new receivers coming to Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The start of the high school academic year is right around the corner, meaning high school football teams everywhere are looking to squeeze in a few extra practices before classes begin. Fulton is entering its third offseason camp before the students return to the classroom, but is putting extra emphasis on on-field
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) For decades, the names Hentges and Helias have gone hand-in-hand in Jefferson City. “My dad started that, but myself as a player, my brother as a player, you know my son, my nephews who played here, all my sisters who supported Helias football down through the years,” head coach Chris Hentges
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After one full week of fall camp, it’s clear that the Mizzou football team believes this group has the potential to achieve great things. But now, the focus is about turning all of that potential into production, once the season arrives. The Tigers are entering this highly-anticipated 2026 season with quite a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A nine-time Grammy Award winner and Rock & Rock Hall of Fame inductee will be taking center stage at Faurot Field for Mizzou football’s season opener, on Thursday, Sept. 3. On Tuesday, Tiger Athletics announced that Mizzou alum Sheryl Crow will be performing the national anthem ahead of MU’s game against Arkansas-Pine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The next step for Mizzou soccer is so close that the entire program can taste it. Although the Tigers haven’t made the postseason since 2020, head coach Stefanie Golan feels that they’ve been consistently building a foundation. And they’ve gotten close to breaking through, too. Despite the face that the team did
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team will finally get to face someone new on Saturday, when head coach Dawn Sullivan and company host Drake for exhibition play on Saturday. That exhibition will comes just one week after the Tigers invited fans out to the Hearnes Center for the annual black and gold scrimmage. Coach
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the June death of an electrician who died while working on the University of Missouri’s Memorial Stadium renovation project. Corey Sooter, 44, died on June 10 after working at Memorial Stadium on June 5. He was a foreman for BK2 Electrical and Design and
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