QUESTION OF THE DAY: Were you surprised by the Nick Saban or Bill Belichick news?
This week two football coaching legends made startling announcements.
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Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL ROCK BRIDGE (57) CAPITAL CITY (23) FINAL BATTLE (62) MOBERLY (47) FINAL ST. JAMES (49) CALIFORNIA (53) FINAL NORTH CALLAWAY (59) HERMANN (50) FINAL EUREKA (31) HICKMAN (55)
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou tight end Tyler Stephens is returning to the Tigers for another season. Stephens announced on social media on Thursday night that he will be using another year of eligibility to play football for the Tigers in 2024. Stephens has played the past two seasons with the Tigers, appearing in 25 games.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team started off strong, but No. 1 South Carolina proved too much to handle, on Thursday. The Gamecocks remained undefeated through the 2023-24 season with a 81-57 win in Columbia West. With the loss, head coach Robin Pingeton and company drop to 9-7 on the season and 0-3
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Renjifo, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after a fairytale performance at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, all eyes are still on Morocco’s national football team and its head coach Walid Regragui. And to up the stakes even more, they are one of the favorites to win this latest edition
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Renjifo, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after a fairytale performance at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, all eyes are still on Morocco’s national football team and its head coach Walid Regragui. And to up the stakes even more, they are one of the favorites to win this latest
Continue ReadingCNN, WFXT By Jill Martin and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Legendary head coach Bill Belichick confirmed on Thursday that he is leaving the New England Patriots after 24 seasons, during which the franchise won six Super Bowl titles. Standing next to Patriots owner Robert Kraft at a media conference, Belichick said the two of
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Barcelona has warned fans to be “prudent and discrete” when traveling to Saudi Arabia for the team’s Spanish Super Cup semifinal against Osasuna on Thursday, urging spectators to “strictly respect the country’s customs and ways.” The advice, released on the Barça website Monday, also warned that people could face
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson has publicly revealed he has terminal cancer and has “about a year” to live, the 75-year-old told Swedish radio station P1 on Thursday. CNN previously had learned from a source close to Eriksson that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “Everyone can see that I have
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Legendary head coach Bill Belichick confirmed on Thursday that he is leaving the New England Patriots after 24 seasons, during which the franchise won six Super Bowl titles. Standing next to Patriots owner Robert Kraft at a media conference, Belichick said the two of them had
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — And just like that, in double quick time, Victor Wembanyama recorded his first NBA triple double. The 2023 No. 1 overall draft pick’s landmark moment came on Wednesday as the San Antonio Spurs dominated the Detroit Pistons on the road, 130-108. The French phenom scored 16 points, grabbed 12
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — American golfer Gary Woodland said he was “fear-driven every day, mostly around death” in the months before undergoing brain surgery last year. The former US Open champion returns to competitive action on Thursday for the first time since the craniotomy to remove a lesion on his brain on September
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll will not return to the sidelines next season after being relieved of his duties as head coach, the team announced Wednesday. However, Carroll will remain with the franchise as an advisor. “Pete is the winningest coach in Seahawks history, brought the city its
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Real Madrid remains on course for a clean sweep of trophies this season after battling past Atlético Madrid to reach the Spanish Super Cup final, beating its city rival 5-3 after extra time in a thrilling encounter. Atlético opened the scoring after just six minutes through Mario Hermoso, before
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL HICKMAN (56) TOLTON (66) FINAL SMITH-COTTON (39) BATTLE (76) FINAL MOBERLY (65) HARRISBURG (58) FINAL WARRENSBURG (38) CALIFORNIA (65) FINAL CAPITAL CITY (55) BOONVILLE (52) FINAL EUGENE (79) FULTON
Continue ReadingPALO ALTO, Calif. (KMIZ) No. 2 Mizzou Wrestling posted a dominating 39-0 shutout victory over No. 18 Stanford to win its seventh dual of the season. Brian Smith’s crew remains undefeated after improving its record to 7-0 in duals. Tiger Style won all 10 of its bouts on Wednesday night at Maples Pavilion and recorded
Continue ReadingTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (KMIZ) Multiple reports say legendary college football coach Nick Saban is retiring after serving as Alabama’s head coach for the past 17 seasons. The first report came from ESPN. Over his 17-year tenure at Alabama, Saban won six national titles with the Crimson Tide. He has won seven national championships in his coaching
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Alabama football coach Nick Saban, whose seven career national championships are the most by a head coach at NCAA football’s highest level, is retiring, the school said Wednesday in a news release. “It is not just about how many games we won and lost, but it’s about the
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra started out as the team’s video coordinator in 1995; almost 30 years later, he has reportedly agreed to sign one of the biggest contracts in North American sports coaching history. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, citing unnamed sources, the Heat and Spoelstra, who
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church and Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Over 200 Ukrainian athletes have signed a letter urging French President Emmanuel Macron to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating at this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. Amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict, the open letter, published on December 29 by Ukraine’s sports ministry, is also
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