COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team missed out on its first-ever win in Lexington, Kentucky in just a six point loss on Sunday. After a stagnant first half, with just 18 points, Mizzou came out firing after the break, shooting about 50 percent from the field. Robin Pingeton’s group trailed by 10 coming
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Palmeiras fans ignored social distancing rules and gathered in large groups to celebrate the Brazilian team’s dramatic victory in the Copa Libertadores on Saturday. Only 5,000 invited guests were permitted into Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana stadium to watch the match but that didn’t stop supporters from partying into the night back in the team’s
Continue Reading Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has become the latest football player to receive racist abuse online and described the incident as “humanity and social media at its worst.” The 23-year-old, who recently received an MBE in recognition of his campaign to feed vulnerable children during the pandemic, posted a series of messages on Twitter after
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Here are the local scores from Saturday, Jan. 30 2, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. MEN’S BASKETBALL No. 23 Missouri Western (74) Lincoln University (95) HS BOYS HOOPS Battle (63) Benton (56) FINAL North Callaway (58) Bowling Green (64) FINAL Lamar (60) Camdenton (54) FINAL Fayette (67) Centralia (72)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 12 Mizzou basketball team came back to beat TCU 102-98 in overtime thanks to career afternoons from Xavier Pinson and Jeremiah Tilmon. Pinson finished with a career-high 36 points on 8-13 shooting from beyond the arc. Jeremiah Tilmon had a career-high 33 points and 11 rebounds. You can watch head
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) SEC commissioner Greg Sankey met with local reporters before the Mizzou basketball game on Saturday afternoon. You can watch the full interview in the video player above.
Continue Reading Chelsea has called on social media platforms to do more to tackle racism online after defender Reece James was subject to abuse on Friday. The 21-year-old said “something needs to change” after he posted a screenshot of abusive messages he received via Instagram. His club said it was “disgusted” by the abuse and condemned all
Continue Reading Preparation for this year’s Australian Open has been unlike anything these professional tennis players have previously experienced. Some have been through a “hard quarantine” and unable to leave their hotel rooms at all for 14 days, while others have been allowed out to practice for limited hours during the day. However, there is one element
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The No. 17 Mizzou volleyball team took down LSU in the start of the first-ever spring season. The Tigers shook off the rust after a two-month layoff, going all the way to the fifth and final set with the opposing Tigers, coming out with a 3-2 victory. You can watch the full
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Here are the local high school basketball scores from Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS HOOPS Hickman (66) Boonville (57) FINAL St. Elizabeth (88) Calvary Lutheran (58) FINAL Mexico (72) Kirksville (57) FINAL Vienna (70) Cuba (27) FINAL Helias (72) West Plains (59) FINAL Hillcrest
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will host TCU in the annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Saturday at Mizzou Arena. The game will tip off at 1 P.M. The Tigers are coming off a rollercoaster ride of a stretch, marked with one top-10 upset and one narrow loss. Mizzou toppled then No. 6
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team got back in the win column with a 61-58 win over the Florida Gators on Thursday night. The game got off to a slow start for both teams, with nothing on the board until about four minutes into it. Tiger forward Ladazhia Williams was the first to
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Liverpool showed glimpses of last season’s title-winning pedigree to return to winning ways on Thursday, beating Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 in the Premier League. Jurgen Klopp’s side had previously been winless in its past five league games, which culminated in a home loss to Burnley last week, ending its 69-game undefeated run at Anfield.
Continue Reading Thousands of cheering fans packed the stands on Friday to watch some of tennis’ biggest stars warm up for the Australian Open — with hardly a face mask to be seen. In an unusual scene for the coronavirus pandemic, the 4,000 crowd sat cheek by jowl as big hitters including Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and
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In between a surging pandemic and a global scramble for vaccines, the fate of this year’s Olympic Games has become shrouded in uncertainty. Last November, three weeks before the first vaccine doses became publicly available in the United Kingdom, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said he was hopeful an effective vaccine would help
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Here are the local high school basketball scores from Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. MEN’S BASKETBALL Columbia College (47) William Woods (54) FINAL Northwest Missouri (76) Lincoln University (74) FINAL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Northwest Missouri (46) Lincoln University (72) FINAL HS BOYS HOOPS Battle (48) Maryville (56)
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou head coach Eli Drinkwitz officially added another NFL veteran to his defensive staff on Thursday, hiring Jethro Franklin as the new defensive line coach. Franklin comes to Columbia with 29 years of coaching expereince, including 13 years in the NFL. Most recently, he was an assistant defensive line coach with the
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mid-American Conference announced that Mizzou and Kent State will no longer meet on Jan. 31. “The University of Missouri at Kent State University wrestling dual on Sunday, January 31 has been canceled due to roster limitations based on medical clearances by each institution’s medical staff,” the conference said in a press
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Three-time tennis grand slam champion Naomi Osaka says she has invested in National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) franchise North Carolina Courage. Named Forbes’ highest paid female athlete in 2020, Osaka is the daughter of a Haitian father and Japanese mother and, like the members of the Courage, used her platform prominently in 2020 in support
Continue Reading A crazy Premier League season went up a whole level of craziness on Wednesday. If Manchester United and their fans had started to believe a title charge was gaining momentum, bottom-of-the-table, one-win Sheffield United brought them crashing down to earth. Needing a victory to return to the top of the table given the formidable Manchester
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