The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Mizzou pitcher Ian Bedell in the 4th round of the MLB Draft with the 122nd overall pick. With the 122nd overall pick, the #STLCards select Ian Bedell! pic.twitter.com/Y1CIIiCKq3— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) June 12, 2020 Bedell had his junior season cut short due to COVID-19. In four starts (24.1 innings),
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Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk addressed a group of reporters on Thursday to give an update on the MU athletic department as it continues to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic. Sterk also spoke about the athletic department’s ongoing discussions regarding social justice and equality. You can watch the entire Zoom news conference in the video
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Mizzou safety Martez Manuel and defensive coordinator Ryan Walters played an integral part in the Tigers peaceful march in downtown Columbia last week to demand justice and promote equality. Manuel, a former Rock Bridge football standout, initially came up with the idea and Coach Walters offered his support. Manuel said he wanted to take on
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University of Missouri officials said Wednesday that they are continuing to assess whether or not they will allow fans to attend games in the fall.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City hired a new football coach on Tuesday. Scott Bailey will replace Terry Walker as the head coach of the Jays. Walker resigned last week. Bailey comes to the capital city from Lamar High School. He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2018. JC Schools today
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Members of the Mizzou football and men’s and women’s basketball teams’ are allowed to workout on campus for the first time in three months. MU allowed voluntary workouts to begin for those three teams starting Monday. Before arriving back on campus, every student-athlete was tested for COVID-19. Deputy Athletics Director Nick Joos
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Mizzou basketball coach Cuonzo Martin is speaking out about race relations in the United States. “The first thing we have to do is we have to vote,” Martin said. “We can’t complain about something if we’re not voting to try to change it.” You can hear his perspective on what needs to change in the
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Former Mizzou wrestling star Willie Miklus has accepted a job as an assistant wrestling coach for Michigan State. Time to announce a career change, I accepted the assistant coaching position at Michigan State University! I am beyond excited to get started with my coaching career! It will be hard to leave my Iowa State Family
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The Mizzou football team will be allowed to return to its facilities on Monday, June 8, after months away due to COVID-19. MU will test all of its student-athletes when they return to campus. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz said there are plans in place to keep the players safe. Only 20 football players will be
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Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz and his team said they are committed to fighting for equality. “It’s not an us versus them,” Drinkwitz said on a Zoom call Thursday. “It’s all of us versus racism.” More than 60 student athletes, staff and law enforcement marched together peacefully from the MU columns to the Boone County
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Former Mizzou baseball star Trey Harris spoke with ABC 17 about his minor league career and the social injustices surrounding the African American community. “Honestly as a black man in America, I just think that now it’s all hitting us in the face,” Harris said. “We have access to cameras and film and social media,
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The MINK league decided to cancel the 2020 season due to concerns about the Coronavirus and the uncertainties that still remain. MINK League Commissioner Ron Rodriguez said, “It is with great disappointment that the MINK League has determined that we cannot play this season.We join the many other leagues across the United States that have
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman is asking all of our viewers to send in your best at-home sports videos to news@kmiz.com. He will share the best ones in his 10 p.m. sportscast every night for the foreseeable future. You can watch Andrew’s at-home sports from Tuesday, May 26 in the video player above.
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ABC 17’s Tyler Murry sat down with Columbia Public Schools Athletic Director Bruce Whitesides to look back on his 22 years with CPS.
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman is asking all of our viewers to send in your best at-home sports videos to news@kmiz.com. He will share the best ones in his 10 p.m. sportscast every night for the foreseeable future. You can watch Andrew’s at-home sports from Monday, May 25 in the video player above.
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman unveiled his latest Top 10 list of Andrew’s at-home sports videos on Sunday. You can watch the countdown in the video player above. Andrew asking all of our viewers to send in your best at-home sports videos to news@kmiz.com. He will share the best ones in his 10 p.m.
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ELDON, Mo. – McMillen Field opened up one year after tornado damage destroyed the field and much of the town.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The SEC announced that all schools in its conference will be able to return to in-person athletic events, including team meetings, workouts, etc. on June 8. Mizzou Athletic Director Jim Sterk said, “The health, safety and well-being of Mizzou’s student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans is paramount and will be at the forefront
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman is asking all of our viewers to send in your best at-home sports videos to news@kmiz.com. He will share the best ones in his 10 p.m. sportscast every night for the foreseeable future. You can watch Andrew’s at-home sports from Thursday, May 21 in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College and Moberly Area Community College have partnered to launch a new program to help students transition to Columbia College. According to a news release, students from MACC will be able to live on Columbia College’s campus while taking classes through MACC. Officials say the partnership will also allow students to
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