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NFL Draft recap: Day one
The Kansas City Chiefs drafted the first running back of the 2020 NFL Draft by taking Clyde Edwards-Helaire. Edwards-Helair rushed for 1,414 yards and 16 touchdowns as he and LSU won a national title. The Chiefs have four more picks in the NFL Draft with one in the second, third, fourth and fifth rounds. No
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Special Olympics Missouri athlete to announce Chiefs draft pick
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Saturday, Arthur Murphy will announce one of the day three selections for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2020 NFL Draft. Murphy is from Independence and is an athlete for Special Olmpics Missouri. The NFL selected Murphy due to his long-time involvement with Special Olympics and for being a Chiefs
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Andrew’s at-home sports: April 22, 2020
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 Wednesday, April 22 in the video player above.
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Former MU basketball player takes head coaching job at Owensville
OWENSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou basketball player Cullen VanLeer is Owensville’s new high school boys basketball coach. “I’m really excited to be a part of the Owensville community, and I’m really excited to build a stellar basketball program with stellar young men,” VanLeer said. Owensville High School would like to introduce new Head Boys Basketball
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Andrew’s at-home sports: April 21, 2020
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, April 21 in the video player above.
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Andrew’s at-home sports: April 20, 2020
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, April 20 in the video player above.
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Local golfer transfers home to Mizzou
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ashland native Walker Kesterson is coming home to Mizzou for his final year of eligibility. 📝✔️ NEWS: #Mizzou Lands Grad Transfer Walker KestersonWelcome home, @walkerkesty!🔗 https://t.co/hZtE2RK5mm pic.twitter.com/64rXiQQACJ— Mizzou Men's Golf (@MizzouMensGolf) April 20, 2020 Kesterson played his previous four years at Southern Mississippi. Due to COVID-19, his senior season was cut short.
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Mizzou football player suspended after arrest
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive lineman Antar Thompson is suspended indefinitely from the football team following his arrest over the weekend. “We’re aware of the situation, and Antar has been suspended indefinitely, per department policy,” MU football spokesman Chad Moller said. MUPD arrested Thompson on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle in a careless and
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Intern Tyler’s tip of the week: April 20, 2020
Every Monday, our sports intern Tyler Driesenga will look back at this past week in sports news. Plus – he’ll give us his at-home tip of the week to keep you motivated during these tough times. You can watch his latest tip of the week in the video player above. Without further ado, here’s Tyler:
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Andrew’s at-home sports: Week 4 Top 10
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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Columbia Memorial Stair Climb goes virtual
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The fourth annual Columbia Memorial Stair Climb will be a virtual event. Event Director Tommy Goran said the event is still scheduled for Saturday, April 25, but it will look a bit different this year. Goran and his executive team plan to livestream different parts of the event on Facebook. “This isn’t
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Columbia Swim Club finds new ways to keep swimmers active
The Columbia Swim Club is finding new ways to keep swimmers active through virtual classes during quarantine.
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Rock Bridge holds virtual signing day
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Rock Bridge high school held its first ever virtual signing day to honor five student athletes signing national letters of intent to play sports in college. Caroline Cole – Girls Soccer – University of Central MissouriCorinne Farid – Girls Tennis – United States Naval AcademyMaddie Marrero – Softball – Westminster CollegeSean Minor
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Mizzou running back plans to transfer
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A team spokesperson confirmed that running back Anthony Watkins will transfer away from the Mizzou football team. Watkins played just one game for the Tigers as a Freshman against SEMO in 2019. He had six carries for 19 yards before redshirting the rest of the season. The remaining running backs on the
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Web Extra: Jefferson City basketball star Sarah Linthacum talks about committing to Mizzou
ABC 17’s Tyler Murry spoke with Jefferson City forward Sarah Linthacum about committing to play for Mizzou and join her sister, Micah.
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Multiple Mizzou coaches and administrators volunteer to temporary pay cuts
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A spokesperson for the Mizzou athletic department said athletic director Jim Sterk, football coach Eli Drinkwitz, men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin, women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton, wrestling coach Brian Smith and baseball coach Steve Bieser all volunteered to take each a salary reduction from May 1 to July 31. The six were
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