COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou quarterback Connor Bazelak will have surgery to repair a torn ACL next week, an MU spokesman confirmed. The freshman QB injured his right knee in the first half of the Tigers game against Arkansas this past Friday. Before the injury, Bazelak was playing well against the Razorbacks. He was 7/9 for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou tight end Albert Okwuegbunam has declared for the 2020 NFL Draft. The Redshirt Junior will forego his senior season to pursue a professional football career. Thank You 🖤🐯 pic.twitter.com/x8I3hMo6xM— Albert Okwuegbunam (@AOkwuegbunam) December 2, 2019 Okwuegbunam caught 98 passes for 1,187 yards and 23 touchdowns in his time at Mizzou. This
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel and former wide receiver L’Damian Washington held a charity event on Monday morning at The Crossing Church. Pinkel and Washington put on their Santa Claus hats and handed out presents to local kids from Coyote Hill Christian Children’s Home. The two surprised each child with a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman shares his thoughts on the future of the Mizzou football team.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mitchell Forde from PowerMizzou in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team is heading back to the NCAA Tournament and will face Northern Iowa in the opening round. The Tigers will be on the road to face Northern Iowa on Friday at 4:30 p.m. Mizzou is in Nebraska’s side of the bracket. If the Tigers win their first match, they
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is in need of a new coach after Barry Odom was fired after four seasons. The ABC 17 sports department breaks down what went wrong for Coach Odom.
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KANSAS CITY (KMIZ) Kansas City honored Smith-Cotton senior PJ Allred before its game against Oakland on Sunday. The Chiefs surprised him at midfield with tickets to this year’s Super Bowl. Allred was also able to high-five the players as they entered the field. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes handed PJ a practice ball. We featured Allred earlier
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Patrick Mahomes threw for a touchdown and ran for a touchdown, Juan Thornhill returned a pick 46 yards for another score, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the bumbling Oakland Raiders 40-9 on Sunday to seize control of the AFC West. LeSean McCoy and Darwin Thompson also had TD runs
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DENVER (AP) – Brandon McManus’ 53-yard field goal as time expired, set up by a long interference call, capped a furious final 14 seconds and gave the Broncos a 23-20 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. Rookie quarterback Drew Lock’s debut win for Denver came a month after Brandon Allen beat Cleveland. It made the
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Mizzou defensive lineman Jordan Elliott announced on social media that he will forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft. Numerous NFL scouts and scouting agencies have listed Elliott as a first-round or second-round grade. Elliott played two seasons for the Tigers since transferring from Texas. Elliott’s junior season was a breakout season as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team swept LSU on senior night. The Tigers finished the season 21-7 overall and 13-5 in the SEC.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has fired Barry Odom as its football coach, a source confirmed to ABC 17 News. MU officially announced the decision Saturday morning. Gabe DeArmond of PowerMizzou first reported the news. Odom was 25-25 overall and 13-19 in the SEC in his four seasons as head coach. He took
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Third-string quarterback Taylor Powell came off the bench Friday and led Missouri to three scoring drives and a come-from-behind 24-14 win over Arkansas, snapping the Tigers’ five-game losing streak in both teams’ season finale. Powell, who had started one game for Missouri earlier in the season for the injured Kelly
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CANCUN, Mexico The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost to North Carolina, 82-69, on Friday night in the Cancun Challenge. Senior Amber Smith finished the game with a team-high 16 points. Freshman Aijha Blackwell had 14 points and six rebounds off the bench. Freshman Hayley Frank had another strong outing as well. The Springfield native had
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KMIZ) The Missouri Tigers ended their season with a .500 record by defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks in the Battle Line Rivalry game Friday. The win made Missouri 6-6, allowing the Tigers to avoid a losing record in a disappointing season. Watch coach Barry Odom’s post-game news conference live in the player below.
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CANCUN, Mexico (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost 71-68 to New Mexico in the Cancun Challenge on Thursday night. Freshman Hayley Frank had a career-high 29 points on 9-14 shooting. Frank was 4-5 from beyond the arc. Jordan Chavis had 11 points and four rebounds for the Tigers. Up next – Mizzou will play
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The NCAA issued a public response on Wednesday in regards to Missouri’s reaction to its sanctions. NCAA response to comments by Missouri about the appeal decision: pic.twitter.com/RDpyxCASKl— NCAA News (@NCAA_PR) November 27, 2019 On Tuesday, the NCAA upheld all of the sanctions placed on the Mizzou athletics department. You can read more
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Multiple parents of Mizzou football players have voiced concern over the NCAA’s ruling and uncertainty about what lies ahead. The NCAA denied Mizzou’s appeal and upheld all of the previous sanctions. Included in those sanctions are postseason bans for Mizzou baseball, softball and football this year. If Mizzou football beats Arkansas, it
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Austin Reaves had 19 points and 10 rebounds, Brady Manek contributed 17 points and Oklahoma hold off Missouri 77-66 in the consolation game of the Hall of Fame Classic on Tuesday night. Kristian Doolittle scored 14 points and Alondes Williams added 12 as the Sooners led wire-to-wire. The Sooners (6-1)
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