ATLANTA, Ga. (KMIZ) Major League Baseball announced it will be moving the 2021 All-Star Game and 2021 Draft out of Atlanta in response to a recent voting law passed by the state of Georgia. The law received criticism from civil rights groups and President Biden for restricting voting access for residents in the state. In
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The two remaining games of the Washington Nationals’ season-opening series with the New York Mets have been postponed due to Covid-19 concerns with the Nationals, Major League Baseball announced Friday. The games, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Nationals Park, have been postponed, MLB said, a day after the postponement of the two teams’ season-opening
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If baseball is a metaphor for American life, Opening Day brought a tantalizing springtime hint of better days ahead, despite reflecting a nation divided by the polarized politics of a pandemic and Georgia’s battle over Republican voter suppression. Annual first rites of a new season played out in front of well-below-capacity and socially distanced crowds,
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team extended the losing streak to five games on Thursday evening, as they fell to Texas A&M 16-2. The Aggies got a quick start over the Tigers, scoring two runs in each of the first three innings for a quick 6-0 lead. From there, Texas A&M poured it on.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo (KMIZ) The Cardinals and Royals both won their respective Opening Day games on Thursday afternoon. St. Louis took down the Cincinnati Reds, 11-6, in a standout performance at the plate. Five Cardinals brought runners across home plate. However, Dylan Carlson cranked out a home run in his very first Opening Day as
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ST. LOUIS, Mo (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals will welcome fans back to Busch Stadium on April 8, as the Red Birds takes on the Milwaukee Brewers. It will be the first time in more than 500 days that fans have been in the seats at Busch. In 2020, Major League Baseball said no fans
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard Torrence Watson is the latest player to enter the transfer portal. He’s now the fifth MU player to leave the program this offseason. Watson is joined by Xavier Pinson, Mark Smith, Parker Braun and Ed Chang. Watson averaged just 1.8 points per game as a junior this past season. The
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This year’s March Madness might have exposed gaps in gender equity in college sports, but for two Black women, the 2021 NCAA women’s tournament will always represent a moment when history was made. For the first time in NCAA women’s tournament history, two Black women will be head coaches in the same Final Four. South
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Players and staff of NBA team Utah Jazz were left “shaken, but unharmed” after a bird strike forced the plane they were on to make an emergency landing on Tuesday. The travel party had been heading to the team’s next game against the Memphis Grizzlies on a chartered flight but, just minutes into the journey,
Continue Reading Many have completed a marathon, but no-one has done anything like Michael Miraglia’s Strongman Marathon. The fitness coach and CrossFit athlete covered 26.2 miles on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats in February by completing a variety of exercises. The challenge, which Miraglia dreamed up himself, included a mile of a single exercise such as tire flips,
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team blew a late lead to Kansas on Tuesday night. The Jayhawks beat the Tigers 10-9. MU was up comfortably most of the game, but Kansas scored eight runs in the 7th inning to take the lead. The Tigers could not answer in their final two at-bats. This was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou forward Ed Chang has entered the transfer portal, according to an MU spokesperson. Chang did not play a single minute during his one and only season with the Tigers. The 6’8″ forward is the fourth MU player to transfer this offseason. He joins Mark Smith, Xavier Pinson and Parker Braun.
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Manhattan, Kan. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou basketball player Mark Smith has committed to play for Kansas State. He announced his decision on social media early Tuesday morning. Smith averaged 9.7 points and 3.2 rebounds per game as a senior this past season at MU. Due to the NCAA’s COVID-19 waiver – Smith now has an extra
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The NFL owners voted in favor of adding a 17th game to the schedule starting this upcoming season. The league made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon. The Chiefs will host the Packers for their extra game. That was determined because Kansas City and Green Bay are in opposite conference. The two teams also both finished
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Japan recorded the second-biggest win in its history, thrashing Mongolia 14-0 in a World Cup 2022 qualifier. Werder Bremen striker Yuya Osako scored a hat trick, while Liverpool midfielder Takumi Minamino — who is currently on loan at Southampton — was also on the scoresheet. Mongolia, who are ranked No. 190 in the world, registered
Continue Reading Fernando Alonso’s Renault-owned Alpine team have blamed a discarded sandwich wrapper for wrecking the double world champion’s Formula One comeback race in Bahrain on Sunday. The Spaniard retired from his first race since 2018 after the car’s rear brakes overheated. “After the second stop, a sandwich wrap paper got stuck inside the rear brake duct
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Since announcing himself on the world stage with a PGA Tour victory as a rookie in 2019, Chile’s Joaquin Niemann has established himself as one of golf’s most exciting prospects. It’s been a whirlwind six months on the course for the Santiago native and a series of outstanding results have seen the 22-year-old break into
Continue Reading Sergio Aguero will leave Manchester City when his contract expires at the end of the season, the club has announced. The 32-year-old Argentine, considered to be one of the greatest players in Premier League history, joined from Atletico Madrid in 2011 and went on to win four Premier League titles, one FA Cup and five
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Here are the local scores from Monday, March 29, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Helias 4 | Battle 0 FINAL HS BASEBALL St. James 16 | Capital City 8 FINAL Fatima 4 | Southern Boone 6 FINAL New Haven 13 | Linn 14 FINAL Russellville 17
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Thierry Henry says the discussion around whether or not footballers should take the knee before games has become a distraction from the real “cause.” The former Arsenal and Barcelona star, who recently quit social media in protest of racist abuse and online harassment, believes the discourse has veered so far off course that people are
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