Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk said he has every reason to believe football preseason practices will begin next week. He released this statement on Monday afternoon: “Since college athletics stopped back in March, the Southeastern Conference has not rushed its decision-making processes while working collaboratively to develop plans for all sports to return to play
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The St. Louis Cardinals postponed yet another series on Sunday night due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the organization. Official from MLB: The #Pirates-#STLCards series in St. Louis has been postponed."MLB and the club believe it is prudent to conduct additional testing while players and staff are quarantined before the team returns to play."— Anne
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Jefferson City School District athletic director Ehren Earleywine in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the entire interview in the video player above. Earleywine said all of the members of the Central Missouri Athletic Conference met in Sedalia on Sunday to discuss the upcoming
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS, Mo (KMIZ) The MLB has postponed the rest of the Cardinals’ weekend series versus the Chicago Cubs, following the postponement of Friday’s game due to additional cases of COVID-19. The St. Louis Cardinals said two more players and one staff member have tested positive after testing over the past two days. There are
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CLEVELAND, Oh (KMIZ) The Mid-American Conference canceled its 2020 football season on Saturday morning due to concerns surrounding COVID-19. The conference is looking into making up fall sports in the 2021 spring season. The decision includes football, cross country, field hockey, soccer, and volleyball. pic.twitter.com/GJZqGpQBMr— MACtion (@MACSports) August 8, 2020 Conference officials said the decision
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou football added two conference games to their schedule on Friday, as a result of the changes due to COVID-19. The Tigers will now host the Alabama Crimson Tide and meet the LSU Tigers this fall. The new schedule features teams scheduled before COVID-19, including South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Tennessee. Let's rock.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The SEC touched on testing and mask usage in its required protocols for fall sports. The conference said that protocols will continue to change throughout the season, as more updates come surrounding COVID-19. “Our health experts have guided us though each stage of preparation for the safe return of activity and, together
Continue Reading The St. Louis Cardinals announced they would be postponing their eleventh game in a row after another player tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.
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Two former University of Missouri football standouts said safety was a primary concern as they hosted more than 50 players at a youth football camp Thursday.
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NBA star LeBron James says the league won’t miss Donald Trump’s viewership after the US President criticized players for kneeling during the national anthem. Following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, NBA players have been vocal in their calls for social justice and, as the season resumed last week, every player knelt during
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ST. LOUIS, Mo (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals made it back to Busch Stadium on Wednesday evening, following a six-day quarantine in Milwaukee. On Tuesday, the MLB reported that the Cardinals had no additional positive cases of COVID-19 and were cleared to return home. The ball club stands at 13 cases of COVID-19, seven of
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The NCAA released additional requirements schools must meet in order to participate in any sort of fall postseason play this fall. NCAA President Mark Emmert said the health and safety is their primary concern. “Student-athletes should never feel pressured into playing their sport if they do not believe it is safe to
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The Mizzou football team’s fall camp has been pushed back to August 17. The SEC made the league-wide mandate on Tuesday. MU was originally scheduled to start fall camp on Friday. The SEC said the new calendar is based on the recommendations of the SEC’s Return to Activiity and Medical Guidance Task Force. According to
Continue Reading Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is among six players that tested positive for COVID-19 recently.
Continue Reading The MLB has postponed another Cardinals series due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the organization. The MLB confirmed 13 members of the St. Louis organization have tested positive for COVID-19 – seven players and six staff members. St. Louis will not play its four-game series against Detroit this week – as previously scheduled. This comes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 sports director Andrew Kauffman brought back his Andrew’s at-home sports segment for an encore performance on Sunday night. You can watch it in the video player above.
Continue Reading MILWUAKEE, Wi (KMIZ) St. Louis decided to postpone its Sunday double-header after an increase in positive COVID-19 cases on Saturday. The Cardinals had to postpone games on both Friday and Saturday due to an outbreak in the clubhouse. There are six positive cases of COVID-19 within the organization, three of which are players. St. Louis
Continue Reading MIKWAUKEE, Wi (KMIZ) St. Louis’ Saturday game against the Milwaukee Brewers became the 16th game postponed due to COVID-19, in just the week that the MLB has been back. After additional testing, St. Louis came back with four more positive test, bringing the total of cases to six, three of which were players. St. Louis’
Continue Reading A statement from the St. Louis Cardinals sent out in a tweet Friday afternoon said two players tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday night.
Continue Reading The SEC will move to a 10-game conference-only schedule for the 2020 season due to concerns surrounding COVID-19. AL.com was the first to report the news. The league also has moved the start of the season back to Sept. 26. The SEC championship game will be on Dec. 19. We spoke with Mizzou athletic director
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