KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City offense was stagnant in the series finale against Detroit on Thursday afternoon. Tigers’ pitcher Michael Lorenzen threw seven innings of three-hit baseball on the club’s way to a 3-0 win against KC. The Royals finished with four hits, total, through the loss. Maikel Garcia, Kyle Isbel, MJ Melendez
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hallsville football team will look to clean out the bad taste that 2022’s district title loss to Bowling Green left in the group’s mouth headed into the 2023 season. Head coach Justin Conyers said his team knows that it will have tough opponents week-in and week-out in the coming weeks. Conyers
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WICHITA, Kan. (KMIZ) The Basketball Tournament, otherwise known as TBT, tipped off on Wednesday on the campus of Wichita State. The No. 4-seeded Show Me Squad, made up of Mizzou hoops alumni, won its first round game against the Vegas Rebellion, 96-90, TBT is a 64-team, single elimination tournament, which runs in July and August.
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The SEC just wrapped up its annual Media Days — the annual summer preview of the coming football season.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz brought a veteran group to SEC Media Days in Nashville, but a lot of the experienced guys wanted to shout out other upcoming stars that have shined in summer camp. “Armand Membou, he’s going to be very special. He’s going to be sitting here one day,” said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz is headed into year four at the helm of Tiger football knowing that each season is never a guarantee. At SEC Media Days, on Monday, Drinkwitz said he thinks that his program is headed in the right direction. MU finished the 2022 season 6-7 overall and 3-5
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team took center stage in Nashville on Monday morning, as SEC Media Days kicked off. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and players all took questions from both national and local media at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The conversation widely centered around the impending quarterback competition. Drinkwitz will be deciding between
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) SEC Media Days always marks the start of a clean slate for football teams around the Southeastern Conference, as it all kicks off on Monday in Nashville. The Mizzou football team will look to move forward from a 6-7 finish in 2022. The team made head coach Eli Drinkwitz’s third bowl game,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a 6-7 record in 2022, the Mizzou football team will have plenty of new faces to make an impact in 2023. With nearly 9,000 athletes in the transfer portal to choose from, Eli Drinkwitz and company added some much needed depth this offseason. Last year’s quarterback battle between Brady Cook and
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals found a spark after the MLB All-Star break Sunday to avoid the series sweep against the Tampa Bay Rays in an 8-4 victory. Kansas City got off to a 7-0 lead through seven innings of play, before the Rays put together four runs in the eighth to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou hoops standout DeAndre Gholston is headed to Europe. The guard signed a contract with the OSE Lions in Hungary, on Saturday. Gholston is now the third member of the 2022-23 team to make it pro. He is joining Kobe Brown and D’Moi Hodge, who are participating in NBA Summer League
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Royals have extended the All-Star break by a day as Kansas City announced that Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays would be postponed until Saturday, July 15. With the weather cancellation, KC and Tampa Bay will now play a split doubleheader at Kauffman Stadium with game one scheduled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou offensive lineman and NFL veteran Evan Boehm has joined the Mizzou football support staff as the assistant director of recruiting/player relations. Boehm, a Lee’s Summit native, set a Mizzou football school record with 52 consecutive starts along the offensive line. He started 12 games at guard as a true freshman
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference and Commissioner Greg Sankey have agreed to a contract extension through 2028. Financial terms were not disclosed in the release on Thursday. Sankey, 58, is in his ninth year after becoming the SEC’s eighth commissioner in 2015. As NCAA Transformation Committee co-chair, Sankey helped expand the College Football
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CLEVELAND, Ohio. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou pitcher Rorik Maltrud agreed to an undrafted free agent deal with the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday. The deal made him the fifth Tiger to find his way to the pros in 2023. Maltrud came to Mizzou as a transfer from New Mexico State in 2023. In his one season in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After getting just over .500 in his first two seasons as the head football coach of the Jefferson City Jays, Damon Wells is hoping to use his experience to his advantage this season and go deeper into a playoff run. “Our kids are winners and they believe they’re going to win
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Helias football team graduated quite a bit of depth, nearly 20 seniors, following the 2022-23 school year, but head coach Chris Hentges said his team has plenty of returning depth at skill positions headed into a new season. He said the rebuild will be coming up front. The Crusaders have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou head football coach Eli Drinkwitz made another addition to his 2024 class on Wednesday evening in four-star linebacker Brian Huff. Huff was between Arkansas, Mizzou, UCF and UNLV as his top four. The 6-foot-3, 220 pound prospect from Jonesboro, Arkansas finished his junior campaign with 92 tackles, seven tackles for loss,
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OAKLAND, Calif. (KMIZ) Mizzou baseball standout Luke Mann heard his name called in the 2023 MLB Draft on Tuesday afternoon. The Oakland Athletics drafted Mann with the No. 406 overall pick in the 14th round. The St. Louis native came back for his fifth season in the black and gold in 2023 and what a
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boonville Pirates football team is coming off of their best finish in 11 years, claiming a district title with a championship win over Moberly. “Winning a district championship or just winning a championship in general is the number one thing you talk about when you come in as a coach,” said
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