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Mizzou wrestler Jaydin Eierman enters transfer portal

November 6, 2019 11:15 AM Tyler Murry

A spokesperson for MU confirmed that Jaydin Eierman has entered the transfer portal with plans to transfer away from Mizzou. Eierman took a redshirt year this season in order to prepare for the Olympics. Eierman wrestled three seasons with the Tigers and was the 2019 MAC wrestler of the year. Eierman is a three-time All-American

Mizzou WBB escapes with season opener win over Western Illinois

November 5, 2019 10:45 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team beat Western Illinois 97-89 in overtime on Tuesday night. Amber Smith led the Tigers with 27 points, 15 rebounds and four assists. Fellow senior Jordan Chavis had 18 points and eight assists. The Tigers two talented freshman struggled in their MU debut. Aijha Blackwell and Hayley Frank

Web Extra: Mizzou football prepares for No. 6 Georgia

November 5, 2019 2:17 PM Andrew Kauffman

The Mizzou football team will play on the road against No. 6 Georgia on Saturday at 6 p.m. Quarterback Kelly Bryant is still battling a strained hamstring, and it’s unclear if he will play on Saturday. The senior said he’s at 75 percent. “If I’m going to play, I’m going to make sure I can

Barry Odom takes questions ahead of Georgia matchup

November 5, 2019 11:29 AM Matthew Sanders

University of Missouri football coach Barry Odom took questions from reporters Tuesday. The team travels to No. 6 Georgia this week for an SEC East battle. A video of the news conference is available in the player below.

Web Extra: Mizou hoops prepares for season opener

November 4, 2019 2:03 PM Andrew Kauffman

The Mizzou basketball team will host Incarnate Word on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Mizzou Arena. Hear from head coach Cuonzo Martin and the team ahead of the Tigers season opener.

Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inducts 2019 class

November 3, 2019 10:59 PM Tyler Murry

Gary Pinkel, Jeremy Maclin, Bob Burchard and others were among the Missouri coaches, players and teams enshrined in the 2019 class.

Sunday Sit-Down with Trey Harris

November 3, 2019 10:25 PM Tyler Murry

Former Mizzou baseball player Trey Harris joins ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman to talk about Harris’s professional baseball career.

Big second half powers Mizzou basketball past UCM in exhibition

November 1, 2019 10:59 PM Tyler Murry

The Mizzou basketball team defeated Central Missouri 80-56 in exhibition action.

Mizzou soccer loses to Mississippi State on senior night

October 31, 2019 10:43 PM Tyler Murry

The Mizzou soccer team dropped its fourth straight game after a 4-2 loss to Mississippi State.

Web Extra: Mizzou basketball prepares for first open exhibition game

October 31, 2019 3:43 PM Tyler Murry

Hear from Torrence Watson, Dru Smith, Mark Smith, Xavier Pinson and Javon Pickett as the Mizzou basketball team prepares for its exhibition game against Central Missouri.

No. 24 Mizzou volleyball falls to No. 13 Florida

October 30, 2019 11:25 PM Tyler Murry

The (24) Mizzou volleyball team lost to (13) Florida in five sets.

MU spends more than half-million on academic fraud and NCAA appeal

October 29, 2019 8:17 PM Alec Pettus

An academic fraud scandal and the ensuing NCAA appeal has cost the University of Missouri more than a half-million dollars. The university paid a total of $595,626.60 to outside counsel for their work on the investigation and appeal, according to records obtained by ABC 17 News. In January, the NCAA ruled to ban several of MU’s

No. 24 Mizzou volleyball earns more SEC weekly honors

October 29, 2019 3:15 PM Andrew Kauffman

Mizzou volleyball standout Andrea Fuentes is the SEC overall and setter of the week.

NCAA board approves athlete compensation for image, likeness

October 29, 2019 2:40 PM ABC 17 News Team

The United States’ largest governing body for college athletics took the first step Tuesday toward allowing amateur athletes to cash in on their fame, voting unanimously to permit them to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness.” The NCAA and its member schools now must figure out how to allow athletes to

Mizzou Athletics apologizes after uproar over tweet

October 24, 2019 10:05 AM Connor Hirsch

The Mizzou Athletics Department has apologized over Twitter after some social media users called earlier posts on the platform featuring athletes and other students insensitive. Below is a screen shot ABC 17 News obtained that was captured Wednesday afternoon. Mizzou Athletics later deleted the tweet and tweeted an apology Wednesday night, saying it had made a mistake. Earlier

Sunday Sit-Down with Tim Jamieson

October 29, 2019 1:32 AM Tyler Murry

Former Mizzou baseball coach Tim Jamieson joins ABC 17’s Tyler Murry for Sunday Sit-Down to talk about some of his former players who are making headway in the MLB.