COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou football’s first-year defensive coordinator Corey Batoon in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair discussed Batoon’s vision for the 2024 Tiger defense and what brought him to Columbia. The former South Alabama d-coordinator joined head coach Eli Drinkwitz’s coaching staff in Jan.
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VILLANOVA, Pa. (KMIZ) The No. 12/13 Mizzou softball team improved to 29-7 overall in 2024 with a four-game road trip out to the East Coast. Head coach Larissa Anderson and company capped off the perfect week with a 7-0 win over Villanova on Saturday morning. With the win over the Wildcats, MU outscored its opponents
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team could not salvage the series finale against No. 7 Vanderbilt on Saturday. Despite shutting out the the Commodores for the last seven innings, the Tigers fell 3-1 to go 0-3 overall in Nashville. A three-run first inning from Vanderbilt was all it took, offensively. Other than the shot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Friday, March 29, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. NAIA BASEBALL Hannibal-LaGrange University (4) Columbia College (20) FINAL Hannibal-LaGrange University (6) Columbia College (16) FINAL NAIA SOFTBALL Hannibal-LaGrange University (1) Columbia College (10) FINAL Hannibal-LaGrange University (8) Columbia College (6) FINAL
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) The Mizzou bats were no match for the arm of Vanderbilt standout Bryce Cunningham on Friday night. The Commodore pitcher struck out a career-high 12 batters on the way to his team’s 4-0 win over the Tigers. Cunningham and reliever Miller Green limited MU to just one hit in the series-clinching win
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FAIRFAX, Va. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball has played 26 non-conference contests so far this season, and the Tigers have only lost two of them. Larissa Anderson’s crew run-ruled George Mason 11-2 in six innings on Thursday evening, marking the team’s 11th straight win over a non-conference opponent. After taking the first lead of the game on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday, seven members of Mizzou Gymnastics earned All-SEC honors. Just one day later, the Tigers have now crowned a trio of WCGA Regular Season All-Americans. Sienna Schreiber was named a WCGA First-Team Regular Season All-American on beam while her teammates Mara Titarsolej and Jocelyn Moore secured second-team honors on bars and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Men’s Basketball has signed one of the transfer portal’s top three-point shooters. Jacob Crews is officially transferring from UT Martin to the Tigers for the 2024-25 season. Crews is joining Dennis Gates and company after ranking No. 22 in the nation in three-point percentage during the 2023-24 season. The 6-foot-8 wing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Gymnastics received plenty of postseason recognition from the SEC on Wednesday morning. Seven Tigers secured All-SEC honors, the most of any SEC program, and Jocelyn Moore was named the league’s Event Specialist of the Year. This is the first time in Moore’s career that she has been named SEC Event Specialist
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Mizzou Men’s Basketball coach has landed his next head coaching job in some familiar territory. Missouri State Athletics announced on Wednesday that Cuonzo Martin is officially returning to lead its men’s basketball program. The Bears agreed with Martin on a five-year contract with a base salary of $600,000 that runs
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SAUGET, Ill. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team dropped to 10-15 overall in 2024 with an 11-3 loss in Braggin’ Rights action against Illinois on Tuesday night. The Tigers and the Fighting Illini actually each finished the game with nine hits apiece, but MU struggled to capitalize with runners in scoring position, going just 2-for-12 in
Continue Reading HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (KMIZ) The No. 12/13 Mizzou softball team opened up its spring break road trip with two wins in doubleheader action on Tuesday. The Tigers beat both Fordham and Hofstra to improve 27-7 on the season. In game one against Fordham, head coach Larissa Anderson and company throttled the Rams, 20-0, in five innings.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) According to a report from ESPN college insider Pete Thamel, former Mizzou men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin is in talks with Missouri State to retake the reigns of the program. It will not be Martin’s first time in Springfield, as he coached the Bears from 2008 to 2011 before leaving for the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team learned that it will be making the trip to Gainesville, Florida for NCAA Regional action during Monday morning’s NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Selection Show. The Tigers will carry the No. 13 seed into the championships. Head coach Shannon Welker and company’s regional will include the host team No. 4-seeded
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March Madness has certainly lived up to its name thus far.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 15/16 Mizzou Softball ended the weekend one win short of clinching a sweep against a top three team in the nation. No. 2/3 LSU escaped Mizzou Softball Stadium with a narrow 4-3 win on Sunday afternoon. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Larissa Anderson, as well
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team gave first-year head coach Kerrick Jackson the first SEC win of his MU tenure on Saturday, but could not follow it up with his first SEC series win on Sunday. The Tigers fell 7-6 to the Kentucky Wildcats to lose the series 2-1. With the loss, Jackson and
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After three days of action at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Kansas City, Tiger Style is returning to Columbia with three All-Americans. Three different Mizzou wrestlers earned a sixth place finish or higher on Saturday, and the Tigers ended the national tournament in a tie with NC State for 11th place
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NEW ORLEANS, La. (KMIZ) Last season, Mizzou Gymnastics set a new program record for its highest team score at the SEC Championships. One year later, Shannon Welker’s crew has broken that record again. The Tigers ended the afternoon session of the SEC Championships on top of the team standings and finished in fifth place overall
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First-year head coach Kerrick Jackson has won his first conference game since taking over the Mizzou baseball program. The Tigers locked down a 2-1 win over Kentucky on Saturday at Taylor Stadium, forcing a rubber match between the two teams on Sunday morning. After Kentucky struck first in the third inning on
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