Volunteers clock in early Saturday to keep the NCAA Cross Country Championship moving
More than 100 volunteers were waking up early Saturday morning to help with Columbia’s first-ever NCAA Division I National Championship.
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Mizzou legend returns for Columbia’s first NCAA Division I National Championship
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou cross country and track and field legend Karissa Schweizer is no stranger to running on the biggest of stages. However, on Saturday, she will get to watch history play out on the sidelines. The most decorated athlete in MU history is returning to Columbia, as the city is set to host
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Six Tigers hit double digits as Mizzou men’s basketball routs South Dakota
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s offense continues to dominate in the team’s sixth win of the season. The Tigers (6-0) continued their streak of having multiple players reach 10 or more points, with six eclipsing that mark on Thursday’s 102-68 win. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Dennis Gates and players,
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Mizzou women’s basketball falls to Troy in high-scoring affair
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s miscues and defense proved costly in its second loss of the season. Troy (4-1) hit the century mark and forced 18 turnovers in Thursday’s non-conference matinee, leading to a 100-82 loss for the Tigers (4-2) inside Mizzou Arena. It’s just the second time since the 1999-2000 campaign that MU has surrendered
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Trio of Mizzou sports underway to kick off the winter season
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou wrestling, gymnastics, and swimming and diving are all in full swing for the new season. Head coach Brian Smith and the wrestling team concluded their third weekend of competitions on Saturday Nov. 15, with the national duels. The Tigers faced five teams all ranked within the top 25, picking up two
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Mizzou cross country nearing race time for national championships
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The cross country season finale is right around the corner. Mizzou is set to host the NCAA championships for the first time in school history on Saturday. The Tiger women qualified for the team race on Nov. 14, after placing fourth at the Midwest region championships. Freshman Monica Wanjiku has been the
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Mizzou basketball hunts for sixth-straight win
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou basketball prepares to host South Dakota for the fifth time in program history. Off the back of a 5-0 start, head coach Dennis Gates has his squad ready to contest for a sixth-straight win to start the season. On Monday against Prairie View A&M the Tigers controlled the game from the
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Maya Sands earns third SEC libero of the year, Mizzou volleyball earns a pair of all-conference awards
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou volleyball’s Maya Sands just joined an elite group of SEC players. On Wednesday, she was named the conference libero of the year. This is her third consecutive time winning the award, becoming one of three all-time to win the honor in three straight years. Since joining the Tigers in 2022, Sands
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WATCH: Mizzou men get ready to host South Dakota
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Tigers men’s basketball team is getting ready for a Wednesday night home tipoff. The Tigers will host South Dakota at 7 p.m. at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers remain undefeated as they continue through the easiest part of the schedule. Watch Coach Dennis Gates take questions about the preparation in the
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‘We absolutely love Mizzou. We love what we’re building’: Eli Drinkwitz addresses job rumors
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz looked to send a clear message to the Tiger faithful, during Tuesday’s weekly meeting with the local media: his attention is solely on the task at hand in Columbia, not on job openings around the nation. At the start of the Tigers’ press conference to preview the
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Mizzou women’s basketball gets back in win column with routing of SIU
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A season-best 30 points from guard Shannon Dowell lifted Mizzou women’s basketball to a bounce-back win on Tuesday night, as the Tigers trounced Southern Illinois 81-50. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Kellie Harper in the video player below. With the win, the Tigers improved to 4-1
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WEB EXTRA: Full one-on-one chat with the ‘Voice of the Tigers’ Mike Kelly ahead of Oklahoma game
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones spoke with the Mike Kelly, the voice of the Missouri Tigers, ahead of the Mizzou, Oklahoma edition of Tiger Talk out at Faurot Field. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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Mizzou football hunts for first win in Norman, Oklahoma since 1966
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will look to snap a 59-year drought with a road trip to Norman, Oklahoma on Saturday, as the Tigers will face the No. 11 Oklahoma Sooners. MU will roll into Norman with hopes of finding their first win at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium since 1966. Head
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Mizzou hoops clobbers Prairie View A&M to remain undefeated
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With a win over Prairie View A&M, on Monday night, Mizzou men’s basketball is 5-0 to start a season for the first time since head coach Dennis Gates’ debut campaign in Columbia. Although the Panthers managed to get some garbage time buckets in at the end of the game, the box score
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Pair of Mizzou football standouts earn weekly conference honors
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following Saturday’s dominating win over Mississippi State, two Mizzou football standouts are being honored by the Southeastern Conference for their performances. Running back Ahmad Hardy and cornerback Toriano Pride Jr. each earned Player of the Week nods from the conference, after helping the Tigers toa 49-27 victory over the Bulldogs in the
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Mizzou women’s basketball sets sights on bouncing back from first loss of season
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Although losing is never an easy thing, the Mizzou women’s basketball team is intent on making it worth it by using the first loss of the Kellie Harper era to highlight where the team stills need to grow the most. On Saturday, the Tigers fell to 3-1 on the season in a
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WATCH: Mizzou women’s basketball prepares to host SIU
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers women’s basketball team is looking to get back into the win column after losing a close game to Kansas on Saturday in Kansas City. The women now turn their attention to Southern Illinois, which comes to Mizzou Arena for a 6:30 p.m. tipoff on Tuesday. Watch a news conference
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RECAP: Mizzou football’s underclassmen show out in senior night victory
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou running back Ahmad Hardy and his team ran past Mississippi State…literally…for a dominant senior night victory at Faurot Field, on Saturday night. Hardy scored nearly half of the Tigers’ points against the Bulldogs in the Faurot Field finale, courtesy of three touchdowns and a historic 300-yard rushing performance. That outing made
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Sunday Sit-down with Mizzou cross country coach Kyle Levermore
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou cross country coach Kyle Levermore, ahead of the first-ever Division I National Championship in Columbia on Saturday, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. On Saturday, college cross country teams from around the nation will descend upon the Gans Creek Cross Country course,
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Mizzou sprints past Mississippi State on senior night, rebounds from back-to-back losses
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football’s 20 seniors have earned their memento from Faurot Field’s “Rock M”. You can watch extended highlights of Saturday’s win in the video player below. The Tigers (7-3) defended their home turf for the final time this season, securing a 49-27 win over Mississippi State (5-6) behind a career-best effort from
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