COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team will have to wait until February to bring an SEC opponent to the Hearnes Center, as the group’s original conference opener was postponed due to COVID-19. The Tigers were set to host LSU on Jan. 14, however, the SEC announced the postponement on Wednesday due to COVID issues
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel looked back on his Hall of Fame career on Tuesday in front of friends, family and local reporters. Pinkel is a part of the 2022 College Football Hall of Fame Class. It was officially announced on Monday, but he said he found out about the news
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team has a new opponent for its Week 1 matchup to start the 2022 season. The Tigers will now host Louisiana Tech on Saturday, Sept. 3 at Faurot Field. MU was originally scheduled to play at Middle Tennessee. “I’m grateful to our administration and everyone involved in bringing a
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The Mizzou men’s basketball team will play at Arkansas on Wednesday at 8 p.m. We spoke with the team ahead of the matchup on Tuesday morning. Head coach Cuonzo Martin said MU will likely have all of its players available for the game. He added one more player still needs to clear COVID-19 protocols. The
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COLUMBA, Mo. (KMIZ) Longtime Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel is headed to the College Football Hall of Fame. The 2022 class was announced on Monday afternoon on ESPN. Pinkel is one of three coaches in the 2022 Hall of Fame class. 18 players will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as well.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard Kobe Brown is the SEC Player of the Week. The junior standout had a career-high 30 points in the Tigers win over No. 15 Alabama on Saturday. He also brought down 13 rebounds. It was his fifth double-double of the season. Brown is averaging 15.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on the Columbia Daily Tribune’s Eric Blum in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost its first SEC game of the season on Sunday. Arkansas beat the Tigers 83-73. MU trailed by 17 points at halftime, but the Tigers were able to cut the lead to single digits in the second half. Ultimately, MU’s comeback came up short. It was the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team started off 2022 with a top-25 win, after upsetting No. 15 Alabama at Mizzou Arena on Saturday afternoon. The game marks MU’s first conference win of the season. “We have a ways to go as a team, but I think we’ve made tremendous strides, especially in the
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) — Nearly stumbling heading into the playoffs, Nick Bolton and the Kansas City Chiefs gathered themselves just in time to thunder into the postseason with an AFC-best 12 wins. They’ll learn Sunday if that’s enough to get them a first-round bye. “We’re ready to go wherever
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou defensive lineman Kobie Whiteside has officially declared for the 2022 NFL Draft. The graduate student took to Twitter on Friday evening to make the announcement. He said, “the experiences I had here were truly amazing, from the roaring crowds to the time I spent in class. These experiences helped form
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced that two coaches will take the reigns of the defensive line heading into the 2022 season. Current assistant Al Davis will take over the interior defensive line and former Indiana assistant Kevin Peoples will coach the edge defensive line. “Al Davis and Kevin Peoples are strong coaches
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will play is first game of 2022 on Saturday when No. 15 Alabama comes to town. Head coach Cuonzo Martin said he expects to be without three scholarship players due to COVID-19. https://youtu.be/ir21o3e6w3I The Tigers were on a brief pause due to COVID, as the program had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics said it received a $5.2 million commitment to establish a men’s basketball endowment on Friday afternoon. MU Athletics Director Desiree Reed-Francois said the gift came from the Whitten family, who are longtime supporters of Tiger athletics. To honor the family’s donation, the Mizzou men’s basketball head coaching position will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team won its second straight overtime matchup on Thursday night. The Tigers pulled away at the end to beat Auburn 72-63 in OT. LaDazhia Williams scored a game-high 25 points and brought down 7 rebounds. Former Auburn standout Lauren Hansen scored 17 points for MU. Hayley Frank added
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo plans to enter the transfer portal. He confirmed his decision to ABC 17 News on Thursday. PowerMizzou was the first to report the news. The SEC All-Freshman Team member played in 12 games for the Tigers this past season. Wingo had 27 tackles, including two for a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Tiger quarterback Connor Bazelak announced his commitment to Indiana on Thursday afternoon, just two weeks after he entered the transfer portal. The quarterback will have three years of eligibility left with the Hoosiers. Bazelak appeared in 11 games and threw for 2,540 yards, 16 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions through the 2021
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced that safeties coach Charlie Harbison will be stepping away from his full-time role to deal with family matters in North Carolina. “Coach Cheese [Harbison] will remain a valued member of our program moving forward and we appreciate his commitment to Mizzou football,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will return to action on Wednesday night to host Auburn at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers have not played since their upset over No. 1 South Carolina on Dec. 30 due to COVID-19. MU took down the Gamecocks with just eight scholarship players available, but did have to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou safety Shawn Robinson entered the transfer portal on Wednesday, after spending three season with the Tigers. The TCU-transfer originally came to Columbia as a quarterback, sitting out in 2019 due to NCAA transfer rules. He spent the beginning of the 2020 season in a competition for a starting position with former
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