EUGENE, Oreg. (KMIZ) Five Mizzou Track & Field athletes will compete in the NCAA Championships this week in Eugene. We caught up with Mizzou Track & Field head coach Brett Halter on Tuesday afternoon. You can watch the full interview in the video player below. https://youtu.be/r1QZIunGK1c Three of the five are freshman, and all of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball standout Cayla Kessinger plans to return for her extra year of eligibility, according to her father Cory. “Barring any medical issues, she will be back,” He said in a Twitter message Monday night. Kessinger made it official in a social media post on Tuesday night. Kessinger just finished up her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou track and field star Mitch Weber in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above. Weber will compete in the NCAA Championships this week in Eugene, Oregon. The redshirt freshman is ranked No. 12
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics set up a GoFundMe for freshman soccer player Kyra Reeves on Friday afternoon. This comes after she lost both of her parents to COVID-19 in February. Reeves’ parents died five days apart in their hometown of Austin, Texas, according to a release from MU. Chrisla and Jason were married for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel and standout Jeremy Maclin were both placed on the ballot for the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Pinkel is one of seven coaches from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision on this year’s ballot. Maclin is one of 78 players to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on L’Damian Washington in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The former Mizzou football star recently announced he’s moving back to his home state. Washington will be the wide receivers coach for Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. You can watch the full interview on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team fell in a heartbreaking Super Regional finale to James Madison University on Sunday, 7-2, on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers struck first courtesy of a lead off bomb from Brooke Wilmes to put MU up 1-0 in the first inning. However, James Madison responded in the fourth inning, as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team made a complete turnaround on Saturday evening. A six-run win sent the Super Regional series to the third and deciding game. You can watch the full postgame press conferences with Larissa Anderson, Cayla Kessinger, and Laurin Krings in the video players below. https://youtu.be/lalKgaQ2Rmg https://youtu.be/OoXyQNN73F0 https://youtu.be/ln6_DMhs12s On Friday night,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team fell in the first game of its home Super Regional, 2-1, against James Madison University on Friday night. You can watch the full interview with Mizzou pitcher Jordan Weber in the video player below. https://youtu.be/h1W-l8XchNQ It was a pitcher’s ball game throughout. MU’s Jordan Weber finished with nine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou announced that MU Hoops’ Director of Athletic Performance, Nicodemus Christopher, will be moving to Denver to start his own company. He has been with the program for four years, however, he’s been with head coach Cuonzo Martin for much longer than that. Martin and Christopher stayed together at Tennessee, Cal-Berkeley, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced the start times for its first three games of the season on Thursday afternoon. WEEK 1 – Sept. 4: Mizzou vs. Central Michigan 3 p.m. WEEK 2 – Sept. 11: Mizzou at Kentucky 6:30 p.m. WEEK 3 – Sept. 18: Mizzou vs. SEMO 11 a.m. Earlier this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team will host Super Regionals this weekend for the first time since 2013. The Tigers will face James Madison for a best of three series starting Friday at 8 p.m. You can hear from head coach Larissa Anderson in the video player above. James Madison is 37-1 on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mark Hankins will be the co-head coach of the Mizzou men’s golf team. MU announced its latest hire on Wednesday. Hankins will coach alongside current head coach Mark Leroux for the next few years. He will officially take over in 2023. In a release, Leroux said that’s when he plans to retire.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple Mizzou baseball players have entered the transfer portal. An MU spokesperson confirmed Seth Halvorsen, Cameron Swanger and Jared Simpson all plan on leaving the team. Seniors Chad McDaniel, Mark Vierling, Jackson Lancaster, Cameron Pferrer, Clayton Peterson and Alex Peterson are all entering the portal as well. They will look to use
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Starting wide receiver Jalen Knox has left the Mizzou football team. An MU spokesperson confirmed the news on Tuesday. The rising senior spent the last three years with the Tigers. Last season, Knox caught 31 passes for 305 yards in nine games. The Jonesboro, La. native also rushed for 95 yards and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football star L’Damian Washington is headed to the SWAC. He’ll be the new wide receivers coach for Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. Washington announced his decision on social media on Monday. Last year, MU football coach Eli Drinkwitz hired Washington as the director of player development for the Tigers.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive back Jarvis Ware has entered the transfer portal. The rising senior announced his decision on Monday night. The Apopka, Fla. native spent the last three seasons with the Tigers. He played in 28 games and made 51 tackles. Ware’s one and only interception was a pick-six against Florida on Oct.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is headed to its first Super Regional since 2016, courtesy of a no-hit win over Iowa State on Sunday. It was another dominant performance from the Tiger pitching staff, as sophomore Jordan Weber pitched a no-hitter, along with seven strikeouts. https://youtu.be/jRZ0sTWoZr0 It was Mizzou’s first postseason no-hitter since
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Mizzou and Rock Bridge star Sophie Cunningham in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team cemented their place in the Regional Final with a 4-0 win over Northern Iowa on Saturday afternoon. You can watch full interviews with Larissa Anderson and players in the video players below. https://youtu.be/9sJ-gazHZd4 https://youtu.be/unP1CpsB3xs https://youtu.be/i6D0Dw54huY The Tigers had six hits and two of those were home runs, courtesy
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