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WATCH: Drinkwitz takes Mizzou football questions

September 5, 2023 11:59 AM ABC 17 News Team

Watch live as Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz takes reporters’ questions ahead of Week 2.

Sunday Sit-down with Mizzou volleyball’s Jordan Iliff

September 3, 2023 10:13 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Chanel Porter brought on Mizzou volleyball’s junior right side hitter Jordan Iliff, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.

RECAP: Mizzou football starts 1-0, as one quarterback has a ‘leg up’ in the competition

September 3, 2023 6:33 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team started the 2023 season off 1-0, with a 35-10 win over South Dakota on Thursday night. The biggest story line headed into that game was the ongoing competition between the quarterbacks: returning starter Brady Cook and redshirt freshman Sam Horn. Cook started the first half, while Horn took

Mizzou volleyball gets swept in hard-fought match against No. 3 Louisville

September 3, 2023 4:28 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team lost its first game of the head coach Dawn Sullivan era on Sunday afternoon. No. 3 Louisville swept MU in three sets to drop the Tigers to 5-1 on the season. The Cardinals dominated Mizzou in the first set, winning 25-10, however, the two sets that followed were

Mizzou volleyball stays unbeaten in shutout win over South Dakota

September 2, 2023 4:37 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team starts the year with five-straight wins after the Tigers swept South Dakota 3-0 Saturday in the Tiger Invitational. This is the second-straight shutout win for MU after the Tigers took down Northern Kentucky on Friday at the Hearnes Center. St. Louis native Jordan Iliff was the leading force

Mizzou wins big in home opener over South Dakota

August 31, 2023 10:16 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers starting off the season on a high note with a big time 35-10 win over South Dakota on a Thursday night prime-time kickoff at Faurot Field. You can watch extended highlights of MU’s win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/El8psi03St0 Brady Cook started the game at quarterback playing the

Mizzou quarterback competition continues into regular season

August 31, 2023 11:23 AM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football season will kickoff at 7 p.m. on Thursday night and it’ll do so with no clear starting quarterback for the Tigers. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz will split snaps between returning starter Brady Cook and redshirt freshman Sam Horn to start the 2023 season. “The reality is that no quarterback

With a defense full of vets, Mizzou leans on ‘trust’ headed into week one

August 31, 2023 10:02 AM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s year two with Blake Baker at the helm of the Mizzou defense, and the good news is, the group is returning nine starters from last season. The Tigers went 6-7 last season. Majority of the defense is in their final year of play at Mizzou and the main goal is to

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Were you impressed with Mizzou’s win over South Dakota?

August 31, 2023 10:41 PM ABC 17 News Team

The win was expected but it was the first on-field action of the season for a Tigers team with lots of questions coming into the year.

Mizzou football Thursday night season kickoff likely to create traffic gridlock

August 31, 2023 3:57 PM Mitchell Kaminski

The Missouri State Highway Patrol and University of Missouri police are advising everyone who is not going to the Mizzou football game to avoid downtown.

Traffic impacts expected for Mizzou football home opener

August 31, 2023 3:38 AM Gabrielle Teiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thursday is the University of Missouri’s home opening football game. With thousands of fans expected to attend, traffic impacts and delays can be expected throughout the game. The increase in crowds and number of people heading towards and around the stadium has caused some changes to traffic flow. Football_Traffic_PatternsDownload According to the

Mizzou football releases week one injury report

August 29, 2023 6:04 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team released its injury report for week one on Tuesday, ahead of Thursday night’s season opener against South Dakota. Safety JC Carlies will be questionable headed into the game against the Coyotes. Linebacker Chad Bailey, running back Michael Cox, wide receiver Peanut Houston and offensive lineman Bence Polgar are

MU asks employees to work from home Thursday, looks to ‘accommodate’ for football traffic

August 29, 2023 4:40 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced Tuesday on its social media that it is asking employees who work “on campus in non-public-facing roles” to work remotely Thursday. The University stated remote work should begin at noon, stating it is accommodating increased traffic in the area for Mizzou football’s season opener. The Tigers host

One Mizzou football alum traded to the Eagles, another one waived

August 29, 2023 3:12 PM Nathalie Jones

DENVER, Colo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou standout Albert Okwuegbunam is headed to Philadelphia. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported that the Denver Broncos traded the tight end to the Eagles, along with a seventh-round 2025 draft pick in exchange for a 2025 sixth-round pick. Okwuegbunam was originally drafted to Denver, as a fourth-round pick, in 2020. He

Sunday Sit-down with KTGR’s Brenden Schaeffer

August 27, 2023 11:24 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on KTGR’s co-host of the ‘The Big Show,’ in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.

Tigers go perfect in the Mizzou Classic after fighting to the finish on Sunday

August 27, 2023 3:38 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second straight day, the Mizzou volleyball team managed to take matches to five sets to complete come back victories. On Sunday, MU managed to win the last two sets against Colgate to take the match. Dawn Sullivan has started her era at Mizzou a perfect 3-0 after some exciting wins

Mizzou makes comeback five-set win against Central Arkansas

August 26, 2023 9:48 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After losing the first two sets, the Mizzou volleyball team made the first major comeback of the Dawn Sullivan era to down Central Arkansas 3-2 in the five-set match. The Tigers were led by St. Louis native Jordan Iliff finishing with 15 kills, seven digs and a block. Dilara Gedikoglu also had

Drinkwitz talks quarterback situation for week one; linebacker Chad Bailey ruled out

August 25, 2023 4:17 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz opened up game week on Friday with a press conference talking about the quarterback situation and giving an injury report. Drinkwitz announced that senior linebacker and captain Chad Bailey underwent surgery on Friday, meaning that he will be out for about 21 days. “Disappointed for Chad, I

Mizzou hoops releases non-conference schedule

August 25, 2023 11:18 AM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team released the 2023-24 non-conference schedule on Friday, ahead of year two with Dennis Gates at the helm. The Tigers are scheduled to play one of their more challenging schedules in years with five games against power conference opponents and seven contests against schools from the nation’s top

Mizzou soccer avoids first loss of the season in tie with Omaha

August 24, 2023 5:53 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou soccer team hoped to get three-straight wins to start the season, but instead the group still managed to avoid a loss with a 2-2 tie Thursday evening with Omaha. The Mavericks were on the board first just over six minutes into play off of a corner kick. MU responded a