Officials advise fans to have a plan in place if attending Super Bowl parade
With more than 1 million people possible at Wednesday’s Super Bowl parade in Kansas City, ensuring public safety will be a large undertaking.
Continue ReadingWith more than 1 million people possible at Wednesday’s Super Bowl parade in Kansas City, ensuring public safety will be a large undertaking.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals intend to build their new downtown ballpark blocks away from T-Mobile Center and the Power & Light District. They announced their plan on Tuesday, scrapping two concepts elsewhere in the city for a location that puts the stadium closer to
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball’s opening weekend ended with the Tigers posting two wins over No. 5/7 Clemson and No. 13/16 Utah and winning the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic Championship. Larissa Anderson’s crew has a perfect 5-0 record heading into this weekend’s Tracy Beard College Classic where Mizzou will play Texas A&M-Commerce and two
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Football League unveiled its list of draft prospects who were invited to participate in the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine. Of those 321 names, eight of them are Mizzou Tigers. Cody Schrader, Javon Foster, Darius Robinson, Ty’Ron Hopper, Kris Abrams-Draine, Jaylon Carlies, Ennis Rakestraw Jr. and Harrison Mevis all received invitations.
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Super Bowl LVIII came down to the wire. Sixty minutes of action couldn’t separate the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers and so the Super Bowl went to overtime. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but the 49ers’ decision to take first possession in overtime has come
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — No sooner had Usher delivered the final “Yeah!” of his Super Bowl LVIII half-time show, when the millions watching worldwide were transported from the cacophony of Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium to the quiet of a child’s bedroom in Ghana’s capital Accra. Titled “Born to Play,” the two-and-a-half minute advert
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church and Martynas Ruseckas, CNN (CNN) — The noise of fighter jets zipping overhead is a sound that Serhii Palkin finds difficult to forget – even two years on. Like every Ukrainian, the 49-year-old lived through the “nightmare” that unfolded as Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. While
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson will be part of the Liverpool FC Legends management team for a charity soccer match, the club announced in a statement on Tuesday. Eriksson, who publicly revealed his terminal cancer diagnosis last month, will be on the sidelines alongside Liverpool greats Ian Rush, John Barnes and
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A new look and new history for transcendent rookie Victor Wembanyama. The first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft produced a historic stat line on Monday, posting 27 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks to record a rarely seen triple-double in a 122-99 San Antonio Spurs win over
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Super Bowl LVIII came down to the wire. Sixty minutes of action couldn’t separate the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers and so the Super Bowl went to overtime. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but the 49ers’ decision to take first possession in overtime has come under
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Just a day after Patrick Mahomes lifted the Vince Lombardi Trophy aloft for the second time in as many years, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback already had his eyes set on more success. Having now won three Super Bowls in five years, Mahomes is looking to make history next
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — German basketball team ART Giants Düsseldorf is mourning the death of 17-year-old Ukrainian player Volodymyr Yermakov, who left Ukraine in 2023 to escape the war with Russia, following an alleged stabbing on Saturday. Police in the German city of Essen said in a statement that a
Continue ReadingSunday night was a wild one for much of Mid-Missouri.
Continue ReadingASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL FATIMA (52) SOUTHERN BOONE (58) FINAL CAPITAL CITY (59) HERMANN (41) FINAL HS GIRLS BASKETBALL TOLTON (51) CAPITAL CITY (46) FINAL ROCK BRIDGE (57) SMITH-COTTON (29) FINAL VERSAILLES (13)
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After posting its second-lowest team score of the season at No. 5 Kentucky last Friday, Mizzou Gymnastics now sits at No. 14 in the latest Road to Nationals Rankings. Shannon Welker’s crew posted a team score of 196.600 against the Wildcats, marking just the second time this season that Mizzou did not
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Super Bowl LVIII was the most-watched American television broadcast in a generation. Sunday’s overtime thriller, which featured the Kansas City Chiefs facing off against the San Francisco 49ers, averaged 123.4 million viewers, CBS said Monday, breaking Super Bowl viewership records. The highly anticipated showdown in Las Vegas surpassed the previous most-watched Super Bowl in history, a record set
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The parade celebrating the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory will be held Wednesday in Kansas City. According to the Kansas City Sports Commission, the parade kicks off at 11 a.m. at the intersection of 6th Street and Grand Boulevard. The route will head south on Grand Boulevard, west on Pershing Road, north on
Continue ReadingAlthough the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl, Missouri continues to lose out on sports betting revenue.
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Before his life was cut short at the age of 24 in a road accident, Kelvin Kiptum had been intent on achieving even more history in his brief but extraordinary marathon running career. Already the world record holder over 26.2 miles, Kiptum’s next challenge was to become the first
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Stacey Stauch has one question on her mind as the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to celebrate their third Super Bowl title in five seasons with a parade. “We’re all wondering: Will Taylor show up?” the paralegal said during a trip to the Chiefs-bedecked Union Station,
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