COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will head into the gauntlet that is Southeastern Conference play with an unblemished record and a one-spot jump in each of the major national rankings. On Sunday, following the team’s Week 3 win over Troy, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and his team moved up one spot to No.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It definitely wasn’t pretty…but No. 20 Mizzou football’s record remained unblemished with a 27-17 win over Troy, on Saturday night. You can watch extended highlights of the victory in the video player below. With the win, MU moved to 3-0 on the season ahead of SEC action. You can watch the full
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By Dana O’Neil, CNN Oxford, Mississippi (CNN) — They crafted a poster that turned him into a corndog, a deadbeat on a stick if you will. They printed T-shirts and made buttons that called him a “heaux,” hoe, or ho, depending on the preferred spelling. They cussed him for leaving but then insisted they were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. NAIA VOLLEYBALL Williams Baptist University (0) Columbia College (3) FINAL HS SOFTBALL Marquette (3) Rock Bridge (13) FINAL Belton (1) Rock Bridge (8) FINAL Battle (15) Pilot Grove (5) FINAL Capital City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued cease-and-desist orders to six online prediction market operators, demanding they stop offering sports “event contracts” to state residents without a sports wagering license, according to a Friday press release from her office. The letters were sent to Polymarket, Kalshi, Crypto.com, Novig, Underdog and Robinhood. The AG’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Week 4 of the Missouri high school football season kicked off on Friday night. You can find scores from all of your Mid-Missouri teams below, as well as highlights in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia schools go toe-to-toe in week four of the high school football season. The Spartans and Kewpies are our SportsZone Football Friday Game of the Week. You can watch the game live over the air channel 17.3 on KZOU. Here is a look at other local listings: DirecTV – Channel 18
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With football season underway, Missouri is poised to collect some of its highest taxable revenue from sports betting. But the rise of prediction markets could divert some of that wagering activity — and the tax revenue it generates — away from the state. Missouri launched legal sports wagering in December 2025 after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Armory Sports and Recreation Center in downtown Columbia will close for a few months beginning in October for HVAC repairs. Parks and Recreation Director Gabe Huffington told ABC 17 News in an email that the Armory will be closed from Monday, Oct. 5 through the first week of January. City documents
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By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — Week 2 is one of the most fascinating weeks of the entire NFL season. This is when fans find out if they completely overreacted to what happened in Week 1 – or if that reaction was actually justified. So, what was real and what was just a one-week mirage?
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS VOLLEYBALL Helias (3) Battle (0) FINAL Eldon (2) Hallsville (3) FINAL Tipton (1) Boonville (3) FINAL HS SOFTBALL Capital City (9) Hickman (11) FINAL Bowling Green (3) Helias (7) FINAL Iberia
Continue Reading By Dana O’Neil, Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The two football players at the center of the debate over former professional players returning to the college game remain in limbo after the NFL notified teams they are ineligible to play this season. In a memo sent to top front-office staff and head coaches around the
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Oaks’ Derek Hagner is our Week 3 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Falcons will host Osage on Friday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The gauntlet that is Southeastern Conference football is right around the corner. No. 20 Mizzou has just one more non-conference match up left in the 2026 season, before beginning its toughest conference slate in years. Although the Tigers are 2-0 headed into Saturday’s game against Troy, head coach Eli Drinkwitz highlighted quite
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones spoke with the Mike Kelly, the voice of the Mizzou Tigers, ahead of the Mizzou football’s Week 3 matchup against Troy. Tiger Talk is a weekly radio show hosted by Kelly, which previews the upcoming football games with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz, assistant coaches and
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KMIZ) Mizzou volleyball will get its shot at No. 1 Nebraska, after all. Nine days after the Tigers and the Cornhuskers’ historic match at Wrigley Field got suspended due to humidity making the court un-playable, the two teams finally have a new meeting time. On Tuesday, the programs announced that they have rescheduled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two members of last year’s University of Missouri women’s golf team have filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in Boone County for another year of eligibility. Addie Dobson and Melanie Walker are asking a Boone County judge to grant them another year of eligibility after the NCAA passed its “five seasons in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS VOLLEYBALL Blair Oaks (3) Battle (2) FINAL Capital City (0) Helias Catholic (3) FINAL Christian Fellowship Sr. (0) Tipton (3) FINAL Versailles (3) Sherwood (0) FINAL Mexico (0) Tolton Catholic (3)
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs opened up the team’s redemption tour season with a statement, on Monday night. That statement coming in the form of a dominant 31-10 win over the AFC West rival Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium, as head coach Andy Reid and his squad are just beginning – what
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, Mizzou Athletics announced that legendary track and field head coach Tom Botts’ name will now adorn the indoor track, inside the Hearnes Center. It will now be known as the “Tom Botts Indoor Track,” following what the university said was a transformative donation from his grandson’s family. MU Athletics said
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