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Story: Next generation of Mid-Missouri basketball stars making their way at Lange

December 15, 2019 11:05 PM Andrew Kauffman

ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman introduces two of the next star basketball players in Mid-Missouri, Nautica Washington and Boo Anderson.

Mizzou basketball cruises past Southern Illinois

December 15, 2019 6:40 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Mark Smith scored a season-high 23 points to lead Missouri to a 64-48 victory over Southern Illinois on Sunday. Smith led the Southeastern Conference in 3-point accuracy last year, shooting 45%. He had been hit-or-miss this season, entering Sunday’s game making 35.1% of his 3s, but he made 7 of 9

Mizzou women’s basketball falls on the road to No. 20 Missouri State

December 15, 2019 5:21 PM Tyler Murry

Despite a strong performance against a top-25 team on the road, the Mizzou women’s basketball team lost to (20) Missouri State, 79-72. With the loss, the Tigers fall to 3-8 on the season and have lost two straight games. Amber Smith led the Tigers with 22 points on the night and added seven rebounds. The

Kansas City beats Denver in Lock’s return

December 15, 2019 3:57 PM ABC 17 News Team

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce were on the receiving end of many of his biggest throws, and the AFC West champion Kansas City Chiefs romped to a 23-3 victory over the Denver Broncos at snowy Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. Watch: #Mizzou

Local highlights and scores: Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019

December 14, 2019 10:42 PM Tyler Murry

Here is a look at your local highlights and scores for Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. The Boonville boys basketball team won the Centralia Tournament over Centralia, 57-48. Tipton girls basketball beat Capital City, 53-20. California girls basketball beat South Callaway, 49-40. St. Elizabeth girls basketball beat California, 76-46. Hermann girls basketball beat Blair Oaks, 41-39.

Alcohol sales at MU football games totaling more than $600,000

December 13, 2019 6:45 PM Sydney Olsen

The University of Missouri sold alcohol at football games for the first time in 2019.

Local highlights and scores: Friday, Dec. 13, 2019

December 13, 2019 10:12 PM Tyler Murry

Here is a look at your local highlights and scores for Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. The Blair Oaks boys basketball team beat Hickman, 69-64. Southern Boone boys basketball beat Fatima, 57-51. Southern Boone girls basketball beat Fatima, 45-29. Jefferson City girls basketball beat Rogers Heritage, 49-11. South Callaway boys basketball beat New Bloomfield, 67-33.

Columbia Public Schools Athletic Director set to retire

December 13, 2019 4:46 PM Tyler Murry

After 22 years with athletics at Columbia Public Schools, CPS Director of Athletics Bruce Whitesides tells ABC 17 he will retire. Whitesides said, “I couldn’t be more happy. Who else gets to watch games and get paid for it you know?” Rock Bridge Athletic Director David Egan is set to take over the position following

Arkansas hires Barry Odom

December 13, 2019 2:57 PM Tyler Murry

Former Mizzou football coach Barry Odom will be the next defensive coordinator for the Arkansas Razorbacks. New Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman spoke on the Paul Finebaum Show on SEC Network and said he hired Odom to be his defensive coordinator. Mizzou fired Odom following his last win over Mizzou, which was against Arkansas. Odom

Cuonzo Martin fields questions ahead of weekend game

December 13, 2019 12:35 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin took questions from reporters Friday ahead of a home weekend matchup with Southern Illinois.

Local highlights and scores: Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019

December 12, 2019 10:42 PM Tyler Murry

Here are your local highlights and scores from the night as the Rock Bridge girls basketball team dominated, 81-21, over Battle. Centralia boys basketball beat Harrisburg, 60-27, in the Centralia Tournament. Salisbury beat North Callaway, 43-42, in the Centralia Tournament. Jefferson City girls basketball beat Licking, 52-36, and Jefferson City boys basketball lost to Blue

Central Methodist men’s soccer reflects on second straight National Championship

December 12, 2019 7:08 PM Tyler Murry

Hear from Alex Nichols, Jayton Johnson and Marcos German as they talk about Central Methodist men’s soccer going to back-to-back.

Lock prepares for homecoming in Kansas City

December 11, 2019 9:41 PM Andrew Kauffman

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football star Drew Lock will return home to Kansas City this weekend. The Broncos will play the Chiefs at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Lock is 2-0 so far as a starter in the NFL. He helped lead the Broncos to wins over the Chargers and Texans the last two

Blackwell wins SEC freshman of the week

December 11, 2019 7:40 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball player Aijha Blackwell is the SEC freshman of the week. This is Blackwell’s first SEC weekly honor. The St. Louis native averaged 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the Tigers’ two games. Mizzou, 3-7, will be back in action on Sunday on the road against Missouri State

CPS: No evidence of wrongdoing during Jackson football game

December 10, 2019 4:41 PM Barry Mangold

An investigation into student conduct at a high school football game found no sign of misconduct, according to Columbia Public Schools.

Mizzou officially hires Eli Drinkwitz as head football coach

December 10, 2019 8:24 AM Andrew Kauffman

The UM Board of Curators voted unanimously Tuesday to hire Eli Drinkwitz as the University of Missouri’s new football coach.

Mizzou to introduce new football coach Tuesday

December 9, 2019 1:00 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri will introduce its new football coach on Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m., and the event is open to the public. You can watch the entire news conference live on ABC 17 and online. On Sunday, we reported MU has reached an agreement with

Curators to meet after Mizzou reaches agreement with new football coach

December 8, 2019 6:29 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has reached an agreement with a new football coach, according to a source. Eliah Drinkwitz is expected to be the 33rd head coach of the Mizzou football team. An MU spokesman said an official announcement is close, but nothing will happen Sunday night. The UM Board of Curators

KC survives mistakes, take AFC West with 23-16 win over Pats

December 8, 2019 9:45 PM Andrew Kauffman

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Bashaud Breeland knocked away Tom Brady’s fourth-down pass to Julian Edelman in the end zone and the Kansas City Chiefs survived a series of mistakes and questionable calls by the officials to hold off the New England Patriots 23-16. Combined with Oakland’s loss to Tennessee the Chiefs clinched the AFC West

Lock throws 3 TDs in first half as Broncos beat Texans 38-24

December 8, 2019 10:51 PM Andrew Kauffman

HOUSTON (AP) – Rookie Drew Lock threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns and Kareem Jackson had an interception and returned a fumble 70 yards for a touchdown against his former team. The Denver Broncos built a huge first-half lead and coasted to a 38-24 win over the Houston Texans. Lock made his NFL debut