By Ethan Salm The road to the Finals wasn’t supposed to run through Jurassic Park and the ScotiaBank Arena. Toronto wasn’t supposed to trade away DeMar DeRozan, and Kawhi Leonard wasn’t supposed to be in Toronto. Toronto wasn’t supposed to make it far in these playoffs after losing Game 1 of the first round, and […]

By Ethan Salm At 1:42 on Monday afternoon, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted out that Kevin Durant would return from the calf injury he suffered against the Houston Rockets on May 8. The Golden State Warriors were facing a 3-1 series deficit with Game 5 in Toronto and there was a lot of speculation about the […]

By Chuck Ryan and Zach Berman With the MLB season in full swing as summer approaches, staffers Chuck Ryan & Zach Berman rank their top 10 teams in MLB through the first two months of the 2019 campaign. Minnesota Twins (36-16) After the first two months of the MLB season, the Twins are the best […]

By Zach Berman The St. Louis Blues have been an incredibly resilient team over the course of their 2019 playoff run, but as the puck dropped in a sold-out TD Garden for game one of the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals, the Blues were faced with something they hadn’t seen before. While the Jets, Stars and […]

By Ethan Salm Before the 2019 NBA playoffs started, seven teams had never made the NBA Finals. Saturday night that number dropped to six. The Toronto Raptors won Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals by six points in the city that they call the “6ix,” eliminating the Milwaukee Bucks and clinching the first NBA […]

By Patrick Herion I have one quick question: Why are the Twins good? Seriously, nobody expected this. Not even Minnesota expected this. If you were to tell me that the Twins would be in first place over the Indians, I’d probably think you were crazy. With that said, let’s get on with the past week’s […]

By Patrick Herion Baseball is unpredictable. Simple as that. Nobody expected the Red Sox to be a terrible team this year and I can assure you that no one expected the Seattle Mariners to have such a hot start. But out of all these odd trends, the one that has left me puzzled is how […]

By Joey Miller KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 24 Mizzou Tigers (32-16-1) took the second game of the conference series at No. 23 Tennessee Volunteers (32-15) on Saturday with a final score of 6-2 to tie the series at one game apiece. Southpaw and SEC Pitcher of the Week (April 29) TJ Sikkema started on […]

By Jacob Murphy With the NBA draft now less than two months away, KCOU Sports’ Jacob Murphy reveals top ten picks in the final part of his three-column series. Once again these are not based on team needs as the order is still unknown, the order is based off of who has the best chance […]

By Emma Moloney After victories in Friday and Saturday’s matchups, Missouri baseball looked to record its first Southeastern Conference opponent series sweep of the season Sunday afternoon against the South Carolina Gamecocks.  The Tigers did just that with a rain-shortened 9-7 win. In a lengthy first inning, Missouri gave up four runs, and starting pitcher […]

By Logan Franz The NFL Draft concluded on Sunday, and from now until training camp, teams are free to sign undrafted free agents. What’s more NFL news stream will likely slow down significantly from now until August. Even so, day three of the draft isn’t as pointless as many are led to believe. There’s some […]

By Keegan Hartman On day two of the 2019 NFL Draft, Missouri Quarterback sensation Drew Lock’s future was decided at the hands of another former QB who has always had an eye for talent. The former First-Team All-SEC quarterback talent had to await his fate a little longer than a majority of the 23 NFL […]

By Logan Franz             As Day two of the 2019 NFL draft got underway, there was a lot of talent left on the board from the leftover first round talents that didn’t get taken in the first round, such as wide reciever D.K. Metcalf, cornerback Byron Murphy, quarterback Drew Lock, and many more. Those players […]

By Matthew Terry, Ben Krakow, and Chase Phillips Last Friday, show hosts Ben Krakow, Chase Phillips and guest analyst Matthew Terry gave their picks ahead of the 2019 NFL Draft. After Thursday’s first round, here’s how the picks stacked up: Preferred Walk-Ons Mock Draft 2019 NFL Draft Pick Team Player Pos School Analyst Pick Team […]

By Patrick Herion A a good friend once told me, “Everything reverts back to the mean.” That is precisely what has happened in this past week in baseball. Last year’s playoff teams are beginning to play to the caliber that we all expected at the beginning of the year. There are few teams that started […]

By Logan Franz On Thursday, the NHL playoffs began the second round after the first round had fans scratching our heads and asking: why? Starting with the, Carolina beat Washington in a Game 7 in a double overtime Game 7. “Mr. Game 7” Justin Williams continued his Game 7 heroics and notched the goal that […]

By Logan Franz The 2019 NFL Draft began with the First Round on Thursday night in Nashville, Tennessee. There were so many twists and turns to make it exciting for any fans but like always, there were winners and losers. Some teams took advantage of opportunities and others failed to. One of the biggest winners […]

By Caleb Lewis It was windy and chocolatey game two between Texas A&M and Missouri softball on Friday in a 4-3 win. On Willy Wonka night at Mizzou Softball Stadium, Mizzou had all sorts of candy themed giveaways for the fans that showed up to the game. It was safe to say that everyone’s inner […]

By Jacob Murphy This week, KCOU Sports’ Jacob Murphy take an in-depth look at picks 20 through in 11 in the 2019 NBA draft. Jacob will finish off his three-part mock draft series with picks 10 through 1. 20- Keldon Johnson, Kentucky Fr. Johnson came in to his freshman season with high expectations but was […]

By Jake Fein When looking back on Mizzou’s luck in terms of sports this year it’s easy to be, well, disappointed. From a blown call that saw Mizzou fall to Kentucky in a big game at home, to a promising start from Men’s Basketball that fizzled out into a 12th place finish in the Southeastern […]