Episode Details

On today’s SportsBeat KC, we catch up with Missouri Tigers coaches and administrators...in person. The occasion was the annual Tiger Takeover, a meet-and-greet with fans that happens in different corners of the state.

Chicken N Pickle in North Kansas City was the local stop and for the first time in more than a year, football coach Eli Drinkwitz, men’s basketball coach Cuonzon Martin, women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton and athletic director Jim Sterk mingled, posed for photos and had fun with the fan base in an outdoor setting.

On today’s show, you’ll hear from Drinkwitz, who has made recent moves on his staff; Martin, who likes next season’s team even without stand players Jeremiah Tilmon and Dru Smith; and Sterk. The athletic director’s plate is always full, even more so after dealing with the pandemic and now name, image and likeness legislation passed in Missouri.

You’ll hear background noise during the interview, even a server asking if we needed drinks. It was wonderful.

Story links:

Mizzou Tigers coaches talked sports with fans...in person. Here’s what they said

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-missouri/article251518963.html

How a former Shawnee Mission West linebacker is changing the college sports landscape

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/article251483608.html

Missouri bill enabling college athletes to be paid for name, image and likeness is passed

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-missouri/article251418738.html

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