On this week’s episode of “Mizzou Storytellers,” Dave Matter and guest co-host Brock Webb visit with another Brock, Mizzou football special teams analyst and Tigers legend Brock Olivo in an entertaining, emotional, story-filled interview. The record-setting former running back details his childhood in Missouri, his late-blooming development into a college prospect and his (brief) recruitment by his home-state school. Brock reflects on his four-year Mizzou career and the program’s gradual resurgence under the late Larry Smith in the late 1990s. Brock touches on his underdog NFL story and how he found his calling in coaching – and opens up about his short-lived political campaign in 2008 and the lessons he learned from the experience.

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Brad and Matt take a look back at the ten best dates for Mizzou Athletics in the 2023-2024 season across all sports, and then a look at the top ten changes coming to college football in the much-anticipated 2024 campaign. (Spoiler alert: not all of the changes may need to be taken literally)

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In the latest episode of “Mizzou Storytellers,” Nikki Barry and Dave Matter welcome newly hired Mizzou Director of Athletics Laird Veatch into the studio to tell his story – from speedy youth track star in Manhattan, Kansas, to Big Eight linebacker at Kansas State, to an athletics administrator on college sport’s biggest stage. Laird shares stories about his decision to play football for Kansas State over Mizzou; his start in college athletics administration at Texas; and working alongside several future leaders across the industry as part of “Alden’s Army” at Mizzou. He talks about the career choices he’s made along the way – Missouri, Iowa State, Learfield, Kansas State, Florida, Memphis – seizing second-chance opportunities and the unexpected CoMo homecoming that’s brought him and his family back to Mizzou, back where he took some of his first major steps along the journey.

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In this week’s episode of “Mizzou Storytellers,” Nikki Barry and Dave Matter invited gymnastics coach Shannon Welker into the studio to talk about his roots in suburban St. Louis, his Hall of Fame collegiate career and how his love for the sport pulled him into coaching. Shannon reflects on the Missouri gymnastics program’s growth under his watch in the last 12 years and his heightened expectations for 2024-25 and beyond.

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In this week’s “Mizzou Storytellers,” Nikki Barry and Dave Matter are joined by a master storyteller, the dean of Mizzou head coaches and the man behind “Tiger Style,” wrestling’s Brian Smith. Coach Smith details his journey from Long Island to South Florida to the Ivy League to Mizzou and all the stops in between that defined his climb as one of the greatest Mizzou coaches of all time. The son of a high school football coach who knew his destiny at a young age, Smith shares his memories on the earliest days of MU’s championship program, the birth of “Tiger Style” and the breakthroughs that charted the program’s path toward his upcoming 27th season at Mizzou.

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Head coach Larissa Anderson previews this week's NCAA Tournament Regional hosted by No. 7 Mizzou softball. Plus hear from pitchers Cierra Harrison and Marissa McCann on this special edition of Tiger Talk.

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In the latest “Mizzou Storytellers” episode, Nikki Barry and Dave Matter visit with the ideas man of Mizzou Athletics, Senior Associate Director of Athletics and Chief Revenue Officer Greg Hulen. Greg shares stories about his childhood in Florida – with a pitstop in Missouri at Fort Leonard Wood – and his college days at Florida State, where he was first drawn to the world of college athletics. Greg details his industry stops at Texas Tech, Ohio, Bowling Green, Tennessee and UNLV – where, naturally, he lived in a casino during his short time there – and all the mentors he met along the way who helped shape his career. Greg is a family man — and we learn how he’s discovered the secret to thriving in the world of college athletics while still devoting time to his wife and three children. In the episode’s final segment, Nikki is fascinated by Dave’s summer job back in college and has many questions for her co-host.

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We visit with new Mizzou Men's Basketball assistant coach Rob Summers and chat about his wide-ranging career in basketball, including why he has a shirt missing somewhere in North Africa. Later, Brad and Matt get you caught up on everything about Mizzou Athletics (while enjoying a delicious plate lunch)!

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