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Stay up to date with Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament scores here throughout the night.
12/29/2025

Stay up to date with Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament scores here throughout the night.

The semifinals are underway at the 80th Annual Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament in Springfield. The top seeded Nixa Eagles are taking on #5 Branson in one Gold Division semi at Great Southern Bank Arena, while 2nd seeded Hartville is battling unseeded West Plains. In the Blue Division semifinals,....

Mo State PxP Corey Riggs on CUSA opener vs Delaware and Glendale Hoops HC Brian McTague on Blue and Gold. | Mo State PxP...
12/29/2025

Mo State PxP Corey Riggs on CUSA opener vs Delaware and Glendale Hoops HC Brian McTague on Blue and Gold. | Mo State PxP Corey Riggs on CUSA opener vs Delaware and Glendale Hoops HC Brian McTague on Blue and Gold on the Sports Reporters with Tom Ladd. Monday December 29. Hour 2.

Tom Ladd and his guest host talk about the top sports stories of the day. The duo has some of the best interviews in the sports scene in SWMO.

Top Stories with NFL Playoff Picture, Cuonzo Martin after teams win Tuesday vs LIndenwood and Glendale Football HC Frank...
12/29/2025

Top Stories with NFL Playoff Picture, Cuonzo Martin after teams win Tuesday vs LIndenwood and Glendale Football HC Frank Tristan about LB Deric Washington playing in Peach State Grin Iron All American Game Monday in Georgia. | Top Stories with NFL Playoff Picture, Cuonzo Martin after teams win Tuesday vs LIndenwood and Glendale Football HC Frank Tristan about LB Deric Washington playing in Peach State Grin Iron All American Game Monday in Georgia on the Sports Reporters with Tom Ladd. Monday December 29. Hour 1.

Tom Ladd and his guest host talk about the top sports stories of the day. The duo has some of the best interviews in the sports scene in SWMO.

Get scores from the Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament throughout the day here:
12/27/2025

Get scores from the Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament throughout the day here:

It's a full day of quarterfinal round play in the 80th Annual Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament in Springfield, with games taking place at both Great Southern Bank Arena and Hammons Student Center on the Missouri State University campus. All winner's bracket quarterfinals are being played at Great....

Stay up to date with scores from the 80th Annual Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament here:
12/26/2025

Stay up to date with scores from the 80th Annual Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament here:

The 80th Annual Greenwood Blue and Gold Boys Basketball Tournament is underway Friday on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield. The Logan-Rogersville Wildcats are the top seeded team in the Blue Division, while the Nixa Eagles come in as the #1 seed in the Gold Division. Opening rou...

Mo State Dir. of Athletics Patrick Ransdell on New football HC Casey Woods and KC Radio's Logan Weber on Chiefs new stad...
12/23/2025

Mo State Dir. of Athletics Patrick Ransdell on New football HC Casey Woods and KC Radio's Logan Weber on Chiefs new stadium announcement. | Mo State Dir. of Athletics Patrick Ransdell on New football HC Casey Woods and KC Radio's Logan Weber on Chiefs new stadium announcement on the Sports Reporters with Tom Ladd and Trenton Berry. Tuesday December 23. Hour 2.

Tom Ladd and his guest host talk about the top sports stories of the day. The duo has some of the best interviews in the sports scene in SWMO.

Chiefs announce decision to move to Kansas in '31. We discuss this issue. | Chiefs announce decision to move to Kansas...
12/23/2025

Chiefs announce decision to move to Kansas in '31. We discuss this issue. | Chiefs announce decision to move to Kansas in '31. We discuss this issue on the Sports Reporters with Tom Ladd and Trenton Berry. Tuesday December 23. Hour 1.

Tom Ladd and his guest host talk about the top sports stories of the day. The duo has some of the best interviews in the sports scene in SWMO.

What do you think about the Chiefs moving from Kansas City, Missouri to Kansas City, Kansas in 2031?
12/22/2025

What do you think about the Chiefs moving from Kansas City, Missouri to Kansas City, Kansas in 2031?

The Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced Monday an agreement has been reached to build a new stadium for the NFL team in Wyandotte County. The agreement was approved earlier in the day by the Kansas Legislative Coordinating Council with bipartisan support. The deal is a publi...

New Mo State Football HC Casey Woods and North Ark Hoops HC Jordan Hunter. | New Mo State Football HC Casey Woods and...
12/22/2025

New Mo State Football HC Casey Woods and North Ark Hoops HC Jordan Hunter. | New Mo State Football HC Casey Woods and North Ark Hoops HC Jordan Hunter on the Sports Reporters with Tom Ladd and Rob Rodgers. Monday December 22. Hour 2.

Tom Ladd and his guest host talk about the top sports stories of the day. The duo has some of the best interviews in the sports scene in SWMO.

Top Stories and a recap of KC Chiefs loss at Tenn and the College Football playoffs. | Top Stories and a recap of KC Chi...
12/22/2025

Top Stories and a recap of KC Chiefs loss at Tenn and the College Football playoffs. | Top Stories and a recap of KC Chiefs loss at Tenn and the College Football playoffs on the Sports Reporters with Tom Ladd and Rob Rodgers. Monday December 22. Hour 1.

Tom Ladd and his guest host talk about the top sports stories of the day. The duo has some of the best interviews in the sports scene in SWMO.

MSU's Board of Governors approved a 5-year contract for new football coach Casey Woods Friday morning. The new coach wil...
12/19/2025

MSU's Board of Governors approved a 5-year contract for new football coach Casey Woods Friday morning. The new coach will be introduced at a news conference in January.

It's now official: Casey Woods will become the 23rd head football coach in Missouri State University history That's following the MSU Board of Governor's approval Friday of a five year contract for Woods. Here's the full press release from Missouri State University Athletics: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Cas...

Missouri State's big 4th quarter comeback falls just short in the X-Box Bowl in Frisco, Texas
12/19/2025

Missouri State's big 4th quarter comeback falls just short in the X-Box Bowl in Frisco, Texas

FRISCO, Texas - Missouri State rallied for 21 fourth-quarter points to cut into a 24-point deficit but couldn't come up with an on-side kick late in a 34-28 loss in the first-ever Xbox Bowl here Thursday.In his final collegiate game, Bears' quarterback Jacob Clark passed for 349 yards and four…

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KWTO-FM 98.7 The Jock became an ESPN Radio affiliate on January 1, 2015.

It originally went on the air in November 1972 at 98.7 FM with a rock format and was known as "Rock 99." This format lasted well into the 1980's. In 2001, the station adopted an all-sports format and became known as "The Jock, 98.7 FM." The station became an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio but also carried The Jim Rome Show from CBS Sports Radio daily. On October 23rd, 2014, it was announced that KWTO-FM would drop Fox Sports Radio and affiliate with ESPN Radio effective January 1st, 2015. Jock 98.7 is now Springfield's sports leader for the Ozark's and carries both local shows with talents like Arthur Haines to nationally ranked ESPN programming. Jock 98.7 also carries local sporting events such as: The Springfield Cardinals, Drury University athletics, Missouri State University athletics, high school football, and other sporting events throughout the year.