Longtime Missouri basketball radio color commentator Gary Link “has been relieved of his duties with Mizzou athletics,” the department announced in a release.
The department statement said it “would be inappropriate to comment further on a personnel matter.” Department spokesman Nick Joos said the search for Link’s replacement is just beginning.
Link was also a special assistant to the athletic director. He was a radio broadcaster at MU for about 20 years. Before that, he played for Missouri from 1970-1974.
Here is the full statement from the Mizzou athletic department:
“Gary Link has been relieved of his duties with Mizzou Athletics, however, it would be inappropriate to comment further on a personnel matter.