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Iowa baseball books Vegas tournament

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa baseball team will compete in the 2027 Live Like Lou Las Vegas College Baseball Classic at Las Vegas Field. The Hawkeyes are scheduled to face Arizona State, LSU and Oregon State from March 5-7 in the three-day event. Start times and broadcast information will be announced at a later date. Iowa concluded the 2026 season with a 33-23 overall record and advanced to the Big Ten Tournament for the 11th consecutive season.

SPORTS SHORTS: 13th-ranked Trojans overtake Ogden

OGDEN — The Class 2A No. 14 West Marshall softball team smacked 16 hits and sped past Ogden for a 12-6 victory in a non-conference clash on Wednesday night. The host Bulldogs (20-15) scored five times in the first inning and led until West Marshall’s persistence finally overtook them in the fifth. The Trojans (21-10) scored the game’s last eight runs to rally for the win. West Marshall got at least one hit and an RBI from all nine spots in the batting lineup, led by Cailyn Brown going 4-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored. The Trojans capitalized on three-straight Ogden ...

Clark voted an All-Star starter

NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark was voted to start her third straight All-Star Game and will be joined by Indiana Fever teammates Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston, the WNBA announced Thursday. It's the second time in four years that three players from the same team were chosen to start the game, ...

Riverhawks rock Bobcats on Senior Night

With the prospect of wins on the horizon with a doubleheader the next night at Waterloo East, the Marshalltown baseball team saved back its primary pitchers for Wednesday’s Iowa Alliance Conference twinbill against Mason City. The Riverhawks, receiving votes in the latest Iowa High School ...

Johnson skips Senior Open for John Deere Classic

SILVIS, Ill. — Zach Johnson is skipping three majors for the John Deere Classic, which feels like a major for the Iowa native. He made the decision pay off Thursday with an eagle-birdie finish for a 7-under 64 that left him one shot out of the lead. Lucas Glover and Zac Blair played in the morning and each posted a 63, a good start for both as the PGA Tour heads into the final two months. Both are well outside the top 100 in the FedEx Cup. Johnson, a 50-year-old in his first year on the PGA Tour Champions and already with two victories, never considered anything but the John Deere ...

Another blockbuster: Celtics trade away Brown

Jaylen Brown's time in Boston has come to a surprising end, with the Celtics deciding to trade him to one of their most storied rivals. Brown — the 2024 NBA Finals MVP, a five-time All-Star and the league's fourth-leading scorer this past season — is getting traded by the Celtics to the Philadelphia 76ers, a person with knowledge of the deal's terms said Wednesday. Boston is getting Paul George, along with a slew of draft capital that could become two first-round picks and two second-round picks, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because ...