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Boilers bounce Iowa from Big Ten Tourney

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OMAHA, Neb. — The No. 8-seeded University of Iowa baseball team fell to No. 5-seeded Purdue, 8-1, in an elimination game Thursday afternoon at the Big Ten Tournament at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. Iowa got on the board first in the fourth inning as Jaixen Frost singled to plate Miles Risley. It was all Purdue the rest of the way as the Boilermakers responded with three runs in the fourth inning before adding three more in the sixth, one in the seventh and one in the eighth. Senior Kellen Strohmeyer led the Hawkeyes offensively, going 3-for-3 with a walk. Austin Klug and Jarvis ...

WNBA warns Fever for failing to report Clark's injury

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NEW YORK — A day after Caitlin Clark was a late scratch because of a back injury, the Indiana Fever received a warning from the WNBA for not reporting the injury sooner, the league confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday night. Clark missed Wednesday’s 90-73 victory over Portland. The Fever disclosed Clark’s injury less than two hours before tipoff. She had not been listed on Indiana’s injury report a day earlier when she didn’t practice. The WNBA requires teams to list players who are injured on a report by 5 p.m. the night before the game is played. If a player’s ...

Cyclones promote Ryan to assistant coach

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AMES — Emily Ryan, one of the most productive point guards in women’s college basketball history when she played for Iowa State, has been hired as a full-time assistant at her alma mater, coach Bill Fennelly announced Thursday. Ryan played for the Cyclones from 2020-25 and was a graduate ...

Warner set for UNI Hall induction

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Almost a decade after he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Kurt Warner is finally entering the Northern Iowa athletics hall. Warner, who was among eight former UNI athletes announced as 2026 inductees on Thursday, won one Super Bowl and played in two others during an ...

Johnson pockets first medal

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DES MOINES — John Moellers set the Marshalltown High School record in finishing second in the Class 4A 3,200-meter run at last year’s Iowa Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships. Preston Johnson beat that mark by more than three seconds, and on Thursday he had to settle for sixth ...

Wheater saves best for last

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DES MOINES — Ashtyn Wheater launched the shot put, spun around and fell over the foul line as she watched the 8.8-pound sphere land. And then she smiled. The East Marshall junior knew her best throw was yet to come — and she was right. After fouling on her second attempt of the ...