AMES – Iowa State Athletics announced that the department will unveil a banner featuring Melvin Ejim’s retired No. 3 jersey on Saturday, Feb. 27, at halftime of the Iowa State vs. TCU men’s basketball game. Ejim, the 2014 Big 12 Player of the Year and 2024 Iowa State University ...
IOWA CITY — University of Iowa fourth-year offensive linemen Trevor Lauck and Kade Pieper have been named 2026 Lombardi Award semifinalists, it was announced Wednesday. The award is presented to the college player who best embodies the values and spirit of legendary NFL coach Vince ...
DES MOINES — The Drake men’s basketball team officially started its 2026-27 season on Wednesday night with a 101-48 victory over Central College inside Knapp Center. Six players scored in double figures for the host Bulldogs, buoyed by Jon Carroll’s game-high 20 points. Northwest Florida State College transfer Justin Burns shot 7-for-7 from the field on his way to 14 points to go with a team-leading eight rebounds, while Owen Larson and Dothan Ijadimbola added 11 points apiece. Bryson Bahl and Griffen Goodbary both scored 10 points as Drake led from start to finish. The Bulldogs ...
LIV Golf’s main investor to help it emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy is scrapping plans for a new version because it lacked enough player support, The Financial Times reported Wednesday. BC Partners Credit had pledged as much as $300 million for what was called “LIV 2.0,” which was planning at least 10 tournaments, an emphasis on teams and equity for players. LIV CEO Scott O’Neil had called the equity a “second bite of the apple.” But that required enough players to sign up for LIV 2.0. Four players, including Brendan Steele and Cameron Tringale, publicly stated their ...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Detroit Lions All-Pro linebacker Jack Campbell said he has full movement in his lower body and is “continuing to make progress with movement in my upper body,” in his first comments since he was carted off the field on a backboard during a game against ...
NEW YORK — The WNBA Finals was the most watched since 1999 with an average of 1.88 million people viewing the seven-game series that Golden State won over Atlanta in a decisive Game 7. That game averaged 3.3 million viewers, making it the most watched WNBA postseason game ever. It was up 128% from last season’s clinching game between Las Vegas and Phoenix that the Aces won. All seven games in the series were sold out, including Game 6, which was played at 11:30 a.m. The Finals capped the WNBA’s most-watched postseason since its inaugural season in 1997, averaging 1.49 million ...
