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WNBA back from World Cup break

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NEW YORK — The WNBA is set to resume it season Thursday after a nearly three-week break for the women's FIBA World Cup. It will be a sprint to the finish with each team having four games left. While the playoffs teams are set, their positioning is still up from grabs. With over 50 players competing in the World Cup teams were left without many of their stars as they prepared for the final seven days of the regular season. "I think we have to understand we can't use these next four games as an opportunity for excuses," Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu said. "Obviously, we had the ...

CFP can digest controversial result how it chooses

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The College Football Playoff says it can’t change the outcome of any games played during the regular season but notes that its selection committee relies on various measures beyond wins and losses. The CFP issued its statement on Thursday, following the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee’s announcement a day earlier that it also doesn’t have the authority to overturn the result of No. 19 Michigan’s controversial 13-12 victory over Western Michigan on Sept. 5. Michigan won on a Hail Mary pass after the replay official had put one second back on the clock when ...

Clark's signature shoe set for Oct. 1 rollout

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Caitlin Clark doesn’t have much longer to wait for her first signature shoe to come out. They will be available starting Oct. 1 in the U.S. and a week earlier in China. “I’m just super excited,” she told The Associated Press in Germany last week. “I look down at my feet and I’m, ...

Greazel gets gold in Joe August Invite

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The always-daunting competition of the Joe August Invitational was met head-on by the Marshalltown boys’ golf team. Especially junior Joe Greazel. Greazel carded two birdies and two bogeys — all on the back nine — to land medalist honors at the 11-team tournament Thursday at Elmwood ...

Tigers tipped by Spartans in 5

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The Marshalltown Community College volleyball team was on the verge of back-to-back wins at home, but the Tigers couldn’t finish it off. Southwestern rallied from two games down to defeat MCC 3-2 on Wednesday night at the Student Activity Center, taking the Iowa Community College Athletic ...

Big 12 announces men’s basketball schedule

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IRVING, Texas — The conference portion of the 2026-27 Iowa State men’s basketball schedule has been released by the Big 12. Tipoff times and TV designations will be announced at a later time. Iowa State opens the 18-game schedule at home against defending Big 12 Champion Arizona on January 2. Iowa State hits the road for three of its next four games, including the first road game of the league slate at Colorado on Jan. 5. Iowa State returns home to face Oklahoma State on Jan. 9. A road trip to Texas includes games at Houston Jan. 13 and Texas Tech on Jan. 16. The Cyclones will face ...