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NFL ends Pro Bowl game, but players will still be recognized

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — The Pro Bowl is no more, the NFL announced Wednesday, ending an exhibition of the league’s top players that was held in some form almost every year since 1951. The game wasn’t played in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that was the only pause in the postseason event. “It’s OK to be the first league to walk away from a competitive all-star game,” NFL executive vice president Peter O’Reilly said at the owners’ meeting in Atlanta. The league said 88 players will still be named as Pro Bowlers and honored in Los Angeles after this ...

Niang signs one-year contract with Warriors

Local Sports

SAN FRANCISCO — Free agent forward Georges Niang has signed a one-year contract with the Golden State Warriors for the league minimum of $3.9 million. The team announced the addition of the 33-year-old veteran Tuesday. He was sidelined last season with both Utah and Memphis recovering from ...

’Cats can succeed at the net

Local Sports

The Marshalltown volleyball team has seven players with varsity experience back from last year’s team, but the Bobcats are still in the developmental stages. Third-year head coach Jennifer O’Neal has six upperclassmen and another starter back from last year’s roster, which produced a ...

Fever-Sky most-watched WNBA game since 1997

Local Sports

The Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game Sunday averaged 3.31 million viewers on NBC and Peacock to make it the most-watched regular-season WNBA game since the league’s inaugural season in 1997. It also was the third-most watched regular-season game ever and peaked at 3.82 million viewers. That ...

Johnson's quest comes to a head

Local Sports

Preston Johnson posted the third-fastest time in the history of the Iowa High School State Cross Country Championships, but it only earned him second place. Now a senior, this is Johnson’s last chance to get the win he’s worked so hard for. The Marshalltown boys’ cross country team ...

Big Ten leaders approve 5-year extension for Petitti

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ROSEMONT, Ill. — Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti received a five-year contract extension Wednesday by unanimous approval of the conference’s leadership. “Tony has provided outstanding vision for the conference through extremely turbulent times,” said Pamela Whitten, Indiana ...