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Iowa's Pieper picked for Preseason AP All-American

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa fourth-year offensive lineman Kade Pieper has been named an Associated Press preseason first-team All-American, the announcement was made Tuesday by the AP. Pieper has earned preseason first-team All-America recognition at center from Walter Camp, Sporting ...

Bucks, Ducks out to supplant Hoosiers in Big Ten, beyond

The 2025 Indiana Hoosiers won the Big Ten and national championship and were the first team in the modern era to go 16-0. They have 10 starters back, the hottest coach in the game and a manageable schedule. It’s Ohio State and Oregon generating most of the preseason buzz, though, with both ...

ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen dies at 93

LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. — Bill Rasmussen, who co-founded TV sports giant ESPN after hatching the idea for the world’s first all-sports cable network with his son, died Tuesday. He was 93. ESPN historian Mike Soltys said Rasmussen died at his Florida home from the effects of Parkinson’s ...

Venezuelan working for Padres is detained by ICE

A Venezuelan former baseball player working for the San Diego Padres was detained by U.S. immigration officers after arriving in Texas on a work trip for the club, his family said Tuesday. Oswaldo Pirela, a catching coach in the Padres' minor league system, was being held in a detention center in El Paso, federal records show. The Padres said in a statement that the team was aware of Pirela's arrest and was trying to gather more details. Pirela was on a work trip when he was arrested Sunday around 5 a.m. at an airport in El Paso, according to Daniela Pirela, his sister. The Padres ...

SEC scores half of preseason AP picks

Texas leads all team s with four players named to the preseason Associated Press All-America team announced Tuesday and the Southeastern Conference has 14 of the 27 first-team selections on the eve of the college football season. The Big Ten has eight players on the first team, led by Oregon quarterback Dante Moore and two of his teammates. Defending national champion Indiana, Georgia and Oklahoma each has two players on the first team, as determined by media members on the AP Top 25 voting panel. The Texas players on the team are offensive lineman Trevor Goosby, wide receiver Cam ...

Mitchell fuels Fever to fifth straight

TORONTO — Kelsey Mitchell scored 16 points in the first quarter and finished with 29 before sitting out the fourth, Caitlin Clark added 24 points and the Indiana Fever beat the Toronto Tempo 101-95 on Tuesday for their fifth straight victory. Clark and Mitchell have each scored 20 or more ...