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Crooks, Williams named all-Big 12

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AMES — The Big 12 Conference announced its 2025-26 Phillips 66 women’s basketball yearly awards Tuesday, recognizing the league’s top players and coaches following the regular season. The honors, voted on by the conference’s head coaches, highlighted standout individual performances ...

Heiden heads Hawkeyes’ six all-conference honorees

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IOWA CITY — The Big Ten Conference released its official list of women’s basketball postseason honors Tuesday, and the University of Iowa once again placed multiple players on the teams, recognizing outstanding individual seasons that helped the Hawkeyes finish 24-5 overall and 15-3 in ...

Iowa State discontinues troubled women’s gymnastics program

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AMES — Iowa State is ending its women’s gymnastics program. The decision, announced by athletic director Jamie Pollard on Tuesday, comes not long after the school canceled the remainder of its 2026 season because of what Pollard described as “unresolvable” issues between players, ...

Jets give Hall franchise tag at deadline

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The Indianapolis Colts placed a transition tag on quarterback Daniel Jones and the New York Jets used the franchise tag on running back Breece Hall as teams beat the deadline Tuesday to place tags on potential free agents. The Colts opted to use the $37.8 million transition tag instead of the ...

Becker tabs MVC’s top frosh honor

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ST. LOUIS — Drake’s Anna Becker earned her fifth weekly league award with the Missouri Valley Conference’s Freshman of the Week, the league announced Tuesday morning. Becker helped the Bulldogs complete season sweeps of Evansville and Southern Illinois on the road, averaging 18.5 ...

UNI’s Hornseth selected to MVC’s Most Improved Team

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ST. LOUIS — Northern Iowa men’s basketball forward Will Hornseth was named to the Missouri Valley Conference’s Most Improved Team for the 2025-26 season, as voted on by the league’s newspaper beat writers and a panel of media voters. The award is the first conference honor for ...