DES MOINES — A 1-2-3 sweep in the 100-yard freestyle helped to power the Marshalltown girls’ swimming and diving squad to a 98-87 victory over Des Moines Lincoln in an Iowa Alliance Conference meet here Tuesday. The Bobcats (6-2) claimed their sixth consecutive dual meet on the strength ...
ROSEMONT, Ill. — With UCLA coming off a national title and Southern Cal going for one of its own with star Juju Watkins returning from injury, there may never have been more attention on women’s basketball in Los Angeles. “If you intend to come,” USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb said Wednesday at Big Ten media days, “you should probably get your tickets early.” The success of the two West Coast schools has been a bigger problem for the rest of the Big Ten than Los Angeles basketball fans. In the two years since USC and UCLA left the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, each school has ...
The NFL is urging the Supreme Court to rule on the regulation of prediction markets after the league accounted for $1.8 billion in trading volume on the first Sunday of this season alone, arguing that states are better positioned to oversee sports-related contracts "given the current landscape." The NFL filed a brief Thursday in support of New Jersey's request for a high court decision on the governing authority for prediction markets, which provide an opportunity to trade — or wager — on the result of future events. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has maintained it ...
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Michigan coach Dusty May joined several of his players moving on to the NBA not long after Michigan beat Connecticut in the NCAA Finals, ending one of the strangest streaks in college sports. The good vibes have carried over after the Wolverines’ long-awaited national title in men’s basketball, and not just in Ann Arbor. It had been 26 years since a Big Ten men’s basketball team won the title, the first since Michigan State won in 2000. That’s despite the conference sending 14 teams to the Final Four and seven to the national title game in that span. “I ...
IRVING, Texas — Oklahoma State has been picked by league coaches as the favorite to win the Big 12 this season after the Cowgirls added top transfers Audi Crooks and Liv McGill this offseason. The preseason poll released Thursday had Oklahoma State with a slight edge over two-time defending ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark still wants Kelsey Mitchell as a teammate — even though Clark understands that’s not always easy. In her final interview of the season, Clark denounced the hateful messages Mitchell says she’s received on social media and urged the soon-to-be free agent to ...
