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Drake women wallop EIU in season debut

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DES MOINES — A 29-point second quarter paved the way to a season-opening victory for the Drake women’s basketball team, beating Eastern Illinois 76-54 on Tuesday night at the Knapp Center. The Bulldogs shot 60 percent (12-for-20) from the field in the second quarter, making 4-of-7 3-point shots on their way to a 39-20 halftime advantage. Quinn Vice scored a game-high 16 points off the bench for Drake, going 7-of-12 from the field with a pair of 3-pointers. Anna Becker added 14 points, while reserves Alex Couch and Maggie Taylor tallied eight points apiece. Thirteen different ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Tiger basketball teams get first wins

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WEST BURLINGTON — Illinois Central got out to a nine-point halftime lead on the way to an 81-67 victory over the Marshalltown Community College men’s basketball team on Saturday at Southeastern CC. The Cougars got a game-high 31 points from JaVaughn Robinson, who made five 3-pointers and shot 8-for-9 from the free-throw line. Idris Thomas added 14 points. Jahlil Manago scored a team-leading 13 points off the bench for MCC (1-1), shooting 3-for-6 from 3-point range. Tristan Christopher was 4-for-4 from long range en route to 12 points, while Tom Guma and Hassan Bush got 10 points ...

MLB proposes delaying salary cap until 2028

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NEW YORK — Major League Baseball proposed delaying the start of a salary cap until 2028, saying teams have too many commitments for next season that wouldn’t allow them to reduce spending quickly enough. A day after the start of free agent negotiations for the 2026-27 offseason, owners on Tuesday proposed to players the sport adopt a hard cap of $258.2 million for 2028 and a floor of $180.2 million, using luxury tax payrolls with average annual values. A team would be allowed to remain as low as 90% of the floor in 2028, which would be $162.18 million, but would have to spend the ...

Ex-Hawkeye Lee wins World Championship

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ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Former University of Iowa wrestling national champion and Hawkeye Wrestling Club member Spencer Lee captured the 2026 UWW World Championship at 57 kilograms Sunday, defeating Mexico’s Roman Bravo-Young, 10-0, in the gold-medal match at Barys Arena. Lee needed just 26 ...

ISU's Flora wins Doak Walker weekly award

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AMES — Iowa State running back Aiden Flora was named the Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week, the SMU Athletic Forum announced Tuesday. Flora, who was also named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, rushed for a career-high 221 yards and two scores on 29 carries ...

Miami ranked No. 1 in first CFP rankings

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It’s been a confusing college football season so far. Nobody felt that more deeply than the College Football Playoff selection committee, which raised eyebrows aplenty in its first attempt of the season to make sense of it all. Undefeated Miami received top billing in the committee’s ...