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US women wallop Hungary in World Cup quarterfinals

BERLIN — Napheesa Collier scored 19 points and the U.S. routed Hungary 108-56 to advance to the semifinals of the women’s FIBA World Cup on Thursday. The U.S. will play Spain on Saturday in the medal round. France will face host Germany in the other semifinal matchup. The Americans have ...

Bobcat boys get past Roosevelt

WATERLOO — The Marshalltown boys’ golf team moved to 5-0 in Iowa Alliance Conference play with a victory at a triangular hosted Wednesday by Waterloo East. The Bobcats edged out Des Moines Roosevelt, 158-160, to claim the nine-hole meet, while Waterloo East failed to field a full ...

Hawkeyes' Montgomery on Witten Watch List

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa fifth-year linebacker Jayden Montgomery has been named to the 2026 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Watch List, it was announced Thursday. Nominated by their schools, the members of the watch list have all demonstrated a record of leadership by ...

Jacobs pleads no contest to two misdemeanor charges

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor charges of battery and criminal damage to property stemming from a May altercation with his girlfriend during which she said he threw her to the ground. Jacobs must pay a $1,000 fine plus court costs for the battery charge. Under an agreement with prosecutors, the criminal damage charge can be dismissed in a year if he fulfills terms that include staying out of trouble, avoiding the victim in this case, submitting to supervision, completing counseling and paying restitution to the ...

Seniors shine in Bobcats' home finale

This was the Senior Day exclamation point you hope for. The Marshalltown girls’ tennis team took down Union Community and Waverly-Shell Rock in succession on Thursday at the Marshalltown Court Complex to close out its home schedule in style, driven in the end by a bevy of seniors. The ...

Former Michigan hockey players sue over alleged abuse

DETROIT — More than a dozen former hockey players are suing the University of Michigan, alleging their coach and other staff were aware of sexual hazing that included the forced shaving of their genitals and other abuse by teammates decades ago. "The abuse was ritualized, meticulously planned, and sadistic. ... Enduring sexual abuse was required to be a member of the Michigan Men's Ice Hockey team," attorney Michael Pitt said in a sex discrimination lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Detroit. The plaintiffs are 16 men who played at Michigan between 1984 and 2001. The lawsuit ...