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South Carolina tops AP women's basketball poll

Dawn Staley has South Carolina in a familiar place, sitting at No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The Gamecocks received 23 first-place votes from a 31-member national media panel Tuesday. UConn, Southern California, Duke and Michigan round out the top ...

Buckeyes QB Sayin out indefinitely with arm injury

Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Tuesday night that quarterback Julian Sayin will be out indefinitely after injuring his throwing arm in the fourth quarter Saturday against Indiana. Day did not want to set a timeline for the junior’s return, but he left open the possibility that it could be for the rest of the season. “We are putting together a plan for him not being available for the regular season and then also him not being available for the postseason,” Day said. “So based on that, if he’s not able to return this fall, we’re putting a plan together for that as ...

Kansas sets Big 12 media day abuzz

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Most of the questions lobbed at Kansas coach Bill Self at the Big 12’s annual media day summit Tuesday had nothing to do with one of the three Jayhawks players he brought with him to the T-Mobile Center. They had to do with someone who wasn’t even on the team a couple of days ago. Heads turned across college basketball Monday when Kansas announced that All-Big Ten forward Trey Kaufman-Renn, who had starred at Purdue and was drafted by the Timberwolves, had not only signed with the Jayhawks but already was practicing. Kaufman-Renn played for Minnesota in the ...

Iowa women No. 10 in AP preseason poll

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team is ranked No. 10 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll, released Tuesday. The ranking marks Iowa’s first preseason top-10 appearance since the 2023-24 season, when the Hawkeyes opened at No. 3 nationally. Iowa began the ...

Harlie rides to Alliance title

Having led for nearly the entire night, Marshalltown senior diver Harlie Thatcher didn’t panic when she slipped into second place. She knew what she had left on her list of dives. Thatcher used a strong finish over the final three rounds to climb out of second place and pick up Tuesday’s ...

Eagles QB Hurts out for rest of season with blood clots

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the season because of blood clots in his lungs, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the health matter. Hurts was placed on injured reserve Saturday, two days after the Eagles revealed he has a blood clot in his calf. He missed the first of at least four games in Philadelphia’s loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. The Eagles and Hurts’ agent, Nicole Lynn, released ...