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WNBA’s Engelbert to retire in December

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is retiring at the end the year, bringing to a close her seven-plus years at the helm of the league and a stewardship that has been transformative and at times tumultuous. Engelbert is the second-longest tenured WNBA president or commissioner, and she helped negotiate a lucrative collective bargaining agreement this past spring that resulted in the league’s first set of million-dollar player salaries. “Cathy has presided over the WNBA through the most significant period of growth in the league’s 30-year history,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Blue Knights pull away from MCC

ROSEMOUNT, Minn. — The Marshalltown Community College men’s soccer team became the first opponent to score against Dakota County Technical College, but the Tigers couldn’t knock off the Blue Knights in a 3-1 loss on Wednesday night. MCC’s Enrique Bearden scored an unassisted goal in the 85th minute to bring the Tigers (1-4) to within 2-1, but Dakota County cashed in on a counter-attack in the final minute to bring the score to its final margin. Andrew Ortiz scored two goals and Pedro Degani added the other for the Blue Knights (3-0), who outshot MCC 16-11. Danny Burgos made six ...

Raynor ready to be team leader for ISU

AMES — Jaylen Raynor has done everything he can to be a good teammate since he arrived at Iowa State in January, right down to learning the name of everyone on the roster in just a few days. He was voted a team captain after he established himself as a leader in the weight room, on the ...

Tigers tipped by Hawks in home opener

The good habits developed in practice have to carry over to the court in order for the Marshalltown Community College volleyball team to be successful, but it’s more about communicating than the edicts themselves. MCC head coach Carlee Flack found her team to be just a bit too quiet to ...

Greazel goes low for ’Cats at Ankeny Hawks Invite

ANKENY — The Marshalltown boys’ golf team returned from a two-week hiatus to shoot its season-low score, finishing sixth at the Ankeny Hawks Invitational on Wednesday at Otter Creek Golf Course. Bobcat junior Joe Greazel carded a 2-under-par round of 69 to bring home a bronze medal. ...

Iowa to honor Gary Dolphin with broadcast booth naming

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa Department of Athletics will honor legendary broadcaster Gary Dolphin for 30 years as the radio play-by-play voice of Iowa Hawkeye football and Iowa men’s basketball by naming the radio broadcast booth at Kinnick Stadium in his honor. Since 1996, ...