ROSEMONT, Ill. — Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti received a five-year contract extension Wednesday by unanimous approval of the conference’s leadership. “Tony has provided outstanding vision for the conference through extremely turbulent times,” said Pamela Whitten, Indiana ...
The Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game Sunday averaged 3.31 million viewers on NBC and Peacock to make it the most-watched regular-season WNBA game since the league’s inaugural season in 1997. It also was the third-most watched regular-season game ever and peaked at 3.82 million viewers. That ...
The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday followed the Southeastern and Big Ten conferences in banning players who were on NFL rosters from returning to college. The decision by the Big 12 came a day after rulings by the SEC and Big Ten. Earlier Wednesday, the NFL made it clear that players who leave the NFL to return to college won’t be allowed to come back to the league this season. NFL executive Troy Vincent reiterated the longstanding policy at the league’s meetings Wednesday, saying any player who returns to college would not be eligible to play in the NFL until 2027. Atlantic ...
Marshalltown girls’ swimming and diving coach Angie Nelson has had teams in the past approach the postseason with lesser times than the Bobcats’ 200-yard medley relay squad opened with on Tuesday night. The Marshalltown foursome of Drea Ceren, Adele Beek, Emma Case and Leia Hernandez had ...
FORT DODGE — A 5-1 singles advantage paved the way to the second Iowa Alliance Conference win of the season for the Marshalltown girls’ tennis team, which took down host Fort Dodge 7-4 on Tuesday night. The Bobcats (4-4, 2-2) got back to even for the season with Tuesday’s triumph, ...
The Southeastern Conference passed a rule Tuesday banning players who have been drafted by NFL, NBA or WNBA teams or listed on rosters in those leagues, joining the Big Ten in taking a strong stand against an unexpected surge of pro players trying to return to college with the NCAA mired in a sprawling legal fight over eligibility. The SEC’s rule goes beyond the one adopted earlier in the day by the Big Ten, which only included football in its decision and is expected address other sports later. The news was the latest in a head-spinning week of court rulings, emergency rulemaking ...
