IOWA CITY — Kirk Ferentz heads into his 28th season as head coach at Iowa and there’s no sign he’s letting up. Ferentz, who became the Big Ten’s winningest coach last season, will find out how good his team is in a hurry. The Hawkeyes’ first three conference games are at Michigan, ...
For all the angst over skyrocketing amounts of money paid to college athletes, courtroom battles over player eligibility and debate about the number of teams in the playoff, the biggest on-the-field storyline this football season is whether the Big Ten can win a fourth consecutive national ...
TIMES-REPUBLICAN IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa football team’s season opener against Northern Illinois at Kinnick Stadium is officially sold out, the UI Athletics Department announced Monday. The Huskies will be making their first visit to Kinnick Stadium since 2018. Iowa’s first four home contests of 2026 are sold out: Northern Illinois (Sept. 5), Iowa State (Sept. 12), UNI (Sept. 19) and Ohio State (Oct. 3). Tickets remain for home games against Wisconsin (Oct. 31; Homecoming), Purdue (Nov. 14), and Nebraska (Nov. 27). Iowa has sold out 28 consecutive games inside ...
NEW YORK — Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are not eligible for the WNBA draft, a person familiar with the decision said Monday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation. The person did not elaborate on the reasons for declaring the two men ineligible. Freedom and White have declared their intention to enter next year's draft, but the WNBA has not publicly addressed their eligibility. The WNBA has been the subject of recent debates on whether transgender women — people assigned male ...
CHICAGO — Caitlin Clark scored 37 points and Kelsey Mitchell had 30, helping the Indiana Fever pull away from the Chicago Sky for a 113-90 victory on Sunday night. Clark made a career-high eight of Indiana’s franchise-record 18 3-pointers. She also had 10 assists. The Fever closed out a ...
ANKENY — The Marshalltown girls’ tennis team can’t wait to see the returns gained from a daunting schedule. The Bobcats went 1-2 at Ankeny’s Hawkette Invite on Friday, rounding out a six-meet week that included five duals in two days. Marshalltown defeated Southeast Polk, 6-5, before ...
