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Iowa’s Epenesa a candidate for Polynesian Player of Year

IOWA CITY – University of Iowa second-year defensive end Iose Epenesa has been named to the 2026 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Watch List. The award is presented annually to the most outstanding college football player of Polynesian ancestry who exemplifies exceptional ...

Hawkeyes release non-conference schedule

IOWA CITY – Eleven of the University of Iowa men’s basketball team’s 12 non-conference games for the 2026-27 season will be played inside the state of Iowa, the announcement was made Thursday by head coach Ben McCollum. The Hawkeyes will play eight games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, two neutral site games in Des Moines and one in Sioux City during the non-league slate. Iowa’s lone road game will be played in Cincinnati on Nov. 20 against Big East foe Xavier. Iowa will open the season with back-to-back home contests, facing Lipscomb (Nov. 3) and Eastern Illinois (Nov. 6) in Iowa ...

Wings get back at Indiana, 91-85

DALLAS — Arike Ogunbowale scored a season-high 32 points, Jessica Shepard added a career-best 26 and the Dallas Wings beat Indiana 91-85 on Thursday night, ending the Fever’s five-game winning streak. Caitlin Clark had 10 points and nine assists and Paige Bueckers finished with 13 points ...

Rogers takes the reins in Ames

AMES — Coming off the best 10-year period in its football history, Iowa State is starting over under Jimmy Rogers after Matt Campbell left for Penn State and took two dozen players with him. The 39-year-old Rogers understands the new version of the Cyclones will take some getting used to ...

Bobcat golfers show grit at Jesse Peck Invite

ANKENY — When the going has gotten tough, the Bobcats have gotten going. Marshalltown boys golf coach Lucas Johnson likes the toughness his team has shown through the first two meets of the season, which includes Wednesday’s Jesse Peck Invitational hosted by Ankeny Centennial at Briarwood ...

Texans’ Higgins out for season with torn ACL

Houston Texans receiver Jayden Higgins is expected to miss the season with a torn ACL, according to a person with knowledge of his injury The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the Texans haven’t announced the severity of his injury. Higgins ...