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’Cats can succeed at the net

The Marshalltown volleyball team has seven players with varsity experience back from last year’s team, but the Bobcats are still in the developmental stages. Third-year head coach Jennifer O’Neal has six upperclassmen and another starter back from last year’s roster, which produced a ...

Johnson’s quest comes to a head

Preston Johnson posted the third-fastest time in the history of the Iowa High School State Cross Country Championships, but it only earned him second place. Now a senior, this is Johnson’s last chance to get the win he’s worked so hard for. The Marshalltown boys’ cross country team ...

MHS girls trying to start fire with a spark

Only one member of Marshalltown’s varsity girls cross country lineup from 2025 graduated, leaving the Bobcats with high hopes for marked improvement this fall. They’ve even centered some of those aspirations around an incoming freshman. Head coach Kim Hurley has only two returning ...

Niang signs one-year contract with Warriors

SAN FRANCISCO — Free agent forward Georges Niang has signed a one-year contract with the Golden State Warriors for the league minimum of $3.9 million. The team announced the addition of the 33-year-old veteran Tuesday. He was sidelined last season with both Utah and Memphis recovering from ...

Big Ten leaders approve 5-year extension for Petitti

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 ...

Fever-Sky most-watched WNBA game since 1997

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 ...