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WNBA commissioner looking to protect players from online harassment

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert discussed what more can be done to protect players from online harassment during a virtual meeting with the players’ union executive committee and the union’s Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The call Tuesday night came at the union’s request. Players have been sharing threats and harassment they’ve received on social media over the last few weeks. Chelsea Gray of the Las Vegas Aces posted a message from a man that included a racial slur. The man was tracked down and fired from his job at Hilton Grand Vacations. “The ...

2 Mustangs make NICL first team

The shift to one a divisionless North Iowa Cedar League meant fewer opportunities for all-conference accolades. The East Marshall softball team still got its due. Senior pitcher Peyton Grabenbauer was named to the all-conference first team for the fourth year in a row while junior infielder ...

13U Bobcats win Silver Bracket at state

The Marshalltown Baseball Club’s 13U team closed out its season by winning the Class 1A Division I Silver Bracket championship at the 2026 Iowa State Tournament on July 10-12, winning its last four games to raise the banner. The Bobcats went 5-1 for the weekend, losing only to the eventual ...

Clark, Ionescu pass on 3-point contest

Marina Mabrey and Rhyne Howard headline the WNBA All-Star 3-point contest that will be contested Friday night in Chicago. Mabrey and Howard are 1-2 in 3-pointers made this season for Toronto and Atlanta respectively. Joining the pair are Dallas rookie Azzi Fudd, Seattle’s Natisha Hiedeman, ...

WNBA enjoys ‘hypergrowth’ amid strained relationship

NEW YORK — The WNBA has grown at an exponential rate during Cathy Engelbert’s tenure as commissioner, a stewardship that at times has been tumultuous during her nearly seven years at the helm. Engelbert, the second-longest tenured WNBA president or commissioner, helped negotiate a transformative collective bargaining agreement this past spring that gives the WNBA its first core of million-dollar player salaries. “There’s not a lot of jobs where you can make over 30-plus millionaires instantly, right?” Engelbert said in a phone interview with The Associated Press heading ...

Young Bobcat baseballers honored

The youth movement is evident in the Marshalltown baseball program. Even the coaches in the Iowa Alliance Conference’s North Division can see it. Five Bobcat underclassmen were named to the Alliance North’s all-conference squad in a vote of the league’s coaches, led by sophomores Aiden ...