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Meet me in Ireland

AMES — It shouldn’t take long for Iowa State to reveal the direction its season will take. The No. 22 Cyclones open Saturday against No. 17 Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland, and two weeks later play the annual CyHawk Game against Iowa at home. The game on the Emerald Isle will be Iowa ...

Omaha’s Mayar, 22, drowns in Utah reservoir

University of Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar drowned Saturday in a Utah reservoir, police said. Herriman police said Mayar died at Blackridge Reservoir after going underwater about 35 yards from shore. Mayar, 22, was a graduate student who joined the Mavericks after playing two seasons ...

McDonough dons 58 in Bray’s honor

AMES — Iowa State redshirt senior Tamatoa McDonough will wear No. 58 in honor and remembrance of former assistant coach Curtis Bray. The tradition of a player switching to No. 58 dates back to the 2014 season as an honor to Bray, who passed away that year from a pulmonary embolism. ...

Mitchell rallies Fever past Sun in OT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Kelsey Mitchell scored 34 of her career-high tying 38 points after halftime, Lexie Hull hit a corner 3-pointer with 44.9 seconds to play and the Indiana Fever rallied from 21 points down and beat the Connecticut Sun 99-93 in overtime on Sunday. Odyssey Sims had 19 points ...

Scherff retires after 10 seasons

Brandon Scherff has called it a career. In an interview for the University of Iowa football program’s website, the five-time Pro Bowler and 2020 first-team All-Pro guard revealed he retired from football during the summer following a 10-season career with Washington and the Jacksonville ...