IOWA CITY — University of Iowa second-year running back Braeden Jackson has been named Big Ten football’s Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday. It is the first weekly conference honor of Jackson’s career. Jackson, an Ankeny native, earned the distinction following ...
INDIANAPOLIS — All Caitlin Clark wanted was one more chance to play this season. She delivered a masterpiece. The All-Star guard scored 27 points, had 15 assists, reached another milestone and provided the energy on both ends of the court to help keep the sixth-seeded Indiana Fever’s ...
STORY CITY — The Marshalltown volleyball team went 1-3 against a cast of smaller schools on Monday at Roland-Story’s Norsemen Invitational Tournament, beating Class 4A Gilbert in straight sets. The Bobcats topped the Tigers (21-14, 24-22) in the third of four rounds of round-robin action. ...
CEDAR FALLS — The Northern Iowa wrestling team announced its full 2026-27 competition schedule, including home and road dual dates and tournaments. Northern Iowa will open its 103rd season of wrestling at the Grand View Open in Grimes before a pair of road duals at North Carolina (Nov. 21) and Duke (Nov. 22). Following competition at the Cougar Clash on Dec. 5, the Panthers return home as they take on the Iowa Hawkeyes for the first time in Cedar Falls since 2010 inside the UNI-Dome in the “Dual In The Dome.” Big 12 Conference action opens with a Dec. 18 dual at West Virginia ...
In Sen. Eric Schmitt’s effort to trip up former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith on Tuesday, the Missouri Republican seemed to mistake basketball teams playing about 650 miles apart. Schmitt accused Smith of perjuring himself during a Senate hearing after repeatedly prodding him about whether he’d attended an NBA game in Atlanta on the evening of Feb. 3, 2024. The hometown Hawks were playing the Golden State Warriors. Schmitt appeared to be trying to set Smith in Atlanta at the time Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was facing scrutiny for her romantic relationship with ...
Oregon announced Sunday that quarterback Dante Moore sustained a concussion in a late hit by linebacker Desman Stephens during the second quarter of the Ducks’ victory over Southern California on Saturday. Stephens, who was ejected from the game for targeting, was suspended for one game by USC earlier Sunday for the hit and his celebration afterward. “Dante sustained a concussion in last night’s game but fortunately his MRI and CT scans came back clean and he did not suffer any additional injuries,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said in a statement. “Every concussion is ...
