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MHS girls can’t quite catch Ames at Veenker

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AMES — The Bobcats closed the gap, but not enough to chase down the Little Cyclones. The Marshalltown girls’ golf team inched closer to catching Ames on Tuesday, but the hosts would not be denied in a 171-175 victory to claim the Iowa Alliance Conference’s North Division regular-season ...

Clark’s return rakes in the TV viewers

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BRISTOL, Conn. — Caitlin Clark’s return to Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the WNBA preseason game between the Indiana Fever and Brazilian national team averaged 1.3 million viewers on ESPN, the network announced Tuesday. The average viewership for Sunday’s game was 13% higher than ...

Yormark gets 3-year extension from Big 12

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IRVING, Texas — Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has received a three-year contract extension through 2030, the conference confirmed Tuesday. ESPN first reported the Big 12 board of directors agreed to extend his original five-year contract, which was set to expire in 2027. Yormark was CEO ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Comet girls claim own golf tournament title

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UNION — The BCLUW girls’ golf team won its annual Comet Invite on Monday at Union Hills Golf Course, holding off South Hardin and AGWSR by 15 strokes. The host Comets shot a combined 393 team score to distance themselves from the rest of the field. South Hardin and AGWSR tied with a 408, ...