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ESPN starts layoffs tied to acquisition of NFL Network

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ESPN is undergoing a significant round of layoffs for the first time in three years after taking over NFL Network in April. Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in a memo to employees Tuesday morning, obtained by The Associated Press, that most moves are the result of ESPN’s acquisition of NFL Network and other league digital assets last year. The deal was announced last August and also included NFL Fantasy and the rights to distribute the RedZone channel to cable and satellite operators. In return, the NFL got a 10% equity stake in ESPN. It was approved by government regulators in January. ...

13U Bobcats win Silver Bracket at state

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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 ...

Injuries dampen WNBA All-Star weekend

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NEW YORK — It was a rough week for WNBA All-Stars heading into the game this weekend. Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese both were injured Sunday. Bueckers had a rough collision with Nneka Ogwumike in the fourth quarter of Dallas’ game against Los Angeles. The second-year star guard won’t play Monday night against New York, but cleared concussion protocol the team said. Reese’s knee buckled as she jump-stopped at the basket in a win over Chicago. She fell to the ground. Reese got up quickly, but went down again after a few seconds. She went back to the bench but didn’t return. ...

Wilt's warmup jacket fetches $89,600

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PORTLAND, Ore. — A warmup jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA finals that was bought by a teenager for $3.07 at an Oregon thrift store sold for $89,600 at auction on Monday. Quinn Brown had been eyeing a massive bin of clothes at a Goodwill store outside Portland in January when he saw someone toss a Lakers jacket with Chamberlain’s name on it back on the pile. Brown, who resells used clothes online, quickly grabbed it. The jacket was auctioned by Sotheby’s, which had estimated its value between $150,000 and $250,000 before bidding closed Monday. It received a ...

Young Bobcat baseballers honored

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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 ...

Iowa sells out UNI football game

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IOWA CITY — The Iowa vs. Northern Iowa football game scheduled for Sept. 19 in Iowa City is officially sold out. The announcement was made Monday by the UI Athletics Department. This marks the second game on the Hawkeyes’ home schedule that has been sold out, joining the Cy-Hawk showdown with Iowa State on Sept. 12 inside Kinnick Stadium. Currently, approximately 1,700 tickets remain for the season opener against Northern Illinois (Sept. 5), 200 for Ohio State (Oct. 3), 2,000 for Wisconsin on Homecoming weekend (Oct. 31), 4,700 for Purdue (Nov. 14), and 2,200 for Nebraska (Nov. ...