SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy returned to practice on Wednesday and has a chance to play this week after missing a game with a toe injury. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Purdy would be limited at practice because of the toe and a left shoulder injury but could ...
PITTSBURGH — Kaleb Johnson’s mental lapse in Pittsburgh’s loss to Seattle has temporarily cost the rookie his job returning kicks. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Johnson is off the kick-return team in the short term after the third-round draft pick opted not to chase after ...
IOWA CITY — University of Iowa senior return specialist Kaden Wetjen has been named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week following his performance in the Hawkeyes’ 47-7 win over UMass. The announcement was made Monday by the Big Ten Conference. Wetjen (5-foot-9, 196 pounds) finished ...
The Marshalltown girls’ swimming and diving squad splashed past Des Moines Roosevelt on Tuesday night at the Marshalltown High School pool, improving to 5-0 with a 120-59 triumph. The Bobcats swept first place in all 12 events and even claimed the top two spots in nine of them, dominating ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — The Marshalltown boys’ golf team shot a season-high 351 and slid to last place at the 18-team Cedar Rapids Washington Warrior Invite on Tuesday at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Bobcat junior Joe Greazel tied for the ninth-best round of the tournament with a 1-over-par 73 that ...
TAMA — The West Marshall girls’ cross country team placed all five scoring runners in the top-12 to win the South Tama County Coed Invitational on Monday night. Senior Addie Thompson and sophomore Dalaney Eldridge finished 2-3 to lead the Trojans in the race, running respective times of ...