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Fever stars disappointed by fans booing coach

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever All-Stars Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell supported coach Stephanie White on Thursday, saying they were disappointed by the boos during White’s introduction at Tuesday’s home game. The comments came two days after a fiery, 2 1/2-minute monologue by White ...

‘If you build it’

DYERSVILLE — Nearly four decades after “Field of Dreams” brought a group of dead baseball players to life with a homemade diamond on an Iowa farm, Keith Rahe and his traveling troupers are still dedicated to keeping the cornfield mystique alive. Once the long days of filming had passed ...

MLB now in a permanent ballpark at Field of Dreams

DYERSVILLE — Major League Baseball ‘s growth goals have taken the game from a military base in North Carolina to a racetrack in Tennessee, with numerous stops for photo ops around the globe in between. But there’s nothing quite like turning the bright lights on an Iowa cornfield, where ...

Vikings pick Murray over McCarthy at QB

EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have chosen Kyler Murray as their starting quarterback over J.J. McCarthy, the widely expected conclusion to what coach Kevin O’Connell pledged was a true competition. O’Connell made the announcement before practice on Tuesday afternoon, giving Murray a full month of full-time repetitions with the first-team offense before the regular season begins on Sept. 13. O’Connell and general manager Nolan Teasley met with both players in the morning to discuss the decision. “I didn’t come in here expecting to be handed the job or anything like ...

’Cats eager to regain Alliance supremacy

The Marshalltown boys’ golf team has the schedule to challenge it and the roster to rise to to meet it. Now it’s time to play. The Bobcats bring back five of six players from last season’s varsity roster and a handful of others in the mix to compete as the team tees up the fall ...

WNBA denounces ‘bad-faith’ transgender debate

The WNBA on Wednesday criticized those trying to create a narrative about transgender women playing in the league. “There are no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA, and we strongly denounce the bad-faith efforts to use these topics to demean or marginalize others,” a league ...