Lost in the shuffle of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Kim Mulkey’s usual antics, LSU torching the nets, dubious officiating and everything that made the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball championship one for the ages was the quiet — yet memorable — farewell of Iowa senior Monika Czinano. The ...

They said she was too arrogant. Too slender. Too selfish. Too indignant. Too irritable. Now, she’s just too good. The entire college basketball world - and then some - stopped to watch Caitlin Clark and the Iowa women’s basketball team on Sunday night, as the Hawkeyes looked to end a ...

They’re both considered generational talents, if not all-time greats. In our area, though, we were lucky enough to catch lightning in a bottle twice during a span of less than a decade. Elle Ruffridge. Audi Crooks. The former was a dynamic, diminutive ball of fire from Pocahontas Area. ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Andi Adams couldn’t help but laugh — mostly, I’m sure, to hide the nerves. Her daughter, Jalen, was getting ready to pitch as a true freshman for the University of Iowa against the top-ranked softball program in the nation, UCLA, on Friday. One of her other ...

AMES — Don Miller’s name will forever be synonymous with wrestling in our area. The same could easily be said for the Fort Dodge legend’s impact on the programs at Iowa State University and the University of Wyoming. The long-time Dodger head coach and athletic director is being honored ...

I’m often asked about the greatest athletes in Fort Dodge city history. I have lived here for 34 years now, and I’ve been an avid sports fanatic since day one. This is my 23rd “season” as Sports Editor at The Messenger — the paper I first joined as a part-timer in the fall of ...