By MICHAEL MAROT The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark stayed relatively quiet as the Indiana Fever embarked on a major offseason overhaul. Stephanie White took over as coach. Amber Cox became general manager. The construction of a new practice facility was announced. And then ...
By JOSH DUBOW The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — What a way to celebrate a 22nd birthday for Cooper DeJean. DeJean became the first player in Super Bowl history to intercept a pass or score a touchdown on his birthday when he returned a poor throw by Patrick Mahomes 38 yards for a TD to ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Bennett Stirtz had 20 points and Tavion Banks scored seven of his 11 in overtime to rally Drake to an 85-81 victory over Indiana State on Saturday night, upping the Bulldogs’ win streak to 10. Stirtz made two free throws and Banks followed with a three-point play to give ...
By DOUG FEINBERG The Associated Press Former Iowa player Ava Jones announced on social media Saturday that she has cancer. Jones said on Instagram that she has Hodgkin lymphoma. Just days after she committed to play for the Hawkeyes in 2022, Jones and her family were struck by a car in ...
ODEBOLT (AP) — In the farm town where Cooper DeJean drew up football plays in elementary school and taught classmates to run them at recess, residents plan a huge party to watch the town’s native son in the Super Bowl. The Philadelphia Eagles defensive back has lifted spirits in Odebolt, a ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — John Tonje scored 22 points and John Blackwell added 19 to lead No. 21 Wisconsin to a 74-63 victory over Iowa on Saturday. Tonje scored 11 points in a game-closing 16-4 run by the Badgers (19-5, 9-4 Big Ten), who won their third straight. Tonje shot 5 for 11 from the field ...
AMES (AP) — Curtis Jones scored 24 points and Milan Momcilovic returned from injury to add 14 as No. 8 Iowa State ended a three-game losing streak with an 82-52 win over TCU on Saturday. Dishon Jackson also scored 14 points, and Joshua Jefferson had a double-double with 13 points and 10 ...
By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Zeke Mayo scored 17 points, Hunter Dickinson added 14 points and nine rebounds, and No. 16 Kansas leaned into its defense to shut down eighth-ranked Iowa State in a 69-52 victory on Monday night. Dajuan Harris Jr. added 12 points for ...
MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Bennett Stirtz’s 23 points helped Drake defeat Murray State 55-45 on Tuesday night and extend its winning streak to nine games. Stirtz shot 9 of 16 from the field and went 4 for 4 from the line for the Bulldogs (21-2, 11-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference). Tavion Banks ...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Micah Hyde made his retirement official after 11 NFL seasons by posting a note on his Instagram account on Tuesday. “So much love and way too many thanks. From Fostoria to Iowa City to Green Bay to Buffalo,” Hyde wrote, referring to his Ohio ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting electronic messages pertinent to the league’s investigation. MLB opened the investigation ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — Braden Smith had 31 points and Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 25 as No. 7 Purdue beat Iowa 90-81 on Tuesday night. The Boilermakers (18-5, 10-2 Big Ten) won their third consecutive game, pulling away from a 36-all halftime deadlock with a 17-5 run early in the second half. The ...
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark wasn't back in her home arena to play a game. Still, the "butterflies," the former Iowa guard said, were quite similar. Clark returned to Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday to have her number 22 retired in a ...
AMES (AP) — Dug McDaniel scored 20 points to lead five Kansas State players in double figures as the Wildcats upset No. 3 Iowa State 80-61 on Saturday. With this win, the Wildcats (10-11, 4-6 Big 12) ended a 15-game road losing streak — 12 of which occurred within the Big 12. Kansas State ...
CEDAR FALLS (AP) — Max Weisbrod hit five 3-pointers and scored 18 to guide Northern Iowa to an 83-69 victory over Bradley on Sunday. Weisbrod shot 6 for 9, including 5 for 7 from beyond the arc for the Panthers (14-9, 8-4 Missouri Valley Conference). Tytan Anderson totaled 17 points and nine ...
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Bennett Stirtz’s 30 points led Drake over Southern Illinois 75-65 on Saturday. Stirtz had five assists for the Bulldogs (20-2, 10-2 Missouri Valley Conference). Tavion Banks scored 21 points and added five rebounds and four steals. Daniel Abreu had 12 points and ...
AMES (AP) — Hailey Van Lith scored 28 points and Taylor Bigby added 19 to help No. 9 TCU to an 82-69 win over Iowa State Sunday. Both Van Lith and Bigby reached new season highs in points to give the Horned Frogs (21-2, 9-1 Big 12) their second consecutive win. Madison Conner and Donovyn ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — Lucy Olsen scored 28 points and Addison O’Grady added 13 as Iowa topped No. 4 USC 76-69 on Sunday, snapping the Trojans’ 15-game winning streak. The win came on a day when Iowa retired Caitlin Clark’s jersey number 22 in a postgame ceremony, and the Hawkeyes delivered ...
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The Associated Press IOWA CITY — Caitlin Clark wasn’t back in her home arena to play a game. Still, the “butterflies,” the former Iowa guard said, were quite similar. Clark returned to Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday to have her number 22 retired in a ...
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's Kylie Feuerbach will always consider Caitlin Clark a teammate, whether the top overall pick in the WNBA draft is going to concerts or hanging out with Taylor Swift at an NFL game. And that's why Feuerbach always gets a ...