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NIACC men play at Kirkwood on Tuesday CEDAR RAPIDS – The NIACC men’s basketball team plays at Kirkwood on Tuesday in a Region XI first-round tournament contest. Game time is set for

MASON CITY – The NIACC women’s basketball team hosts Southeastern-Keokuk on Tuesday in a Region XI first-round tournament contest. Game time is set for 7 p.m. in the NIACC gym. NIACC (18-12

CHICAGO, March 2 (UPI) — Joakim Noah’s double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds Saturday helped propel the Chicago Bulls to a 96-85 victory over Brooklyn. Noah also supplied five assists and

LUBBOCK, Texas – NIACC sophomore Emily Burchett placed seventh in the weight throw at the NJCAA national indoor track and field meet Saturday. Burchett earned her seventh-place finish with a toss of

FORT WORTH, Texas -No. 23 Iowa State (20-7 overall, 11-6 Big 12) trailed by 15 points with 12:03 left and chipped away at TCU’s (9-19 overall, 2-15 Big 12) lead but fell

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning guided Arkansas-Little Rock to a 9-3 victory over the University of Iowa baseball team Saturday at Gary Hogan Field.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Iowa State (8-5, 0-0 Big 12) staged a dramatic seventh-inning comeback against St. John’s (3-9-1, 0-0 Big East), winning 11-9, on Friday before losing, 13-4 in six innings to

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The University of Iowa baseball team was unable to capitalize on offensive opportunities Friday at Arkansas-Little Rock, falling to the Trojans, 5-2, at Gary Hogan Field. “We had

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s 2013 football game at Tulsa will take place on Thursday, Sept. 26. The game was moved from the previous Saturday to accommodate a national television opportunity. Kick

NEW YORK, March 2 (UPI) — LeBron James had no immediate response to Magic Johnson’s generous offer to pay the Heat star $1 million to enter the dunking contest at the all-star

MASON CITY – After a 25-year wait, Southeast Polk is back in the state championship game. Southeast Polk used a big run in the first half to get the lead, then held

DES MOINES – A group of youngsters came through at the end for Harlan and helped put the Cyclones in the Class 4A championship game. Liz Riessen, the only senior on the

ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 28 (UPI) — Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer and wife Maddie say they are expecting twins. “Obviously, we’re both really excited and couldn’t be happier,” Joe Mauer said

CHICAGO, Feb. 28 (UPI) — Joakim Noah put together the third triple-double of his six-year career Thursday in boosting Chicago to a 93-82 triumph over Philadelphia. The Bulls snapped a two-game skid

GLENDALE, Ariz., March 1 (UPI) — Two goals from Dany Heatley helped Minnesota build a 4-1 lead Thursday and the Wild survived a late Phoenix charge to down the Coyotes 4-3. Minnesota

MASON CITY – NIACC’s Lashae Brooks put herself into the record books Wednesday night. The freshman post from Nett Lake, Minn., blocked 12 shots in NIACC’s 69-47 victory over Ellsworth in the

AMES, Iowa – There would be no Kansas comeback this time. Chelsea Poppens scored 22 points, Hallie Christofferson tallied 20 and Anna Prins added 19 as No. 23 Iowa State (20-6 overall,

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Feb. 27 (UPI) — Four University of Alabama football team members were dismissed following arrests related to campus robberies, head Coach Nick Saban said Wednesday. Saban said defensive lineman D.J.

DES MOINES – Senior leadership abounds at Aplington-Parkersburg. Tenth-ranked Aplington-Parkersburg, which has an all-senior roster, rallied from an early eight-point deficit to beat No. 7 Panorama 48-38 in the Class 2A quarterfinals.

DES MOINES – Estherville-Lincoln Central’s seniors are still in the running for a chance to play in another state championship game. Twins Casey and Allie Sievert combined for 31 points as the third-ranked Midgettes completed a

DES MOINES – Waverly-Shell Rock looked nothing like a state tournament rookie in beating Winterset. The second-ranked Go-Hawks, in the five-player tourney for the first time, shot their way into an early

IRVING, Texas, Feb. 26 (UPI) — Game officials blew two key calls in a Monday contest between fifth-ranked Kansas and Iowa State, the Big 12 Conference has admitted. Cyclones fans were incensed

ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 26 (UPI) — Zach Parise’s goal during a 4-on-3 power play 27 seconds into overtime Tuesday handed the Minnesota Wild a 2-1 victory over Calgary. The Wild went

PHOENIX, Feb. 27 (UPI) — Marcin Gortat, Markieff Morris and Wesley Johnson all scored 14 points Tuesday to lead Phoenix to an 84-83 overtime win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Gortat laid in

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 27 (UPI) — Quarterback Alex Smith will be traded from the San Francisco 49ers to the Kansas City Chiefs, several media outlets, citing NFL sources, reported Wednesday. Reports

MAKHACHKALA, Russia, Feb. 26 (UPI) — A Russian wrestler said he has returned his Olympic gold medal to protest a proposal to cut wrestling from the 2020 Games. Sagid Murtazaliev, who won

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 26 (UPI) — Trevor Mbakwe fired in 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Tuesday, helping Minnesota knock off top-ranked Indiana 77-73. Andre Hollins scored 12 of his 16 points the

CHICAGO, Feb. 26 (UPI) — Dion Waiters pumped in 25 points Tuesday and the Cleveland Cavaliers shook off the absence of Kyrie Irving to hang a 101-98 loss on Chicago. Irving was

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Administrators Council of the Big Ten Conference has approved the Iowa and Nebraska recommendation to move the Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 football game to Friday, Nov. 29, and

MEN’S BASKETBALL What’s next: The NIACC men’s basketball team (18-10 overall, 5-7 in the ICCAC) hosts Ellsworth (16-10, 8-4) on Wednesday in its final regular season home game. Game time is set

NIACC men’s cross country team has 10th best GPA MASON CITY – The NIACC men’s cross country team ranked 10th among all NJCAA teams with a team grade point average of 3.546

MASON CITY – The NIACC women’s basketball team (17-12, 10-5) hosts Ellsworth (11-17, 4-10) in its final regular season game Wednesday. Game time is set for 5:30 p.m. in the NIACC gym, “We’re

AMES, Iowa – Betsy Saina did something Sunday at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships that no Iowa State men’s or women’s track and field track athlete, even its Olympians,

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Junior Keith Brand’s two-run double in the eighth inning lifted the University of Iowa baseball team to a 4-2 victory over Texas A&M Corpus Christi in the Kleberg

MARANA, Ariz., Feb. 24 (UPI) — The PGA Tour won’t follow the R&A and USGA in banning the anchoring of putters, Commissioner Tim Finchem announced Sunday. Finchem said such a ban wouldn’t