IOWA CITY — Tyler Goodson ran for 87 of his 111 yards in the second half and Zach VanValkenburg recovered Adrian Martinez’s late fumble to secure Iowa’s 26-20 win over Nebraska on Friday.

The Fulton boys and girls basketball teams are waiting for good news.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The coronavirus pandemic was considered by many coaches to be the biggest opponent for Big Ten Conference teams coming into this virus-delayed football season, and it certainly has been.

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois — Chase and Sydney Brown are living a football dream at Illinois.

An Iowa State program that has alternately been an underdog and overachiever in its modest football history is on the cusp of going somewhere it’s never gone before.

The strangest anticipated season in college basketball history kicked off Wednesday with dozens of games at arenas across the country.

Nebraska knows what’s coming whenever it plays Iowa. The hard part is stopping it.

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger doesn’t want to get into the comparison game. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback doesn’t see the point.

DETROIT — As poorly as the Detroit Lions have played this season, this might have been a new low.

Andy Dalton’s first win as Dallas quarterback puts the Cowboys in a suddenly high-stakes Thanksgiving game in a season that looked lost without Dak Prescott.

My stomach is ready for Thursday.

Iowa forward Luka Garza could have heard his name called in Wednesday night’s NBA draft. Instead, he opted for the uncertainty of playing a final college basketball season amid a pandemic.

As more than 300 teams prepare to start a season that will look nothing like any before it, the conversation isn’t so much about who will be cutting down the nets at the end of March Madness as much as whether anyone will cut down the nets at all.

The Green Bay Packers have succeeded this season by protecting leads, taking care of the football and controlling the clock.

KANSAS CITY — One of the biggest differences between the merely good and the exceptionally great is confidence.

Grand View Vikings football offensive coordinator Derek Fulton said junior quarterback Johnny Sullivan is one of the best leaders to ever come through the program.

KANSAS CITY — The Kansas City Chiefs signed Andy Reid and Brett Veach to contract extensions Monday that will provide added stability by keeping together the most successful coach/general manager combination in franchise history well into the future.

CHICAGO — Arturas Karnisovas understood how important it was to set the tone by getting his first draft pick for the Chicago Bulls right as he tries to set them on a championship course.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears switched quarterbacks early in the season and changed who calls plays last week, all in an effort to spark the one of the NFL's worst offenses.

With a month to go before the Big 12 championship game, No. 18 Oklahoma and No. 22 Texas both have paths to another Red River rivalry matchup in December.

KANSAS CITY — The biggest downside to success in the NFL may come each April, when the team that wins the Super Bowl also wins the rather dispiriting opportunity to pick last in each round of the draft.

Iowa had to replace three starters on its defensive line, making it an area of concern heading into the season.

Iowa State is in an unusual position heading into its game against Kansas State on Saturday.

Anthony Edwards paid tribute to his mother and grandmother. Onyeka Okongwu recalled his brother. Obi Toppin thought about coming home.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy on Tuesday indicated a desire to keep his offense’s play-calling in the hands of coordinator Bill Lazor even after their lowest yardage output in almost three years during a 19-13 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

KANSAS CITY — It takes a lot to get Big Red to turn red.

Charlie Kolar is a witty guy who in an eight-minute interview Tuesday dropped in mentions of his golf game, his fire safety class and the importance of a player’s cleats when the weather turns bad.

For Fulton football coach Patrick Lower, it was bittersweet watching the Camanche football team — led by his former assistant coach, Dustin Coit — make it to the UNI Dome.

Illinois High School Association executive director Craig Anderson released the following statement after Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker’s Nov. 17 update, which placed more restrictions due to surging COVID-19 cases:

There was no dancing on the court after a March Madness victory. No bounding onto the stage in a spiffy suit to meet the commissioner in June.

CHICAGO — Kirk Cousins threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns, and the Minnesota Vikings overcame a 104-yard kickoff return by Chicago’s Cordarrelle Patterson to beat the Bears 19-13 on Monday night.

CAMANCHE — Guy McCausland was at a loss for words when asked what it meant to be a part of a staff which led the Camanche football team to the UNI Dome.

What a weekend.

Breaking the scoring record was on his mind, because, of course it was. Dustin Johnson wanted it, too. He just hadn’t bothered to look the number up.

GREEN BAY — Green Bay Packers offensive lineman David Bakhtiari has agreed to a contract extension that will keep the Pro Bowl left tackle off the free-agent market in the offseason.

LOUISVILLE — Paul Hornung, the dazzling “Golden Boy” of the Green Bay Packers whose singular ability to generate points as a runner, receiver, quarterback and kicker helped turn the team into an NFL dynasty, died Friday. He was 84.

CEDAR FALLS — The current Camanche football seniors won one game as freshmen in what was also coach Dustin Coit’s first year leading the program.

MINNEAPOLIS — Tyler Goodson rushed for a career-high 142 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries, and Iowa’s defense clamped down hard on Minnesota for a 35-7 victory on Friday night that gave the Hawkeyes possession of the Floyd of Rosedale trophy for the sixth season.

IOWA CITY — A lawyer for 13 Black former Iowa football players announced Thursday that he has filed a lawsuit alleging his clients suffered racial discrimination under longtime coach Kirk Ferentz.

AUGUSTA, Georgia — A long day in the small window of daylight that comes with a Masters in November didn’t settle anything except that Dustin Johnson is playing like the No. 1 player and Justin Thomas has finally figured out Augusta National.

AUGUSTA, Georgia — A look at some of the anniversaries this year at the Masters:

Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa blew out a tire on the grey Lexus he was driving in a collision with a curb that left the vehicle smoking when he was arrested on misdemeanor DUI charges in February, according to an affidavit filed by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said he sees double standards in the safety protocols the NFL has instituted as it tries to complete a season amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Patrick Mahomes piled up some very big numbers at Arrowhead Stadium last week.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Charlie Jones and Tory Taylor didn’t take conventional paths to Iowa. Three games into their first season with the Hawkeyes, they’re feeling right at home.

The Camanche defense has helped the Indians’ football team make history this year, and one of its cornerstones comes in the form of linebacker Eric Kinkaid.

The Camanche football team just wants to do what it’s done for the past nine wins.

AUGUSTA, Georgia — Tiger Woods is the defending Masters champion.

It’s official: The NBA is coming back Dec. 22.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association will conduct this week’s football semifinals and next week’s finals at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls as planned using precautions established in consultation with the University of Northern Iowa and Black Hawk County Health Department.