Stephen Hunt

After a foot injury slowed him late in the XFL season and carried over into his time with the Dolphins, former Iowa State standout Mike Rose is elated to be healthy and back with St. Louis, which now plays in the United Football League (UFL), a league created when the XFL and United States Football League (USFL) merged.

The past year-plus has been quite eventful for AJ Green. Not only has the Cedar Falls native and Northern Iowa product gone from being a two-way player with Milwaukee, he’s also now playing for his fourth different head coach since first signing with the Bucks in 2022.

While most two-way players divide their time between the NBA G-League and the NBA. Garza has played mostly with the Minnesota Timberwolves this season.

Technically, Kris Murray isn’t a two-way player with the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers. However, the 23-year-old Murray, the 23rd pick in the 2023 NBA Draft from Iowa, has logged minutes with the Blazers and their new NBA G-League affiliate, the Rip City Remix, reps which have shortened his NBA learning curve.

Keegan Murray’s debut season in the NBA was impressive. However, the young ex-Hawkeye was far from content because he knew if he was to continue progressing in the NBA, he was going to have to work even harder. And that’s exactly what this talented 23-year-old did in his first full offseason as a professional.

Late last month, Joe Wieskamp had just completed his first training camp practice with Dallas, sharing the hardwood with two of the world’s best players in Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. The moment wasn’t lost on the former Iowa standout, who is entering his third professional season.

Bridget Carleton knows exactly what fellow Iowa State product Ashley Joens has endured this season as a WNBA rookie.

In 2022, Kiah Stokes added something she’d been wanting for some time to her lengthy list of basketball accomplishments. She finally got a WNBA title as part of a talented Las Vegas squad that captured the league crown under first-year head coach Becky Hammon.

Former Cedar Rapdis Washington star A.J. Puk has made 39 appearances for the Miami Marlins this season and is 5-4 with a 4.75 ERA and 15 saves.

Iowa State football notes from Big 12 media days: Honoring the memory of Jack Trice remains special for everyone at ISU.

Instead of focusing on what went awry in 2022, Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell, his staff and players are focusing on applying those lessons going forward.

One question frequently posed to Brett Yormark in his first year-plus as Big 12 commissioner is when the conference will be expanding further. Various schools, including Colorado, have been mentioned as possible expansion targets, speculation he quelled for the time being.

Dallas Cowboys defensive end Chauncey Golston is ready to show what he can do in 2023.

Ashley Joens has only been in Texas for a few weeks, but the second-round pick of the Dallas Wings in the 2023 WNBA Draft already is making a strong impression on her new teammates.

In only his third season, Tyrese Haliburton already is an NBA All-Star. But the former Iowa State standout viewed his first appearance in the midseason classic as a launching point for bigger and better things in his career.