Staff report |Police in Ames, Iowa, charged a 22-year-old man with first-degree murder after the body of former Iowa State golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena was found at the Coldwater Links Golf Course on Monday, Sept. 17. Golfers found a golf bag with no one around it. Later, they found Arozamena’s body and determined she had been assaulted. The Spaniard, who was playing a solo round, was the reigning Big 12 champion and ISU female athlete of the year. Collin Daniel Richards, 22, was on $5 million bond. Richards was homeless and living in a tent in the nearby Squaw River. Barquin Arozamena had won the won the European Ladies Amateur title earlier in the year in Slovakia and qualified for the U.S. Women's Open. In other sports news:
- Alabama is still on top of the Associated Press poll. The University of Georgia moved ahead of Clemson into No. 2 after it clobbered Middle Tennessee State on Saturday, Sept. 15 in Athens. Clemson is now third, followed by Ohio State and Oklahoma ...
- Michael Jordan has given $2 million for Hurricane Florence relief. The storm ravaged North Carolina and South Carolina and later caused damage from tornados in Virginia. Jordan is from hard-hit Wilmington. The money will go to the American Red Cross and the Foundation for the Carolinas’ Hurricane Florence Response Fund. Each will get $1 million. Jordan, who went to Laney High School in Wilmington, played college basketball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and us the majority owner of the Charlotte NBA team. He also owns part of the Miami Marlins MLB team ...
- Quarterback Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs became the first player in the 99-year history of the NFL to throw 10 TD passes in his team's first two games. The Texas Tech product threw six TDs Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Steelers ...
- Takkarist McKinley, defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons, suffered a groin injury during the game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, Sept. 16. This injury could cost him some time. No word on when he will return. The Falcons won the game, 31-24. Both teams are 1-1 ...
- The Cleveland Browns traded wide receiver Josh Gordon to the Patriots. In return, the Browns will get a 2019 fifth-round pick, while the Pats will get a 2019 seventh-round pick from the Browns if Gordon is not active for 10 games ...
- The female Uber driver who accused Tampa Bay quarterback Jameis Winston of groping her during a ride in her vehicle, which ultimately led to his three-game suspension by the NFL, has filed a lawsuit against Winston. In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, the plaintiff, identified as "Kate P.", states that despite Winston's three-game suspension, he "issued a hollow apology" in July and "has a history of sexually hostile behavior and appears to be no closer to understanding the impact of his conduct" ...
- Quarterback Carson Wentz was cleared to return and is excepted to start for the Philadelphia Eagles against the Indianapolis Colts in the third week of the NFL season. Wentz tore two ligaments in his left knee and had surgery three days later ...
- Josiah James, one of the top-ranked guards in the 2019 college basketball recruiting class, announced Wednesday that he will play for the Tennessee Volunteers. James selected the Vols over the Clemson Tigers and Duke Blue Devils. The Porter-Gaud School (Charleston, S.C.) standout is a five-star prospect and rated the No. 14 overall player in next year's incoming class ...
- Chargers' defensive tackle Corey Liuget is suing his former trainer for $15 million in damages due to lost wages, pain and suffering caused by his positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a document filed in U.S. District Court in California. The person named in the suit is former Canadian Olympic bobsledding team member Ian Danney, who Liuget claims is responsible for the consequences of injecting him with a substance banned by the NFL. Liuget is serving a four-game suspension for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug rules ...
- Brad Keselowski won the Las Vegas NASCAR playoff opener, making this his third consecutive NASCAR cup victory Sunday, Sept. 16. He secured team owner Roger Penske’s 500th victory across all competitions ...
- Dwyane Wade’s status was a big question for the Miami Heat as he thought about retirement during the off season, but he decided to return for one more NBA season ...
- Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisbeger spoke to reporters, defending holdout Antonio Brown. This comes after a 42-37 loss to the Chiefs. Brown made tweets stating he was the most important player on the Steelers ...
- Buffalo Bills' corner back Vontae Davis retired just before halftime in Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Sources: Associated Press, BleacherReport.com, CBS Sports, Des Moines Register, ESPN.com, Fox News, NBC Sports, New York Times, Sports Illustrated, The Undefeated, Washington Post.Contributors: Leeroy Francis, Ceara Hester, Brandon Johnson, Megan Johnson, Ben Marshall and Khadijah Sandifer.