ST. LOUIS (AP) — That was one short break for Tim McCarver. The former major league catcher tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday night that he is near a deal to broadcast about 30 Cardinals games this season for Fox Sports Midwest. McCarver retired from his position on Fox’s national baseball broadcast after the World Series.

McCarver made his major league debut with St. Louis in 1959 and helped the Cardinals win two World Series titles in the 1960s. The 72-year-old McCarver tells the Post-Dispatch that coming back to St. Louis is “fabulous, a complete merry-go-round, it’s wonderful.”

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Senior guard Devyn Marble is playing like the star Iowa coach Fran McCaffery has long been searching for. Marble is averaging a career-high 16.4 points per game for the 14th-ranked Hawkeyes (14-3, 3-1 Big Ten), and he’s been at his best against Iowa’s toughest opponents.

Marble scored 22 points in Sunday’s win over then-No. 3 Ohio State, perhaps the biggest win in McCaffery’s four seasons at Iowa. Marble and the Hawkeyes host Minnesota (13-4, 2-2) on Sunday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard says he’s “disappointed” that a judge has temporarily reinstated reserve basketball player Bubu Palo. Palo was suspended in 2012 after being charged with second-degree sexual assault. The charge was dropped a year ago and the university’s Office of Judicial Affairs cleared Palo to return to the team. The university’s decision was then appealed. Palo was found to have violated Iowa State’s student code of conduct and kicked off the team.

A Webster County judge on Thursday issued a temporary stay for Palo, allowing him to play pending the outcome of further court proceedings. A final hearing date on Palo’s status has not been set. Palo averaged 2.8 points in 17 games last season.

Class 1-A

(Record thru 01/11/14)

1. Alburnett 13-9
2. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 14-1
3. Don Bosco 14-7
4. Woodbury Central 16-7
5. Wilton 13-3
6. Clarion-Goldfield 8-2
7. Lisbon 9-4
8. West Marshall 11-2
9. Audubon 11-1
10. South Central Calhoun 16-4
11. Ogden 15-1
12. Southeast Warren 14-0
13. Logan-Magnolia 10-1
14. Westwood 16-2
15. Central Springs 14-3
16. Dike-New Hartford 10-1

 Class 2-A

(Record thru 01/11/14)

1. Mediapolis 19-5
2. Davenport Assumption 14-3
3. Albia 16-2
4. Clear Lake 18-4
5. West Delaware 12-5
6. Creston/O-M 9-0
7. Humboldt 14-1
8. Osage 14-6
9. Charles City 9-6
10. Independence 12-4
11. Webster City 14-3
12. Crestwood 12-4
13. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 10-0
14. Grinnell 13-2
15. Union 10-3
16. Washington 11-0

Class 3-A

(Record thru 01/11/14)

1. Bettendorf 13-6
2. Waverly-Shell Rock 11-0
3. Southeast Polk 13-1
4. Cedar Rapids Prairie 8-1
5. Linn-Mar 11-3
6. Pleasant Valley 14-2
7. Iowa City West 14-6
8. North Scott 18-5
9. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 6-0
10. Western Dubuque 17-4
11. West Des Moines Valley 7-3
12. West Des Moines Dowling Catholic 9-2
13. Sioux City North 17-1
14. Mason City 9-13
15. Clinton 6-7
16. Spencer 8-0