State/Local Sports

Jeff Hornacek’s two-year stint as the New York Knicks’ coach is over, with the team announcing his dismissal on Thursday morning. “Jeff is a true professional who has worked...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Cedar Rapids Kernels hit four home runs, including a pair from Alex Kirilloff to drop Peoria, 12-9, Wednesday night in Midwest League baseball at Dozer Park. Cedar Rapids...

IOWA CITY — Spring apparently sprung Lorenzo Elion Wednesday. The temperature was above 60 degrees when the evening’s Coe College-Iowa baseball game began at Duane Banks Field. Was this...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Miranda Kaste’s toughness is much greater than her miniature frame. The Kirkwood sophomore is physically tough, overcoming a broken leg that sidelined her for two seasons....

MARION — Weather has hampered the start of the spring golf season. Cold temperatures, unexpected snow storms and seasonal rains have prevented some teams from practicing, nevertheless,...

CEDAR FALLS — Northern Iowa men’s basketball confirmed the signing of Iowa Central Community College guard Tray Croft to a national letter of intent on Wednesday. The announcement came...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The University of Iowa athletics website published a story Wednesday afternoon in which Hawkeyes basketball player Tyler Cook said it is not a foregone conclusion he will leave...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Principals in the Mississippi Athletic Conference approved Burlington High School’s departure from the league in a Wednesday meeting. Burlington will exit after the...

IOWA CITY — Live it up, college quarterbacks. By virtue of the singular nature of the position — there can be only one — you’ve been granted a free pass to transfer if...

IOWA CITY — Connor McCaffery now is a scholarship basketball player at the University of Iowa. Head coach Fran McCaffery announced Wednesday his son and former Iowa City West standout has been...

MARION — The teams were separated by just one spot in the latest girls’ soccer rankings, but there was little doubt which had the superior squad. Class 3A No. 11 Linn-Mar scored three...

CEDAR RAPIDS — A former youth basketball coach was indicted last week on a federal charge related to secretly recording three naked teenage players. Greg Stephen, 42, of Monticello, a former...

CEDAR RAPIDS — For Jeremy Fopma, getting to the starting line was the trickiest part. “I was coming up the hill, and I heard (public address announcer Mike Jay) calling my name, to...

MADISON, Wis. — Matt McDonough’s voice radiates excitement for his new role as a college wrestling coach. The tone changes to gratitude for 10 years around the University of Iowa and...

Coal Flansburg didn’t bother waiting for other offers. The Solon linebacker announced his commitment to Iowa State Tuesday night on Twitter. Iowa State is Flansburg’s only reported...

MARION — Normally, low roster numbers and a bunch of freshmen on the field spells trouble. For the Marion girls’ soccer team, it appears to be the makings of a tight-knit, talented...

IOWA CITY — When you’ve been a dad long enough, you develop certain “dad” tendencies. Sometimes, you can’t help yourself and you have to let the truth fly. Iowa head...

PEORIA, Ill. — Ben Rortvedt went 4-for-4 as the Cedar Rapids Kernels beat Peoria, 8-6, Tuesday afternoon at Dozer Park in Midwest League baseball. The Kernels are 4-0. The teams play against...

CEDAR RAPIDS — No matter how experienced a trapshooter is, the season is full of opportunities to set goals and improve skills and techniques. Just ask Cedar Rapids Xavier junior Matthew...

CEDAR FALLS — Pepperdine guard Trae Berhow will transfer to Northern Iowa and join the men’s basketball team, The Gazette has confirmed. Berhow, a Watertown, Minn., native, started 28...