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ECHL gives formal approval for franchise in Coralville
The ECHL’s Board of Governors approved Tuesday membership applications for two expansion hockey clubs for the 2021-22 season including one that will play in Coralville at the new Xtream...
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City High golfer Arthur Hall a ‘student of the game’
IOWA CITY — For City High freshman Arthur Hall, golf always has been a way for him to spend time with his grandfather.
Hall lives in northern Minnesota many summers, living with his...
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A spectacular outdoor show
The recent riming of Eastern Iowa provided an interlude of shining beauty in an otherwise dull and dreary winter.
Chronic fog freezing on cold vegetation last week covered the landscape in dazzling...
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Iowa football could open 2021 season with 2 ranked foes for 1st time in 47 years
It appears likely Iowa will open a football season with two ranked opponents for the first time since 1974.
The Hawkeyes start the 2021 season at home against Indiana on Sept. 4. Indiana (6-2)...
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At 13-0, Drake is one of the best stories in college basketball
For the first time since its unforgettable 2007-2008 season, Drake men’s basketball is garnering national attention.
The Bulldogs are off to a school-record 13-0 start and are dominating their...
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Iowa men’s basketball getting a lot of things from a lot of players
What a faux pas it is to look ahead in Big Ten men’s basketball. And yet ...
No. 5 Iowa is riding a 4-game winning streak in the league, no small thing. But the Hawkeyes could double-up on...
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UNI men’s basketball falls to Bradley as last-second tip-in is overturned
CEDAR FALLS — Trae Berhow’s tip-in that seemed to draw Northern Iowa even with Bradley at 75 was waved off by officials after review showed the McLeod Center game clock started late on...
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Sophomore Brayson Laube emerging as legit player for Marion boys’ basketball
MARION — Even on a night where he wasn’t as efficient shooting the basketball as he has been, Brayson Laube still was pretty darned good.
That shows you the continued maturation of the...
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Photos: Solon at Cedar Rapids Xavier, Iowa high school girls' basketball
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Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Lexi Turner hops into the front seat, and turns the switch
CEDAR RAPIDS — Lexi Turner has been content to defer. Tom Lilly wants her in a different role.
A more aggressive role.
“She likes to take a back seat sometimes,” said Lilly, the...
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Iowa Wrestling Weekend That Was: A closer look at UNI’s season-opening opening sweep
College wrestling has resumed for multiple programs. Northern Iowa hit the mat for a double-dual in Brookings, S.D. Upper Iowa and Northern State (S.D.) went down to the wire. And in high school, the...
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Iowa high school boys' basketball rankings: Cedar Falls is new No. 1 in Class 4A
There is a new boys’ basketball team atop Class 4A.
Cedar Falls is your new No. 1 in the Associated Press poll released late Monday afternoon. The Tigers (6-0) received seven of eight...
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Caitlin Clark, Iowa women’s basketball look to bounce back against Ohio State
IOWA CITY — Caitlin Clark resisted the urge to hit the gym Sunday.
“I think I needed to take a break, relax and decompress,” Iowa’s freshman point guard said Monday....
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Iowa State’s Xavier Foster out for rest of season with foot injury
AMES — Xavier Foster has been in and out of Iowa State’s lineup the last two weeks while tending to an injured right foot.
Foster missed Iowa State’s most recent game against...
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Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon is Big Ten Co-Player of the Week
Iowa senior guard Jordan Bohannon has been named the Big Ten men’s basketball Co-Player of the Week with Indiana forward Trayce Jackson-Davis.
Bohannon averaged 18.5 points, 8.0 assists, 5.5...
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Former Hawkeyes Andre Tippett, Bob Stoops to enter College Football Hall of Fame
Former University of Iowa players Andre Tippett and Bob Stoops are in the 2021 induction class of the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame.
Tippett, a defensive end at Iowa from...
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Iowa State’s young wrestlers show promise
AMES — Iowa State wrestling’s freshmen haven’t looked like freshmen early in the season.
They shined Sunday at Hilton Coliseum as the Cyclones beat Loras 40-0 and Nebraska-Kearney...
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Iowa Hawkeyes' starters finished big this time against Minnesota
IOWA CITY — Christmas might as well have been Halloween for the Iowa men’s basketball team in general and Hawkeye senior guard Jordan Bohannon in specific.
Iowa lost 102-95 in overtime...
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Photos: Minnesota Men’s Basketball vs Iowa
The Minnesota Golden Gophers faced the Iowa Hawkeyes Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.
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Sports-wise, it’s a great time to be in Iowa
There’s plenty of space elsewhere to carp about a virus, an insurrection, and the fact it’s January in the Midwest.
But right here, right now, let’s dwell on trivial matters that...
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