State/Local Sports

IOWA CITY — In the twilight of his long coaching career at the University of Iowa, Kirk Ferentz suddenly is throwing mic drops all over the place. This is beyond New Kirk. It’s...

Action from the Iowa Hawkeyes mens’ basketball game with the Southern University Jaguars at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The Hawkeyes won, 103-76.

IOWA CITY — Note to self: Don’t ever again be duped into thinking Nebraska will roll over for Iowa in football no matter how much the Huskers are mining the depths of the Big Ten...

AMES — Iowa State doesn’t get five-star football recruits and it only has a handful of four-star recruits. Because of that coach Matt Campbell has invested in developing a five-star...

The Iowa Hawkeyes escaped the Nebraska Cornhuskers 26-20.

The trend of irrupting winter birds keeps rolling along this year. History is in the making for this next featured species. A “mega flight” of evening grosbeaks occurred in the winter...

The National Weather Service issued high wind warnings. The prediction maps on weather.gov let me envision the strong low pressure system days earlier. With such knowledge, I could plan my weekend...

The Iowa Hawkeyes (3-2) have won three straight games since an 0-2 start and debuted at No. 24 in this season’s first College Football Playoff rankings. Now they host Nebraska (1-3) looking to...

What: Southern U. (0-1) at No. 5 Iowa (1-0) in men’s basketball When/where: 4 p.m., Carver-Hawkeye Arena TV: Big Ten Network Live stream: FoxSports.com Radio: Hawkeye Network (WMT-AM 600,...

No. 24 Iowa (3-2) seeks to increase its winning streak to four and its series winning streak against Nebraska to six as it hosts the Huskers (1-3) Friday. Here’s the viewing guide plus our...

No. 13 Iowa State (6-2, 6-1) looks to stay atop the Big 12 football standings when it faces No. 17 Texas (5-2, 4-2) Friday in Austin. Here’s the viewing guide plus our staff picks and pregame...

Two nationally-televised football games Friday, head-to-head for a couple hours, both involving a team from Iowa. America, learn to love it. And why not? It’s not like you’d rather be...

What makes a good center? Let Kirk Ferentz explain. “It’s an interesting position, at least the way we do things,” the Iowa football coach said. “We prefer to get a center...

AMES — Iowa State is going to play the biggest regular-season game in program history on Friday at Texas. Just don’t tell the Cyclones that. “No,” Coach Matt Campbell said...

A closer look at Friday’s Big 12 Conference football game between No. 13 Iowa State (6-2, 6-1) and No. 17 Texas (5-2, 4-2) at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas (11 a.m., ABC). Iowa...

IOWA CITY — It was what Caitlin Clark visualized. It was what Lisa Bluder expected. A much-ballyhooed freshman guard, Clark debuted with a 27-point gem to lead Iowa past Northern Iowa, 96-81,...

The Northern Iowa Panthers take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in a women’s college basketball game.

IOWA CITY — Patrick McCaffery and Keegan Murray were opponents and standouts in some great Mississippi Valley Conference high school basketball scraps against each other, with the wins going...

The Iowa Hawkeyes win 97-67 over the North Carolina Central Eagles in men’s college basketball.

AMES — Iowa State senior Maddie Wise missed most of last season with a concussion and, later, migraines she couldn’t shake. She thought about redshirting, but decided against it and...