Cedar Rapids Gazette - State/Local Sports

You wake up to learn the Iowa Hawkeyes have a new 2020 football schedule that starts in a month, and so many thoughts and questions spring to mind. How many tickets will the Hawkeyes sell? Who gets...

The Hawkeyes will open the COVID-19 football season in Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 5, the Big Ten released this morning. The league unveiled a 10-game conference-only schedule on the Big Ten Network on...

It’s been a while — too long, actually — since I filled this space with some random news or thoughts on aforementioned random news. So the best way for a return is to take a look...

The first official day of high school football practice in Iowa is next week. Players and coaches have an early chance to get acclimated to a season impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Programs are...

VINTON — The American Iron Racing Series, which travels Eastern Iowa and southern Wisconsin each summer, could easily borrow Mark Twain’s quote on age. “Wrinkles should merely...

The second round of the Rotary Pribyl Junior Golf Classic at Cedar Rapids Country Club

Let’s allow ourselves to pretend for a moment. Let’s pretend there will be a college football season. And, yes, the news there is bleak. Ohio State announced last week it will play host...

The Cedar Rapids Men’s Amateur Golf tournament crowned its Open and Senior division winners Sunday at Ellis Golf Course. Kevin Ault, an obsolete parts buyer for Collins Aerospace who golfed...

CEDAR RAPIDS — To many, Chris James has his priorities in the right order. James is a husband, father, teacher and coach. He also is a very good golfer. A third grade teacher at...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION — Weekly races will continue to be held each Friday night at Columbus Junction Speedway through Aug 30. But last Saturday night, the dirt track hosted nothing but vintage...

With Luka Garza back, it’s time to believe in Iowa as a national championship contender. That was the headline of a story on ESPN.com Monday morning. From the Really, Really Obvious...

AMES — College football schedules have been in flux since the Big Ten was the first conference to announce a conference-only schedule for the 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. When other...

CEDAR RAPIDS — They have built it, but no one will come. At least not this summer. Major League Baseball has cancelled next week’s game between the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Our family huddled together in silence and uncertainty. We had discussed this moment many times during the idle spring, but it didn’t seem to help now that it had...

CEDAR RAPIDS — You can talk or you can take action. Blairstown native and local racecar driver Drew Nickell chooses the latter when it comes to building the sport he loves. “I got that...

Boating is popular summer activity, whether you are tubing or skiing or simply heading out on a lake or river to find a bit of sand or “party cove” to park and enjoy fresh air and, from...

My waders dated back to the 1980s and my fishing vest was purchased at Long’s Sports Shop in Eau Claire, Wisc., around 1961. The fly rod and reel were recent vintage. My polarized glasses and...

Players competed in the final round of the men’s City Am tournament at Ellis Park Golf Course in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, August 2. 2020. Rob Dickerman won among the senior entrants, while...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Pitcher Mitch Keller of Cedar Rapids was removed in the third inning of his start Saturday night for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field and has been...

Luka Garza, the choice for the 2019-20 men’s basketball National Player of the Year honors by six national media outlets after last season, is remaining an Iowa Hawkeye. On Sunday, the...