Williamsburg offensive lineman Austin Blythe has been waiting nine months to officially become an Iowa Hawkeye, and now a snowstorm might spoil his signing ceremony Wednesday. “We were going to have all the coaches that impacted my life at a breakfast at the high school, weather permitting,” Blythe said. “If not, we’ll just sign it [...]
It was a couple weeks ago during the peak of a late recruiting push when Jake Rudock’s high school coach pulled the prized quarterback aside. George Smith wanted to know where Rudock stood on a couple of issues regarding college football and its role in his future. More specifically, he wanted to gauge whether Rudock [...]
Jordan Lomax put an end to his recruiting process Monday night when the Maryland defensive back announced his commitment to Iowa. Now the 5-foot-11, 185-pound cornerback prospect can concentrate on another recruiting task — getting a couple of his teammates to come along. “Trust me,” Lomax said, “I’m trying my best.” Lomax is one of [...]
Des Moines East graduate and former Iowa football player Scott Helverson will work his second Super Bowl — the Des Moines Register confirmed on Monday. Helverson, 47, of Clive, will be the back judge on Sunday when the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers face off for the NFL championship in Dallas. This will be the [...]
Michigan State’s basketball team has been advised to move up their departure time out of East Lansing Tuesday so they can make it to Iowa City for Wednesday’s 7:30 p.m. game against Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. “When they call you two days ahead of time and tell you you’ve got to leave early, there much [...]
Montell Marion is named wrestler of the week by TheMat.com after his first dual of the season.
When Brad Banks decided he wanted to play football in Iowa again, Iowa Barnstormers coach John Gregory was more than willing to give him a chance. The Arena Football League’s Barnstormers announced Monday they have signed Banks, who was an all-American quarterback at Iowa and runner-up to Carson Palmer for the 2002 Heisman Trophy. “He [...]
We started with 16 of the greatest Big 4 men’s basketball coaches ever. Now we are down to two men — Bucky O’Connor and Maury John. Voting ends Feb. 5. See the matchups and vote here.
Ann Arbor, Mich. – When Melsahn Basabe walked onto the Crisler Arena court for his pregame warmup Sunday, Iowa coach Fran McCaffery was standing a few feet away. “We need to get him going,’’ McCaffery said, nodding at his freshman forward. Basabe was coming off a poor effort Wednesday, finishing with just four points and [...]
All 13 Iowa football players who were hospitalized last week with symptoms of rhabdomyolysis have been released, according to a statement issued by the university on Sunday. “I’m glad they’ve all been released,” Alan DiBona, the father of freshman linebacker Shane DiBona, said Sunday night. “Hopefully, all will fully recover from this.” Players began checking [...]
