Iowa native Nate Kaeding said he has agreed to a one-year deal to kick for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Kaeding, 31, of Iowa City, confirmed to DesMoinesRegister.com early Tuesday that he will move cross-state after playing for the Miami Dolphins a season ago. The two-time Pro Bowl pick played for San Diego from 2004 [...]
Former Iowa quarterback performed well at the NFL Combine.
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Be honest: Who outside of Iowa coach Lisa Bluder’s locker room thought the Hawkeyes could stall No. 2 Notre Dame? Who thought the Hawkeyes could topple the region’s top seed, whose only loss in 33 women’s basketball games this season came against national No. 1 Baylor? The Irish are a monster [...]
The 3 for 3 blog, bouncing around thoughts on the best of the best … == 1: BEST OF THE BIG TEN — Sorting out the best player in Big Ten men’s basketball got more difficult — rather than less — on the final day of the season Sunday. As the game sprinted more deeply into [...]
The 3 for 3 blog, with the basketballs flyin’ … == 1: THEY LIKE MIKE — A mix of frustration and envy reveals itself when asking those around Nebraska basketball about Iowa guard Mike Gesell. The native of Nebraska made his first college visit to Lincoln in an out-state uniform Saturday for the Cornhuskers’ 64-60 [...]
LINCOLN, Neb. – Cutting to the chase: There’s no way to sugarcoat Iowa’s loss on Saturday to Nebraska. Three-wins-in-the-Big Ten Nebraska. Average-conference-loss-by-15 points Nebraska. RPI-of-106 Nebraska. Trailed-by-19 Nebraska. Even if someone wanted to make the pill a bit sweeter to swallow, where would a person locate enough sucrose to coat all the rough and tattered [...]
The 3 for 3 blog, the mat version … == 1: Coming this week: “Wrestling Wednesday” … DesMoinesRegister.com and I are going to make a seven-month coverage commitment to the International Olympic Committee’s decision about whether to include wrestling at the 2020 Olympics and beyond. “Wrestling’s Olympic Fight” will launch this week with a mix of faces and voices [...]
To truly understand the import of wrestling around the world, members of the International Olympic Committee should be forced to explain Tuesday’s astonishing and unthinkable vote to drop the sport from the 2020 Games in person. Tell them in Iran, Iraq and Turkey, where it’s the World Series and Super Bowl wrapped into one. Tell [...]
Olympic gold medalist Dan Gable and two-time Iowa NCAA champ Mark Ironside talked today about the possible impact of an initial IOC vote to eliminate wrestling at the 2020 Olympics. Gable, who won gold in 1972 without surrendering a point, is one of the most iconic names in the sport – a high school champ [...]
Memo to the International Olympic Committee on the heels of a preliminary vote to drop wrestling at the 2020 Olympics: You’ve got a fight on your hands. Dan Gable, arguably the most iconic American name in the sport, vowed to work at changing the decision before a final vote in September. “The thing is, because [...]
