Big Ten presidents and chancellors are expected to vote on football realignment and the addition of a ninth league game within the next week. And Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz said Tuesday he’s fine with both moves. “With 14 teams in the mix, it makes perfect sense,” said Ferentz, who appeared at the Polk County [...]
More changes are coming to the Big Ten Conference. ESPN reported Friday that the league would realign its football divisions, and come up with new names, starting in 2014. Messages left with Iowa officials Friday night were not immediately returned. According to the report, which cited unnamed sources, the Hawkeyes would be in the proposed West [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Tim Hardaway Jr. is moving on to the next challenge, well aware that he’ll still need to prove himself if he’s going to follow his father’s footsteps in the NBA. “Everybody’s going in there with the same mindset,” Hardaway said. “There’s no leeway.” Hardaway announced Wednesday that he’ll forgo his [...]
BY USA TODAY NEW BRUNSWICK — It’s one thing when Saturday Night Live makes fun of the affair enveloping the Rutgers University campus with a skit mocking Mike Rice, a light-hearted depiction of an out-of-control women’s basketball coach who throws toasters at her players and drives a golf cart on the court. It’s quite another [...]
NEW YORK As the Iowa basketball team started to take some warm-up shots Thursday evening, the proceedings came to a grinding halt. The net at the Hawkeyes’ end of the floor had to be repaired, prompting a 10-minute delay. It was a sign of things to come. Iowa never would find its shooting touch in [...]
NEW YORK – Aaron White grew up an NBA fan, living and dying with the fortunes and failures of his home-state Cleveland Cavaliers. When his favorite team would play the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden, the games seemed to be magnified. “One of the greatest places, NBA-wise, to watch a game,” the sophomore [...]
Former Iowa quarterback performed well at the NFL Combine.
A successful career often includes a fork in the road. A choice has to be made, one that defines that career. Duke associate head coach Chris Collins is expected to be named Bill Carmody’s successor at Northwestern according to multiple national media reports. A press conference won’t be held until the Blue Devils’ season is [...]
Former Iowa basketball player Luke Recker thinks his alma mater has what it takes to cut down the nets at the Big Ten Tournament on Sunday at the United Center in Chicago.
Iowa’s men’s basketball team will play its first game in the Big Ten Tournament on March 14 at the United Center in Chicago, Ill. That much is certain. The rest is as congested as a traffic jam on the Dan Ryan. With one game left in the regular season, Iowa could be the sixth, seventh [...]
