Roy Marble doesn’t want to offend Gary Dolphin and Bobby Hansen, the radio team that brings Iowa basketball games to fans across the state. But the Hawkeyes’ career scoring leader prefers live action over the airwaves. “Tell Dolph and Bobby it’s not as good as seeing it in person,” Marble said. Roy attended the first [...]
CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs initially gave the wrong jersey number to Bobby Hansen, who won a championship ring with the NBA’s Bulls in 1992. Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery threw a first pitch at Wrigley Field that would have made Bob Uecker hastily edit his famous movie line to “Juuuust a bit inside.” [...]
Former Iowa and Chicago Bulls player Bobby Hansen sings the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field. More video: Fran McCaffery throws out first pitch at Wrigley Field.
Bobby Hansen played for the Chicago Bulls in the 1992 NBA Finals. Nick Collison is playing in this year’s Finals.
IOWA CITY, Ia. — Matt Gatens was struggling with his jump shot. Iowa’s senior guard had missed six of eight field-goal attempts in the first half of Sunday’s game with No.18 Indiana, including three errant 3-pointers in four tries. As he headed back to the floor for the second half Gatens was stopped by former [...]
LaPhonso Ellis IOWA CITY, Ia. – It felt like old home week for former Notre Dame and NBA standout LaPhonso Ellis Tuesday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Ellis, who grew up in East St. Louis, Ill., made an unofficial recruiting visit to the Iowa campus before signing with the Irish, where he scored 1,505 points. He was [...]
Former Hawkeye athletes will be appearing at the Iowa State Fair to mingle with fans.
