BELOIT, Wis. – On the back of two, two-run home runs, Beloit beat Cedar Rapids 5-4 Friday to complete a three-game series sweep over the Kernels. With the Kernels (30-16) leading 4-1 in the fourth inning, Cedar Rapids’ starting pitcher Tyler Duffey gave up a two-run homer to Ryan Mathews, and then Duffey surrendered another [...]
continue »By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) – A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar of the Affordable Care Act and a favorite of the business community. According to a report by researchers [...]
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By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Corporate researchers may be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s, a study of future human missions unveiled on Thursday shows. The study by Bigelow Aerospace, commissioned by NASA, shows “a lot of excitement and interest [...]
continue »The Cedar Rapids Kernels announced Friday that they have activated relief pitcher Tyler Jones from the disabled list and that reliever Josh Burris has been sent back to Minnesota Twins extended spring training in Fort Myers, Fla. Jones had to be removed from a May 6 game after suffering a right flexor mass strain. He [...]
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IOWA CITY — For a sport that modifies its postseason at a glacial pace, college football’s changes will feel like an avalanche next year. The much-despised Bowl Championship Series, which gave the sport a true No. 1 versus No. 2 match-up and a heck of a lot controversy, will exit after January. In its place comes [...]
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Our governor will be spending part of his Memorial Day weekend in Mississippi: Ceremonies in Mississippi this weekend mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Vicksburg and a monument to Iowa soldiers who died there will be rededicated. Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is on his way there this morning. “That was a very [...]
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From Tonya Slezak Arnold on last week’s feature on the Cedar Rapids Panthers girls’ basketball team. Slezak Arnold played for the Cedar Rapids Panthers from 1985 through ’87, was a four-sport athlete at Prairie, graduating in 1991, and played basketball at Mount Mercy and Coe. I was fortunate to be a member of the first [...]
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Iowa football will play at least three games this fall on ABC, according to a school news release. ABC will broadcast a pair of Iowa road games — at Minnesota (Sept. 28) and Ohio State (Oct. 19). Both games are slated to kick off at 2:30 p.m. Iowa’s last two trips to Minnesota began at [...]
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Jim Zabel died in a fitting way, said one of his longtime broadcast partners and best friends. “He died with his boots on,” Ed Podolak said early Friday morning. “Jill (Zabel’s wife) said he was working on this weekend’s show he did with Jim Walden. He loved that show.” The show was “Two [...]
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(Note: This is a revised version of an article that ran in the Thursday, May 23, 2013 edition of The Gazette.) Meaghan Nelson’s rise as a distance runner has propelled her to rarified realms. So much so that the former Xavier standout-turned-Iowa State all-American’s willing to ponder the term “professional” with respect to future [...]
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