DES MOINES — Stacked and loaded. That’s how Des Moines native and two-time indoor world champion 100-meter hurdler Lolo Jones describes the field in which she’ll compete at this week’s USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium. Not that there’s anything remotely unusual about that. “It never shocks me,” said Jones, who is [...]
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IOWA CITY — They’ll see London, they’ll see France, come November they’ll advance. It’s almost a cliche of college basketball that teams taking overseas trips in the summer are better for it in the winter. But there’s merit to it. How could there not be? The Iowa men’s basketball team seems to be on the [...]
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The University of Iowa made a big addition to its wrestling coaching staff. The Hawkeyes announced they have named former University of Minnesota heavyweight Ben Berhow as volunteer assistant, replacing Kurt Backes, who resigned at the end of May to seek other career opportunities. Berhow, a former Golden Gopher heavyweight who was a three-time national [...]
continue »“A bus carrying a Minnesota Twins minor league team was involved in a fatal crash near Jacksonville, Fla., early Tuesday morning. No Twins players or staff members were injured in the crash, which involved the organization’s rookie-level affiliate based in Elizabethton, Tenn. However, the driver of a second vehicle involved in the accident died after [...]
continue »Hawkeyes’ men’s basketball head man Fran McCaffery joined me to talk about his roots in basketball, his team’s upcoming trip to play six games in Europe and the overall state of his program. Below is the full audio of the interview in the newest episode of “The Mike Hlas Podcast.” You can subscribe to my [...]
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DAVENPORT — Aaron Kampman bulked up when he battled offensive tackles during his decade of professional football. He topped out at about 290 pounds when he played for the Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars. But now, as he approaches his second fall without football, Kampman enjoys slimming down and staying away from the intense [...]
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston netminder Tuukka Rask was in brilliant form as the Bruins shutout the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 in Game Three of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday. Back on home ice after splitting the opening two games in Chicago, the Bruins fed off the energy from a raucous sellout crowd and took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, with Game [...]
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CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) – The U.S.-based Committee to Preserve Olympic Wrestling is discussing a major, multi-national event this summer to promote the sport ahead of a key IOC vote on its Olympic future. CPOW chairman Bill Scherr tells The Associated Press an event tentatively known as “One World, One Day, One Sport” could feature five [...]
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KCRG-TV9′s Scott Saville invited Northern Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson into the KCRG studio to talk about his program’s season and more. Jacobson is optimistic about the future of the UNI program, even with losing the winningest senior class in the school’s history. He even says the 2010 win over Kansas in the NCAA [...]
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IOWA CITY — The video board/sound upgrades will be up and running for Iowa’s home football schedule this fall. The financing package the board approved for that Kinnick project totals $8 million, but they expect the total cost of everything will be $9 million because of the increase in bids on a portion of the [...]
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