REDMOND, Wash., May 21 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp gave the world a first look at its new Xbox One on Tuesday, announcing that its first gaming console in eight years will come with exclusive video and software content, including a “Halo” series produced by Steven Spielberg. The Xbox One, which will be available later this year at a price to be [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - San Francisco and Houston were chosen on Tuesday as the host cities for the 2016 and 2017 Super Bowls. National Football League (NFL) team owners voted for the cities ahead of Miami, which had already hosted the sport’s championship game a record-tying 10 times. San Francisco will host the 50th Super Bowl in early 2016 at Levi’s Stadium, [...]
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ASHWAUBENON, Wis. — The Cedar Rapids Titans picked up a big win Saturday night. Unfortunately, the team was also dealt a major loss. The Titans had a stretch of seven of eight possessions in which they scored touchdowns to help beat Green Bay, 54-37, at the Resch Center. It is Cedar Rapids’ first victory in [...]
continue »Iowa football administrative assistant Tyler Barnes has accepted a position with Vanderbilt University, Iowa associate sports information director Matt Weitzel confirmed Wednesday. The Gazette reported on March 6 that Barnes, who is engaged to coach Kirk Ferentz’s daughter Joanne, had been working as an administrative assistant for the football program since January 2012. The Iowa Athletic Department reassigned Barnes [...]
continue »As the Big Ten spring meetings continue in Chicago and the league gets nearer to releasing its 2014 football schedule with new members Maryland and Rutgers included, it seemed timely to talk to Mark Rudner. Rudner (@BigTenMarkTV) is the Big Ten’s Senior Associate Commissioner and the man in charge of television administration for the league. [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — As far as the Cedar Rapids Titans are concerned, the playoffs start now. The push began against the two-time defending IFL champions. After spotting Sioux Falls a 5-0 first-quarter lead with two turnovers and three penalties, the Titans scored 36 unanswered points and crushed the first-place Storm, 52-18, before another standing-room-only crowd [...]
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By Jeff Morrow, correspondent KENNEWICK, Wash. — Cedar Rapids Coach Mark Stoute expected an offensive shootout Saturday night against the Tri-Cities Fever. What he didn’t expect was his Titans making so many mistakes — especially on special teams — that ended up costing his team an Indoor Football League game, losing to the Fever, 70-68, [...]
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Editor’s note: Casey Hack, 28, of Anamosa is a 2003 graduate of North Cedar High School and head football coach and physical education teacher at Midland High School in Wyoming. By Casey Hack, community contributor As soon as I graduated from high school, I wanted to put the pads on and play in a full-contact [...]
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AMES — Iowa State running back DeVondrick Nealy showed bursts off speed, shades of elusiveness and twists of toughness after contact in Saturday’s spring game attended by an estimated 15,000 fans at Jack Trice Stadium. It wasn’t enough. “I think I did OK,” Nealy said after rushing 18 times for 142 yards and two touchdowns [...]
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AMES — Willie Scott rose up. Sam Richardson cringed. The anatomy of the first of two interceptions in Iowa State’s spring game Saturday contained positive and negative elements, serving as a microcosm for the annual roughly two-hour exercise. “We were in a field blitz,” said Scott, a senior defensive end suspended from regular-season competition indefinitely [...]
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