The Fresh Forum guys – Gazette reporter Mike Bonner and online sports editor Grant Burkhardt – returns to talk about Bret Bielema leaving for Arkansas, the Heisman Trophy, Bob Costas’ essay on the Jovan Belcher murder-suicide in Kansas City and more. They may also touch on the Boy Meets World reboot, Space Jam’s place with [...]

Gazette reporter Mike Bonner and online sports editor Grant Burkhardt talk about Kirk Ferentz’s year-end press conference, Adam Woodbury’s play and the expectations surrounding him. Then the guys talk about the prep football awards – which will be announced next week – and plenty more. As always, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes [...]

Gazette reporter Mike Bonner and online sports editor Grant Burkhardt talk about Iowa football’s season, including a look toward the future and what could be next for the program. The guys also offer up some solutions to the Hawkeyes’ problems and talk about Iowa basketball’s loss to Wichita State in the Cancun Challenge. They also [...]

The Fresh Forum podcast, with Gazette reporter Mike Bonner and online sports editor Grant Burkhardt, welcomes a big guest to the podcast – Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg. The senior QB joined Mike for a few good minutes of talk about football, Thanksgiving and more. Then the guys talk about the Iowa-Nebraska Black Friday game, the [...]

Gazette reporter Mike Bonner and online sports editor Grant Burkhardt invite Iowa women’s basketball player Morgan Johnson to the Fresh Forum podcast for a few minutes to talk about her recent birthday and this year’s women’s team. Johnson, Iowa’s 6-foot-5 center, proved to be a fantastic Guest Of the Pod and a wonderful interview. Then [...]

Gazette reporter Mike Bonner and online sports editor Grant Burkhardt welcome Iowa women’s basketball player Thierra Taylor to the “Fresh Forum” podcast to talk about the Hawkeye team for 2012-13 and more. Plus, the guys talk about Indiana/Iowa football for Saturday and discuss Iowa basketball’s expectations, plus they chat about Iowa State basketball and briefly [...]

The “Fresh Forum” podcast – with Gazette reporter Mike Bonner and online sports editor Grant Burkhardt – is back with Guest Of The Pod and Hawkeye defensive back B.J. Lowery, who joined the guys to talk about football and plenty more. Then, the guys talk about Iowa’s lackluster showing at Northwestern, the NBA starting up [...]

The Fresh Forum podcast – with Gazette reporter Mike Bonner and online sports editor Grant Burkhardt – makes some predictions for the Iowa-Northwestern game and answers the question of “Who is sports’ best commissioner?” Follow the show on Twitter – @TheFreshForum – or send us an email at TheFreshForum@gmail.com. Also, you can subscribe to the [...]