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 [...]

The University of Iowa made a big addition to its wrestling coaching staff. The Hawkeyes announced they have hired 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery talked about the state of the Iowa program and his team’s upcoming trip to play six games in Europe. The full interview will be available Tuesday in an episode of “The Mike Hlas Podcast,” which is available for download on iTunes and Stitcher Radio. Watch the video above [...]

IOWA CITY — An audit by Iowa’s athletics compliance staff uncovered several minor NCAA violations in late 2012 and 2013. None of the violations were considered more than secondary and many were based on inadvertent contact through text messages. The University of Iowa disclosed the violations in response to an open-records request by The Gazette. [...]

IOWA CITY — Randy Larson doesn’t think Melissa Dixon is the best player in the Game Time League. But he made last season’s Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year the first pick in the league’s draft last night anyway. “People who now me probably wouldn’t say it was a surprise,” he said after the [...]

IOWA CITY — Ron Nove didn’t listen. Prime Time League commissioner Randy Larson warned the five other coaches gathered for the league draft on Sunday night that drafting Aaron White or Devyn Marble was a risky move. The pair of Iowa stars will try out next weekend for the World University Games U.S. team, competing [...]