The monstrously long draft season comes to an end this weekend, which is good in so many ways. First, for the players, to see their name across the television scrawl or hear it called live by the commissioner is a dream come true. Most of them had fought through injuries, 100-degree two-a-days in August, 35-degree [...]
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Anyone who puts together a mock draft this spring should start 2-for-2. Indianapolis already has announced it will select Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck. That’s hardly a surprise. It went from probable to definite when the team dumped future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning last month. Washington traded three prime picks to move up four spots [...]
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IOWA CITY — The state of Iowa and the University of Iowa welcomed the United States Olympic Wrestling Trials with record-breaking crowds and unparalleled enthusiasm. The Trials didn’t return that love to the hosts on Sunday. Before a single-session record crowd of 13,784 in the morning and a two-day record total of 54,766, native Iowan [...]
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IOWA CITY – Jake Varner was in middle school when Olympic hopes entered the picture. That vision became a little clearer Saturday. Varner swept Tommy Rowlands in the best-of-three 211.5-pound freestyle finals of the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, securing his spot in the 2012 Olympic Games this summer in London. Varner [...]
continue »IOWA CITY – It’s all on the line tonight for 18 wrestlers at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The finals have been set for four Greco-Roman weights, three men’s freestyle and two in women’s freestyle. The finals will consist of a Best-of-3 series with all but one winner earning a spot [...]
continue »Carver-Hawkeye Arena is packed for the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials, deteriming the U.S. Olympic Teams for men’s and women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. The crowd has been fired up at times, especially for former University of Iowa All-American and current Hawkeye wrestling assistant coach Mike Zadick for his win over Michigan NCAA champion Kellen Russell. [...]
continue »CORALVILLE – The eyes of the United States wrestling will be fixed on Iowa City this weekend. More than 200 men and women wrestlers will step into one of the biggest spotlights they have ever experienced to earn a chance to take wrestling’s biggest stage. The country’s best freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers will take the [...]
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INDIANAPOLIS — Articulate, well-spoken and naturally confident, Marvin McNutt and Leonard Johnson took the stage at the NFL Scouting Combine and impressed everyone with their stories of maturation and overcoming adversity. McNutt, an Iowa wide receiver, told the throng of reporters he originally wanted to become a professional three-sport athlete. Johnson, an Iowa State cornerback, [...]
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Many of the particulars of this week’s transfer controversy involving Wisconsin’s athletics program and Cedar Rapids Jefferson graduate Jarrod Uthoff were set in motion two years ago when Wisconsin sought a signed Iowa recruit during a coaching change. Ben Brust, Cody Larson, Zach McCabe and Devyn Marble signed letters of intent in November 2009 to [...]
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IOWA CITY — Cedar Rapids Jefferson graduate Jarrod Uthoff will have a chance to earn a basketball scholarship for any program outside the Big Ten. The question is, does he want to play in the Big Ten? Uthoff, a 6-foot-8 forward, received permission Thursday from Wisconsin athletics officials, including Athletics Director Barry Alvarez, to contact [...]
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