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Operating as usual
Hlas: All the nail-biting and teeth-gnashing about NIL and the transfer portal is needless. College football, unlike many other American institutions, is too big to fail.
NIL and the transfer portal are interesting and all, but the game of college football will remain the same.
In retirement, two former Hawkeyes fondly remember their days at Iowa.
Ogden column: It’s been decades since Lennie Zalesky and C. Vivian Stringer were Hawkeyes, but in retirement they look back at careers that touched this state.
With the NCAA’s April/May recruiting evaluation period almost to the halfway point, Iowa’s staff has been crisscrossing its recruiting territory to use its allotted 160 evaluation opportunities.
The Iowa football coaching staff offered scholarships to four prospects in the 2023 and 2024 recruiting classes over the last week.
Molly Davis will add depth to the Iowa Women's Basketball backcourt next season.
Central Michigan transfer Molly Davis will add to the Hawkeyes’ backcourt depth next season. She wants “to take advantage of every opportunity I get” at Iowa.
Tyler Goodson and Caleb Shudak are among Iowa’s undrafted free agent signings with favorable NFL scenarios.
Five former Hawkeyes who went undrafted have signed with NFL teams. Here’s a breakdown of the situations awaiting them as they try to make it on 53-man rosters.
A look at how former Hawkeyes and former area preps are doing in pro baseball.
Here’s a look at local, area and former University of Iowa players and how they are doing in affiliated minor league and major league baseball.
Former Iowa star Erik Sowinski ran a sub-1:50 in the 800 for the 200th time. Even the winner of that Drake Relays elite event was impressed.
Former Iowa standout Erik Sowinski ran a sub-1:50 race in the 800 meters for the 200th time in his career Saturday at the Drake Relays. And even the winner of that special elite race was impressed by Sowinski’s milestone moment.
Here's what the experts are saying about Iowa, Iowa State and UNI players picked in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Iowa’s Dane Belton and Iowa State’s Enyi Uwazurike and Charlie Kolar heard their names called Saturday. Iowa’s Tyler Goodson was among the players to go undrafted.
Iowa men's basketball team gets commitment from '22 shooting guard Amarion Nimmers of Rock Island, Ill.
Amarion Nimmers, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard from Rock Island, Ill, announced Saturday he was committing to play men’s basketball at Iowa.
Here’s a running list of where Iowa, Iowa State and UNI players have signed.
Here’s where Iowa, Iowa State and UNI players who were not drafted have signed. This list will be updated as more signings happen.
The Giants picked Dane Belton with the 114th overall selection.
Former Iowa safety/linebacker Dane Belton is headed to New York after the Giants took him in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft with the 114th overall pick.
She led Iowa to the Final Four in 1993 and was the first men's or women's coach to guide three different programs to the national semifinals.
Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer announced her retirement Saturday after 50 years in college basketball.
A big day at the Drake Relays for some future Hawkeyes.
Drake Relays: Future Iowa roommates Audrey Biermann of Western Dubuque and Gabby Cortez of Cedar Rapids Prairie pick up a flag apiece.
There has been a lot of transferring in and out recently, and here's the updated list of Big Ten (and ISU/UNI/Drake) men's basketball players on the move:
Keep tabs of comings and goings on Big Ten rosters. ISU, UNI, Drake, too.
Hlas column: The odds of two men who grew up 10 miles apart in small Iowa towns becoming first-round NFL draftees two years apart are ... infinitesimal? Yet, Tyler Linderbaum has followed former Iowa teammate Tristan Wirfs in doing just that.
Mount Vernon had its NFL first-round draft pick in 2020 with Tristan Wirfs. It was Solon’s turn with Tyler Linderbaum on Thursday night.
Tyler Linderbaum is expected to be an immediate starter in Baltimore.
Tyler Linderbaum’s next head coach already expects him to be an immediate starter in Baltimore. His general manager anticipates him playing in Pro Bowls.
Adam Mazur transferred to Iowa from South Dakota State this year and has emerged as the Hawkeyes’ top starter.
Right-handed pitcher Adam Mazur transferred to Iowa from South Dakota State this year and has emerged as the Hawkeyes’ top starter.
Tyler Linderbaum is going to be a Baltimore Raven.
Tyler Linderbaum became the second Hawkeye offensive lineman in the last three years to be a first-round pick in the NFL Draft, joining Tristan Wirfs, after Thursday’s selection.
She averaged 18.6 points per game last season as the Chippewas went 4-25.
Women’s basketball: Iowa picks up a transfer, Molly Davis, from Central Michigan.
Josh Ogundele changes his mind, returns to the Iowa men's basketball team.
Sophomore center had entered NCAA transfer portal on March 30
"One guy said he could probably coach our offensive line. (Linderbaum's interview) was that detailed, that thorough."
As Tyler Linderbaum is set to become the 19th Iowa offensive lineman drafted in the Kirk Ferentz era, his last two head coaches have high praise for who he is on and off the field.
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗸 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀! Former Solon coach Kevin Miller explains what it was like coaching Tyler Linderbaum in high school and what NFL teams can expect to get from Iowa's All-America center 🏈
With Iowa’s spring practice season over and the NFL Draft looming later this week, there’s no shortage of Iowa football things to talk about.
The Gazette’s Hawkeyes football reporter John Steppe will answer any questions you have on either of those topics — or anything else Hawkeyes-related you’re wondering about — in a Facebook Live session Wednesday night.
Grab a beer, if you’re of legal drinking age, and hang out with him at 7:30 p.m. on the On Iowa Sports page.
At Iowa’s pro day and Kohl’s Kicking Camps’ pro combine, Caleb Shudak hit field goals from as deep as 65 yards.
Since Iowa’s loss in the Citrus Bowl, Caleb Shudak has been hitting 65-yard field goals, meeting with NFL teams and patiently waiting to hear where he’ll pursue his NFL dream.
After hosting a plethora of recruits over the weekend of the open spring practice, Iowa offered a few more prospects in the 2023 and 2024 classes.
Class of 2024 defensive lineman Brandon Davis-Swain picked Notre Dame over Iowa and other schools while Iowa offered scholarships to more prospects in the 2023 and 2024 recruiting classes.
Iowa has had 10 first-round NFL draft picks since Kirk Ferentz became coach. How many would there be if there were do-over drafts? That, and more factoids about the Hawkeyes' NFL draft history:
Who would be first-round picks from the Hawkeyes if there were do-over drafts?
The Hawkeyes have "work to do" on kicking, while injuries limited our ability to truly evaluate the offensive line.
Iowa’s open practice shed light on the Hawkeyes’ kicking and quarterback competition. At the same time, injuries limited the ability to truly evaluate the 2022 offensive line.
Logan Jones’ work on the offensive side has earned praise from his coaches.
Iowa’s Logan Jones is following a similar path from defensive line to center as unanimous All-American Tyler Linderbaum did four years ago. The new position already feels “more natural” to Jones.
Iowa makes it official Monday, promoting Courtney Eldridge to men's basketball assistant coach.
Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery announced on Monday that he has elevated Courtney Eldridge to assistant coach, replacing the position that opened last week when Iowa assistant Billy Taylor became Elon University’s head coach.
Spencer Petras is “overall” the leader at this point in Iowa’s 2022 quarterback battle, but hold off on writing anything in Sharpie.
While Spencer Petras is the “overall” leader in Iowa’s 2022 quarterback battle, Kirk Ferentz said he’s keeping an “open mind” as Alex Padilla and Joe Labas also compete for the starting job.
Our first look at the 2022 Hawkeyes.
Photos from the Iowa football team’s open practice at Kinnick Stadium.
Kirk Ferentz has described the amount of injuries as “one of the lowlights” of spring practices.
Iowa football had to deal with an “inordinate amount of injuries” this spring, including at Saturday’s open practice. Kirk Ferentz also gave an update on when his new advisory committee will be in place.
Hlas column from Kinnick: The 2022 football Hawkeyes have defenders. Lots of potentially potent defenders.
If offense is competent, Iowa could enjoy another big season
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