Missing school never felt so right
Mechelle Voepel...Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson figured her Jayhawks would have more than their ordinary home-court advantage over Iowa on Tuesday. They would also have what she called the "screech factor." As part of ESPN's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2008
A nod to some Texas-sized upsets
Mechelle VoepelCall it a "don't mess with Texas" kind of opening weekend in women's basketball. After unranked TCU got the upset train rolling Friday night, beating ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2008
Hartford still has it
Graham HaysWEST HARTFORD, Conn. -- As it makes its way home from Connecticut, Dartmouth will drive by the turnoff on I-91 in Vermont that takes travelers north a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2008
Breaking down the Big 12 race
Mechelle VoepelOklahoma is the favorite to win the Big 12, sort of. The Sooners are the logical pick … right? It's that time of year when we are supposed to lo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2008
Breaking down the polls
Graham Hays...two or three losses might not end title hopes. Big 12 (coaches) 1. Oklahoma 2. Texas 3. Iowa State 4. Baylor 5. Texas A&M 6. Oklahoma State 7. Kansas State 8. Nebraska 9. Kansas...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2008
Collected wisdom from around the Web
Graham HaysIn the Louisville Courier-Journal, C.L. Brown reports on the hometown Cardinals losing Chauntise Wright for the season. Coach Jeff Walz says Keshia Hi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2008
Where's the love?
Jay Bilas...if he improves his free-throw shooting, James will be an even more efficient player. Craig Brackins, Iowa State: A skilled big man who can step away from the basket, Brackins has the chance to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2008
News and notes from around the Web
Graham Hays...suffered a knee injury in the team's second practice of the season. A good read on Iowa center Megan Skouby from Ryan Suchomel. The former Big Ten Freshman of the Year enters her senior...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2008
Point guard play more important than ever
Doug GottliebI was told that shortly after Larry Eustachy's first season as head coach at Iowa State in 1999, following a 15-15 season and a first-round exit in the Big 12...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2008
NCAA should be stingy with hardship waivers
...eligibility by claiming hardship. No reasonable person can fail to empathize with Smith's situation. After leaving Iowa, Smith's father sadly passed away. Smith played the season for Tennessee anyway, and helped lead the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2008
Three Strikes: Pedroia pounding out hit after hit
Get out the rye bread, grandma, because it's time once again to honor the most sandwich-worthy feats of the week: STRIKE ONE -- THE HOT MINI-GRINDER...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 05, 2008
McClain's first HR is dream come true
...and Bowie and Rochester and Norfolk and Durham, for Tampa Bay and Colorado Springs and Seibu, for Iowa, for the Cubs, for Sacramento, for Fresno, and even for the Giants. McClain is 36 years old...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 04, 2008
MLB ready to lift absurd blackout rules?
...right to black out games in that area. Gone would be the blackouts that prevent folks in Iowa and Las Vegas from seeing as many as six games each night and have caused viewing havoc...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 08, 2008
Using Samardzija in 'pen good move … for now
...Double-A games (all but one of them starts). But the Cubs promoted him to Triple-A Iowa anyway, and he was good there: 4-1, 3.13 ERA, 40 strikeouts and 16 walks in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 29, 2008
FSU looking to get over the hump, into tourney
...forward Chris Singleton. The X factor could be one-time St. John's signee Derwin Kitchen of Iowa Western CC. "Of course I do," Douglas said in response to whether or not he believes the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 25, 2008
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