Lakers top Suns, 114-102
By Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—The Princeton offense has been officially and unmistakably expelled from the Lakers’ playbook, replaced on Friday by a fast-paced, freewheeling style that was far
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By Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—The Princeton offense has been officially and unmistakably expelled from the Lakers’ playbook, replaced on Friday by a fast-paced, freewheeling style that was far
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – I don’t know if Iowa will get the Gardner-Webb Saturday night that won at DePaul Thursday night or the Gardner-Webb that lost at home to Lipscomb the
Sunday Night Mixed League Rose Bowl 11/11/12 Team High Series Candy Bar 1525 Team High Game Candy Bar 539 Individual High Series Male David King 616 Individual High Series Female
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The University of Iowa wrestling team swept a season-opening triple header today on the campus of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Iowa won 25 of 30 matches and recorded nine falls and 19 bonus-point
Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – IOWA (4-6, 2-4) at MICHIGAN (7-3, 5-1) IOWA RUSH OFFENSE VS. MICHIGAN RUSH DEFENSE It might help, it might not, but RB Mark Weisman will play today.
CEDAR RAPIDS – The NIACC wrestling team returns to action Saturday the Coe College Open in Cedar Rapids. Wrestling starts at 9 a.m. The following is the Trojans’ lineup for Saturday: 125
Q. Pretty impressed with your defense, 36 points. FRAN McCAFFERY: I thought the defense was great. I mean, we contained penetration. We pressed them and rebounded well. You know, we got after
Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — The run-and-gun opportunities were rare Thursday night for Iowa’s men’s basketball team, but, boy, did the redheaded combination of Aaron White and Mike Gesell
AMES, Iowa – Six Iowa State cross country runners have earned All-Region recognition by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Athletes who finished in the top 25 at
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head softball coach Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler signed four newcomers, Rachel Hartman, Katie Johnson, Megan McGuire and Hope Scheffert, to the 2013-14 softball team on Thursday. Hartman comes east
By Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel – DENVER — Well, this made no sense. Until, of course, LeBron James made sense of it all. Playing on the second night of a back-to-back set
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Four members of the University of Iowa field hockey team — seniors Jessica Barnett, Sarah Drake and Kathleen McGraw and junior Marike Stribos — were named Longstreth/National Field
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State volleyball added three newcomers for the 2013-14 season, head Cyclones coach Christy Johnson-Lynch announced Thursday. Ciara Capezio, Maria Fruechte and Samara West will join the Cyclones on
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Chelsea Poppens has been named to the 2012-13 Naismith Player of the Year women’s early season watch list, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today. The 50 player
By Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — It would be easy to say that Clippers point guards Chris Paul and Eric Bledsoe were the show-stoppers during L.A.’s 107-100 victory
By Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Wednesday’s question to come out of Target Center: Is it better to have come back and lost or never to have come back
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State women’s basketball program and head coach Bill Fennelly announced Wednesday the signing of four prep standouts. The four players have signed to play for the Cyclones
AMES, Iowa – The No. 19 Iowa State volleyball team (17-7, 10-3 Big 12) beat No. 20 Kansas State (21-6, 8-6 Big 12) on Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum in four sets (25-14,
COACH BLUDER: Well, if I can risk stating the obvious, it’s nice to have Jaime Printy back. You know, what can you say about that last shot? But her whole game tonight,
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – Is conference realignment again about to rear its head in major-college sports? Or will conferences be content to have member schools in several different nations? Residents in
AMES, Iowa- Iowa State head men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg corralled one of the nation’s best recruiting classes this afternoon, as Hoiberg announced today the signing of four players to national letters
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa Men’s Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery announced today that Peter Jok has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Iowa. “We are
Third Down Huge for Cyclones Succeed, you win. Fail, you lose. There may not be a better predictor for wins and losses – at least for the 2012 Cyclone football team –
By Mark Craig, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Here were Barry Sanders’ rushing totals through 10 games in 1997, the year he ran for 2,053 yards and won NFL co-MVP honors with Brett Favre:
MASON CITY – The NIACC men’s basketball team is ranked No. 11 in the NJCAA Division II poll released Tuesday. NIACC (4-1 overall) was unranked in the preseason poll. The Trojans own
By Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press – When the Green Bay Packers placed Bryan Bulaga on season-ending injured reserve Monday, it started a chain reaction on their offensive line that will reprise an
By Jim Souhan, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Help me, Vikings fans. I’m not sure where to stand in the debate between Gov. Mark Dayton and Vikings owner Zygi Wilf. One guy
By Brian Hamilton and Chris Kuc, Chicago Tribune – Notre Dame has played in a Rose Bowl before. It was 1925 and Knute Rockne was coaching, but it takes little more than common
KIRK FERENTZ: We’re probably about where we were at on Saturday coming out of the game, so we’ll see how the week plays out. Needless to say, we’re playing a very good
By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Christian Ponder didn’t need a boxscore Sunday to realize he had spent most of his afternoon spreading the ball around to whoever
Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – The BCS insanity is nothing new to any of us. It’s going away after next season. I will miss it because it is so absurd. It’s an
By Jim Utter, The Charlotte Observer – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The intentional wrecking and subsequent pit road brawl in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Phoenix did not go over well with NASCAR. And
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Derrick Rose has taken the next step in rehabilitation from his left knee surgery, beginning cutting drills. “He’s doing great,” Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau
Richard Meryhew, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Faced with the need to make a nearly half-billion dollar contribution to build their new downtown football stadium, the Minnesota Vikings may tap their most loyal fans
By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — During a 2009 playoff game, Rajon Rondo threw Kirk Hinrich into a United Center scorer’s table. What he did to the Bulls on Monday night
By Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – DALLAS — What else? Don’t ask. The injury-ravaged Timberwolves somehow won yet another game on Monday, but lost yet another player at least for the evening
By Adam Teicher, The Kansas City Star – PITTSBURGH — The 1929 Buffalo Bisons are able to rest comfortably again, their NFL record for futility at the start of an NFL season safe
By Joseph Goodman, The Miami Herald – HOUSTON — This one will be remembered for one thing and one thing only: Jeremy Lin’s airball. People will eventually forget that LeBron James tied a
An Interview With: COACH FRAN McCAFFERY – Q In the second half you played a lot of four guards with May, Clemmons running the point. What were your thoughts on that? FRAN
MEN’S BASKETBALL What’s next: The NIACC men’s basketball team (4-1 overall) plays at the Waldorf College junior varsity in Forest City at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The Trojans also play at the Dale