Category: Sports

By Marc Narducci, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — Joe Flacco’s return home for the first time in a regular season NFL game turned into an afternoon of frustration for the Baltimore Ravens

By Adam Teicher, The Kansas City Star – ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Hope gave way to despair for the Chiefs after they were again blown out of a game – this time by

By Larry Stone, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett likes to talk about “the three phases of the game,” and Sunday he frankly admitted his team was whipped

By Joseph Person, The Charlotte Observer – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees and the rest of the Saints’ starters played into the fourth quarter again. But the Saints were not

By Steve Corkran, Contra Costa Times – MIAMI — Raiders defensive tackle Tommy Kelly sat at his locker, head in his hands, unsure what to make of his team’s resounding 35-13 defeat to

By Chip Scoggins, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – INDIANAPOLIS — Christian Ponder passed for more yards and finished with a higher quarterback rating than Andrew Luck on Sunday. Raise your hand if you think

Sunday Night Mixed League Rose Bowl 09/09/12 Team High Series Candy Bar 1456 Team High Game Candy Bar 579 Individual High Series Male Terry Shoafstall 603 Individual High Series Female Sandy Isch

IOWA CITY – Iowa’s 27-16 victory over UNI extends its win streak over the Panthers to 15. The Hawkeyes have won the last 15 meetings, all in Iowa City. Iowa improves to

Iowa defeated UNI 27-16 Saturday at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. On difficulty controlling line of scrimmage “Yeah, I think you saw the game plan right of the gate for them is

Susan Denk, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – IOWA CITY – Mark Weisman ran off the Kinnick Stadium field and up the tunnel to loud cheers. He tried to suppress a smile as

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s women’s cross country teams placed five runners among the top eight finishers to win the Cyclone Cross Country Classic Saturday on the ISU Cross Country Course. Junior

By Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times – PALO ALTO, Calif. — This time it had nothing to do with Luck. Not a quarterback by that name or a series of unexplainable events. As

By Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – 1. New England Patriots 1 (Last week) Bill wearing his home cutoff this week. 2. San Francisco 49ers 2 NFL to Harbaugh: “Shake, boy, shake.” 3.

AMES, Iowa – The No. 25 Iowa State volleyball team (6-4, 0-0 Big 12) beat the No. 1 Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-1, 0-0 Big Ten) in four sets (25-23, 25-22, 20-25, 25-21) on

By Dan Wiederer, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – Only four seconds remained last Sunday when Blair Walsh trotted onto Mall of America Field for the first high-pressure kick of his NFL career. The Vikings

By Jim Souhan, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – NFL quarterbacks play the most scrutinized position in America’s most scrutinized sport. ESPN fills a few dozen hours of programming every day with debates of which

By Mark Gonzales, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Left-hander Francisco Liriano put a temporary halt Saturday to the revolving door surrounding his role and the back end of the White Sox rotation. After

By Jeff Faraudo Contra Costa Times – COLUMBUS, Ohio — Even Brendan Bigelow’s breakout performance couldn’t lift Cal past Braxton Miller and No. 12 Ohio State on Saturday afternoon. Bigelow, who had carried

By Terez A. Paylor, The Kansas City Star – COLUMBIA, Mo. — Corbin Berkstresser stood on the sidelines, helmet on, hands at his sides, swaying gently back and forth. His big moment was

By Brian Hamilton, Chicago Tribune – EAST LANSING, Mich. — Near the end, Manti Te’o scooped a ball out of mid-air, robbing Michigan State of whatever fledgling hopes it had left. At the

By Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News – STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford didn’t need any luck to upset second-ranked USC on Saturday. It had tailback Stepfan Taylor, quarterback Josh Nunes and a dominating

Michael Russo, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – The most anticipated season in Minnesota Wild history is in jeopardy. The National Hockey League is headed toward a lockout for the second time in eight years

Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – IOWA CITY — Freshmen year, Joe Gaglione and Steve Bigach were pulled out of a drill. They knew it wasn’t going to be good. Then-defensive line coach

Scott Dochterman, CR Gazette – For Northern Iowa to jump into the Football Bowl Subdivision, the school would have to invest significantly more money into its football program. According to financial numbers

Susan Denk, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – IOWA CITY – The last time the Iowa Hawkeyes faced the Northern Iowa Panthers, it took two miracles for the Hawkeyes to escape with a

By Mark Gonzales, Chicago Tribune – MINNEAPOLIS — Pitching coach Don Cooper took exception to those who questioned why the White Sox started 16-game winner Chris Sale on Friday night against the

By Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Dodgers can’t catch a break, can they? They awakened from their offensive slumber on Friday night, as a three-run home run

By Jim Thomas, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — It didn’t take Robert Griffin III long to get a sense for the passion that exists for Washington Redskins football in the

By Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune – When the trade deadline rolled around at the end of July, the Phillies were 46-57, which put them only 21/2 games better than the Cubs in

Mike Hlas, CR Gazette – Zounds! ESPN.com and CBSsports.com writers pick UNI to beat Iowa I don’t think you’d have seen this coming a few weeks ago. Adam Rittenberg, the fine 24/7

Marc Morehouse, CR Gazette – 2-Minute Drill NORTHERN IOWA (1-1) at IOWA (1-1) IOWA RUSH OFFENSE VS. UNI RUSH DEFENSE A week after averaging 4.1 yards on 36 carries, the Hawkeyes were

By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS—With Trevor Plouffe in a month-long slump, General Manager Terry Ryan was asked before Thursday’s game if the Minnesota Twins needed to add another third

By Blair Kerkhoff, The Kansas City Star – In a different time, Dan McCarney’s teams faced Bill Snyder’s by rule, when Iowa State and Kansas State shared a conference. That mostly didn’t turn

By Rick Hummel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — The wild-card races are heating up. Well, in the American League anyway. The word “race,” as applied lately to the National League challengers,

By Blair Kerkhoff, The Kansas City Star – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Remove Notre Dame from the Big 12 expansion list. The Irish are headed to the ACC, competing for championships in all

AMES, Iowa – No. 25 Iowa State (5-4, 0-0 Big 12) plays its biggest match of the season on Saturday, hosting top-ranked Nebraska (8-0, 0-0 Big Ten) at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones

By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – Roughly four months after doctors repaired the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, Derrick Rose said he started jumping “a couple of days ago” and

By Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel – What do you get when LeBron James and Kevin Durant decide to team up less than three weeks before the start of NBA training camps? The leading