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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Hawkeyes show out at two different meets

DI STAFF February 6, 2012

The Iowa track and field team had what the coaches called a "low-key weekend" as a select group of tracksters made their way to two events while many other Hawkeyes rested. Assistant coach...

Iowa men’s golf opens season with wins

DI STAFF February 6, 2012

The Iowa men's golf team claimed the team title at the Big Four Match-Play tournament on Feb. 4 in Chandler, Ariz., with victories over Drake and Iowa State. The Hawkeyes defeated Drake in the first...

25 years later: Remembering the 1986-87 Hawkeye basketball squad

BEN SCHUFF February 3, 2012

Tom Davis didn't know what to expect. The then-48-year-old basketball coach came to Iowa in 1986 from Stanford, inheriting a bevy of talent; proof was the Hawkeyes' preseason No. 10 ranking. But only...

Wrestler Nick Moore unfazed by St. John’s shadow

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD February 3, 2012

Derek St. John walked into the Iowa wrestling practice room with a slight, barely noticeable limp. The 157-pound All-American grabbed a chair and took his time fastening a plastic brace to his knee....

Hawkeye swimmers prepare for, reflect on Senior Night

BEN ROSS February 3, 2012

This evening will mark the last time a select few swimmers will enter Iowa's pool in their Hawkeye swimming caps to compete in a dual meet. Tonight is Senior Night for the Iowa men's and women's swimming...

Women’s gymnastics to face Penn State

ALEX FRENCH February 3, 2012

The Iowa women's gymnastics team's season thus far has been like a routine on the uneven bars: Up, down, and all around. The Hawkeyes were up when they tied then-No. 15 Illinois, 195.075-195.075, at...

Bluder’s Bunch hopes to keep up streak of late-season success

RYAN MURPHY February 2, 2012

The Iowa women's basketball team hopes to make a late-season push for the postseason with seven games left in the regular season. The Hawkeyes (11-11, 4-5 Big Ten) shouldn't need any guidance on the...

Hawkeye women’s swimming turning things down a notch

TORK MASON February 2, 2012

The Iowa women's swimming and diving team enters its last two dual meets — at Northern Iowa tonight and back home for Senior Night against Western Illinois on Friday — with a slightly different...

Iowa field hockey inks six recruits

DI STAFF February 2, 2012

The Iowa field hockey team signed six prep players on Wednesday, head coach Tracey Griesbaum said in a release. Alana Barry is a goalkeeper from Voorhees, N.J., and a former high-school teammate of...

Recruiting 2012: Ferentz’s ‘happy day’ means 24 new Hawkeyes

SETH ROBERTS February 2, 2012

The Iowa football team signed 22 prep recruits on Wednesday as part of National Signing Day; they will join a pair of JuCo transfers who signed letters of intent a few weeks ago. Head coach Kirk Ferentz...

Recruiting 2012: Fleming ‘ready to go’ at Iowa

MATT COZZI February 2, 2012

Maurice Fleming wanted to pack up his equipment and leave. Pads, helmets, gloves, the whole shebang. He wanted to quit football. He was 6x years old, not even a month into his first season of youth...

Recruiting 2012: New Hawkeye football class to sign today

SETH ROBERTS February 1, 2012

Today is National Signing Day, but none of the roughly two dozen players expected to ink with Iowa are five-star prospects. Iowa isn't pulling in a top-25 recruiting class. Or a top 30 class. Or even...