Elena Pirozhkova knew "for a fact" that she was about to lose.
Pirozhkova is a world-class wrestler. In 2010 alone, she won championships in the U.S. World Team Trials, Pan American Championships,...
Referee Mike Exline made an unusual number of stalling calls during the Iowa wrestling team's second and third dual meets at the Iowa City Duals on Nov. 25 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
But while some may...
Two members of Iowa's track and field team just can't stop running.
McKenzie Melander and Betsy Flood, two of Iowa's elite distance runners, are simply always running.
It doesn't matter the day or...
The state of Iowa is traditionally a wrestler's haven, but the Hawkeye wrestling program isn't quite as welcoming for the hundreds of prep athletes who aren't quite NCAA caliber.
But with the Olympic...
The Iowa women's basketball team (4-2) will try to accomplish something tonight that it has never done before: win a game in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
The Hawkeyes are 0-4 in the annual tournament....
Tonight brings the Hawkeye men's basketball team an opportunity for a major victory after it recently stumbled to back-to-back disappointing losses. The same can be said for Clemson, the squad Iowa...
Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery talked at length during a press conference on Monday about the offensive struggles a few of his players have had in the past week.
But as a team, Iowa's biggest problem...
John Raffensperger wanders around the track at the Iowa Recreation Center every afternoon. The retired high-school track and field coach watches the Hawkeye 400- and 800-meter runners and takes notes...
Michigan State
The inaugural Big Ten championship game on Saturday features Wisconsin against Michigan State. The winner will head to the Rose Bowl to face off with the Pac-12 champion.
Actually,...
Iowa defensive coordinator Norm Parker was named the American Football Coaches Association's Assistant Coach of the Year on Monday, according to a release.
The 13th-year Hawkeye aide will be honored...
Melsahn Basabe sat on a small table in the press room beneath the seats of Carver-Hawkeye Arena following Iowa's 77-61 loss to Campbell on Nov. 23.
His answers to questions didn't tell the story. The...
Wrestlers extend streak to 80 duals without loss; Brands wins 100th at Iowa
The Iowa wrestling team extended its streak without a dual loss to 80 when the Hawkeyes swept the Iowa City Duals on Nov....
