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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

AquaHawks strong in relays

DI STAFF December 7, 2009

The Iowa women’s swimming team finished 26th out of 51 teams this weekend at the AT&T Short Course National Championships in Federal Way, Wash. The AquaHawks were represented by six swimmers —...

Men swimmers finish 5th

DI STAFF December 7, 2009

The Iowa men’s swimming team completed competition at the AT&T Short Course National Championships, finishing fifth out of 53 teams. Head coach Marc Long said the team would focus on performing...

Omelettes down CR Ballz at Field House

MATT SCHOMMER December 7, 2009

“That big dude killed us.” That’s what CR Ballz’s Zach Walter said after his team’s first loss in the intramural men’s 3-on-3 basketball tournament Sunday night against the Omelettes. The...

Table Tennis tournament highlights variety of players at UI

IAN MARTIN December 7, 2009

It may be the best-hidden intramural sport on campus. Table-tennis enthusiasts played in the hard-to-find Ping-Pong room on the fifth floor of the Field House on Sunday. A dark journey up numerous staircases...

Iowa headed to Orange Bowl

SCOTT MILLER December 7, 2009

Since the conclusion of Iowa’s regular season two weeks ago, the Hawkeyes have been inextricably linked to the Fiesta Bowl, one of the five famed Bowl Championship Series games. In fact, until the afternoon...

Top-ranked Iowa wrestling edges No. 2 Iowa State, 18-16

J.T. BUGOS December 7, 2009

AMES — The top-ranked Iowa wrestlers took down No. 2 Iowa State in a dual that came down to the last match in hostile Hilton Coliseum in Ames. The Hawkeyes won four of the first five weight classes before...

Commentary: Minding the grappling gap

RYAN YOUNG December 7, 2009

AMES — There may have been a little Hilton magic floating around Sunday night. Or maybe No. 1 Iowa is about as bulletproof as a weeping Tim Tebow after an Alabama curb stomping on prime-time TV. Granted,...

3-point shooting propels Hawkeyes over Prairie View A&M

SCOTT MILLER December 7, 2009

“The eye in the sky doesn’t lie” — or at least that’s what Prairie View A&M head coach Byron Rimm thought. That phrase — which is common around NFL circles but can pertain to basketball,...

Favre’s Favorites wins dodge-ball title

MITCH SMITH December 4, 2009

The idea of Minnesota Viking quarterback Brett Favre facing comedian Bob Saget in a sporting event is most likely impossible. But in UI intramural sports, anything can happen. The matchup became a reality...

Lego My Ego outlasts Apes in 3-on-3 losers bracket game

IAN MARTIN December 4, 2009

People in marching band are not typically thought of in an athletic light. Yet Lego My Ego, a team made up of trumpeters in the Hawkeye Marching Band, defeated a deep Apes team in a loser’s bracket...

Top-ranked wrestlers face No. 2 Iowa State

J.T. BUGOS December 4, 2009

Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands spoke to his team before practice on Wednesday, emphasizing that the Hawkeyes would need a sense of urgency this weekend when they travel to Ames to face the second-ranked...

Iowa hosts Prairie View A&M on Saturday

SCOTT MILLER December 4, 2009

Through the Iowa men’s basketball team’s first five games, the squad’s poor shooting was widely linked to its worst start in 80 years. The Hawkeyes only shot above 34 percent in two of those games,...