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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

Big Ten Preview: Badgers have an attitude

AMIE KIEHN August 25, 2009

Football season has yet to commence, but scary summer practice sessions have put the Wisconsin Badgers alarmingly close to a lackluster season. Initially, left tackle Gabe Carimi suffered what most suspected...

Running past obstacles

MICHELE DANNO August 25, 2009

Shin splints, ligament tears, and sore tendons are some common leg issues that plague long-distance runners. But Iowa cross-country runner Hannah Roeder faced a more uncommon issue while training this...

Women’s golf adds aide

J.T. BUGOS August 25, 2009

The Iowa women’s golf team has a new assistant coach, and John Owens is ready to put a new spin on things in the program. Owens most recently coached at Troy University in Alabama. He started as a graduate...

Intramural sports thrive

TRAVIS VARNER August 25, 2009

The UI Division of Recreational Services is making changes this year to help improve the intramurals program, adding five new sports and counting every participant for the first time. The five new sports?...

Jumping into the kick of it

MITCH SMITH August 25, 2009

UI Recreational Services is expecting a different type of flood this year: a deluge of students rushing to Hubbard Park from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for the ninth-annual Kickoff Classic. “Numbers last...

Moeaki hopes for full season

BRENDAN STILES August 25, 2009

In recent years, numerous tight ends have enjoyed success at Iowa. Past players such as Dallas Clark, Scott Chandler, and Brandon Myers were all drafted after playing for Hawkeye head man Kirk Ferentz. Senior...

Video: Football Forum – Iowa tight ends

DI SPORTS STAFF August 25, 2009

Be sure to visit dailyiowan.com every day throughout the 2009 football season for The Daily Iowan Football Forum, an in-depth discussion among DI and Daily Iowan TV football reporters about the Iowa Hawkeyes. The...

Hawks buzzing about wideouts

AMIE KIEHN August 24, 2009

The Iowa wide receiver garnering a staggering amount of Hawkeye football chatter is actually a quarterback — or rather was. Former third-stringer Marvin McNutt made the transition from passer to receiver...

Year 2 for Michigan’s Rodriguez

SCOTT MILLER August 24, 2009

If last year’s Michigan team was all about transitioning and overhauling schemes and finding better, faster, more athletic players, then this year’s version of the Wolverines is all about fine-tuning...

Football Commentary: Rankled by rankings

SCOTT MILLER August 24, 2009

Nothing in sports makes less sense than preseason rankings. It’s more logical to pay rookie Matthew Stafford — the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft last April — $41.7 million in guaranteed money...

Soccer lets one slip away

ROBBIE LEHMAN August 24, 2009

If soccer games were 86 minutes long, the Iowa soccer team would have began its 2009 campaign 1-0 on Aug. 21. Unfortunately for the Hawkeyes, games are 90 minutes long. The wheels fell off the tractor...