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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

Men’s golf’s India sparkles at Blue Top Ridge

CLARK CAHILL August 24, 2009

He started the final round 11 shots behind the leader, and the geography of the golf course wasn’t exactly easy, either. But Iowa junior Vince India, a Deerfield, Ill., native, won the Iowa Open at...

Men’s cross-country gaining confidence

SEAN MORGAN August 24, 2009

Iowa men’s cross-country head coach Larry Wieczorek describes the ideal recruiting class as a good mix of blue-chip prospects and young runners who can be molded into veteran competitors. When Sam Bailin...

Luciano runs for ‘completeness’

SEAN MORGAN August 24, 2009

Jesse Luciano will enter his final Iowa cross-country season dealing with high expectations. This is not a new feeling for the senior out of Villa Park, Ill. Many around Luciano have expected a lot since...

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...

Hawk running backs eager

JON LINDER August 21, 2009

Since Shonn Greene’s departure for the NFL last January, no position on Iowa’s roster has generated more questions, speculation, and general disquiet among the Hawkeye faithful than running back. The...

Looking up for Hoosier football

RYAN YOUNG August 21, 2009

Undoubtedly, Big Ten football in the state of Indiana went from comfortably mediocre to taxingly abysmal last year — especially for Cream and Crimson fans, who suffered through a bowl-less 3-9 season...

Soccer faces Missouri

ROBBIE LEHMAN August 21, 2009

The best word to describe the atmosphere and attitudes surrounding the Iowa soccer team during its media day on Aug. 18 would be “buzzing.” And there is plenty of buzz being generated both inside...