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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

Lady Hawks hang on in Michigan

JEFF PAWOLA February 23, 2009

The Iowa women’s basketball team won its fourth-straight game Sunday, defeating Michigan, 68-64, in Ann Arbor, Mich. The victory ties the Hawkeyes’ longest winning streak of the season; Iowa has had...

Men tracksters dominate, crowning 10 individual champions

ZACH SMITH February 23, 2009

Heading into the Iowa Invitational on Feb. 20, men’s track and field head coach Larry Wieczorek had billed the meet as a last chance for a bevy of Hawkeyes to prove themselves as contenders rather than...

Young Hawks lead women’s track and field

JAKE KRZECZOWSKI February 23, 2009

On a night when the Iowa women’s track and field seniors were honored, two led the way in the Hawkeyes’ first-place finish at the Iowa Invitational on Feb. 20 against Augustana, Bradley, Coe, North...

Kelly leads Hawks past Michigan in overtime thriller

CHARLIE KAUTZ February 23, 2009

Iowa dressed for the Oscars in a game against Michigan featuring all the elements of an Academy Award winner on Sunday night. There was red-carpet glitter when Iowa unveiled its new, stunningly gold jerseys...

Wrestling still undefeated on the mats

RYAN YOUNG February 23, 2009

It’s official. Wrestling world’s postseason field includes No. 1 Iowa and everyone else. The top-ranked Hawkeyes routed No. 19 Northwestern on Sunday in Evanston, Ill., 34-13, claiming their second-straight...

Hawkeye men’s basketball team ignores What if?

SCOTT MILLER February 20, 2009

Before Iowa’s practice Thursday, Anthony Tucker was shooting jumpers and making most of them. It was all a part of a roller-coaster first semester on campus for the Minnetonka, Minn., native who was...

Wrestlers try to stay unbeaten

RYAN YOUNG February 20, 2009

Around the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex, automatic isn’t a word the No. 1 Iowa wrestling team likes to throw around heedlessly. But 125-pounder Charlie Falck is feeling pretty good about the Hawkeyes’...

Women’s tennis back home to compete against DePaul, Kansas

ROBBIE LEHMAN February 20, 2009

The Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex has never seemed more cozy to the Iowa women’s tennis team than it will when the squad faces DePaul at 3 p.m. today and Kansas on Feb. 22. “It’s a relief...

Women’s track home for Iowa Invitational

JAKE KRZECZOWSKI February 20, 2009

After spending more than a month on the road, the Iowa women’s track and field team will return home for today’s Iowa Invitational, set to begin at 4 p.m. in the Recreation Building. Among the Hawkeyes’...

Men’s track looks for identity

ZACH SMITH February 20, 2009

Larry Wieczorek knew most of what to expect from his men’s track and field team at the beginning of the indoor season last month. But unlike many past seasons gone by, the jury is still out on the 2009...

For football’s Seth Olsen, the game is all about Faith

AMIE KIEHN February 19, 2009

Grace Community Church in North Liberty is not ostentatious. The dull, pale blue walls are empty of any iconic wooden crosses, paintings of the Last Supper or stained-glass windows — the one the church...

Hoopsters eye Badgers as ‘must’ win on path to NCAA Tournament

JEFF PAWOLA February 19, 2009

The Iowa women’s basketball team (16-9, 9-5) will entertain Wisconsin (15-11, 5-10) today at 7:05 p.m. in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes beat the Badgers, 73-63, in each team’s first Big Ten game...