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...

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...

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...

Coming out to the “Iowa Fight Song,” the Hawkeye volleyball team made this season’s début on Aug. 22 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Showcasing their skills during the annual Black and Gold scrimmage,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...