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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

Major-league umpire talks baseball, steroids

RYAN YOUNG February 18, 2009

From pine tar to steroids, major-league umpire Tim McClelland has seen it. After graduating from umpire school and ascending the minor-league ladder, McClelland has been behind the plate during several...

Men’s tennis thinking inside the boxing

AMIE KIEHN February 17, 2009

Tuesday is “Fightin’ Day” for the Iowa men’s tennis team. Assistant coach Steve Nash loves it. He walks onto the courts clad in his brightest, sunshine yellow Hawkeye T-shirt, sporting a beguiling...

Weil tosses 1st no-hitter

JON LINDER February 17, 2009

Brittany Weil has spent the better part of the last three years accumulating staggering numbers pitching for the Iowa softball team. On Feb. 13, it was what the senior didn’t accumulate that stood out. For...

Hoopsters ride thrilling comeback

MIKE BROWNLEE February 16, 2009

It took the biggest comeback in program history, but the Iowa women’s basketball team beat Penn State, 63-57, Sunday afternoon in State College, Pa. Up by two late, the Hawkeyes (16-9, 9-5) got a Wendy...

Women GymHawks in the pink for meet

EVELYN LAU February 16, 2009

Jessa Hansen’s mother is a breast-cancer survivor. Perhaps that’s why the freshman gymnast from Clive, Iowa, views Iowa’s annual “Pink Meet” with such high regard. “My family and I have been...

Men gymnasts improve, but…

JORDAN GARRETSON February 16, 2009

If there is one phrase to describe Iowa’s performance in its home triangular Feb. 14, “mixed emotions” fits the bill well. The Hawkeyes’ 341.60 team score was 20 points better than their 321.55...

Wrestlers slam Gophers 25-9

ZACH SMITH February 16, 2009

Carver-Hawkeye Arena got the memo that archrival Minnesota and head coach J Robinson — a Hawkeye in exile — were coming to Iowa City. With emotions particularly high on Senior Day, the Hawkeyes took...