By Michael McCurdy [email protected] The Iowa field hockey team opens up the Big Ten tournament as a No. 5 seed and will take on the No. 4 Northwestern Wildcats today at 4:30 p.m. EDT. The...

  Being a Cubs fan never felt so good. I don’t know how to write this. I don’t know how to put into words what I am feeling as a third-generation Cubs fan who got his fandom from his dad, who...

By Ronald Blum Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The wait till next year is finally over. The Chicago Cubs are World Series champions. Ending more than a century of flops, futility, and frustration,...

By Pete Ruden [email protected] For Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands, accountability is as important as anything for his team. With Iowa ranked as high as No. 2 in the country in some polls,...

By Courtney Baumann [email protected] He’s a militant type — a leader in the locker room who will yell at his fellow wrestlers if they don’t pick up their towels. He is the exact type...

By Jordan Hansen [email protected] A week after traveling to No. 8 Wisconsin and narrowly losing, No. 10 Nebraska has another huge test this weekend. The Cornhuskers roll into Columbus, Ohio,...

By pete ruden [email protected] It took fewer than two years for Iowa men’s tennis junior Josh Silverstein to accomplish what he had wanted to since getting to Iowa City. At the end of his sophomore...

The bye week helped to rejunivate a tired Iowa football team. By BLAKE DOWSON   [email protected] After a much-needed bye week, the Iowa football team is now right back in the middle of Big Ten...

By Jordan Hansen [email protected] Each week, Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz meets with the assembled media. Here are the highlights. Ferentz feels as if the bye week was big. "The Big...

By Courtney Baumann [email protected] Perhaps one of the most telling things about a team is its ability to perform when it comes down to the wire — specifically on third downs and in the...

By Jordan Hansen [email protected] The college basketball season will be here in a little under two weeks, and with that exciting thought squarely in the minds of the sports staff at The Daily...

The Iowa field-hockey team heads to the Big Ten Tournament, which starts on Thursday. By Michael mccurdy [email protected] The Big Ten field-hockey regular season is over, and the seedings...