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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Big Ten Media Days: Highlights from Rutgers head coach Chris Ash's presser

Big Ten Media Days: Highlights from Rutgers head coach Chris Ash’s presser

July 25, 2016

By Mario Williams [email protected]  Rutgers head coach Chris Ash spoke to members of the media at Big Ten Media Days to discuss the upcoming 2016-2017 season. Ash opened his statement...

Big Ten Media Days: Highlights from Purdue HC Darrell Hazell's presser

Big Ten Media Days: Highlights from Purdue HC Darrell Hazell’s presser

July 25, 2016

By Blake Dowson [email protected] Purdue head football coach Darrell Hazell spoke to members of the media at Big Ten Media Days about the upcoming 2016-17 season. Opened up his statements...

Big Ten Media Days: Highlights from Pat Fitzgerald's press conference

Big Ten Media Days: Highlights from Pat Fitzgerald’s press conference

July 25, 2016

By Jordan Hansen [email protected] Northwestern head football coach Pat Fitzgerald spoke to members of the media at Big Ten Media Days about the upcoming 2016-17 season. Starts off with...

Media event shines on

Media event shines on

July 25, 2016

All 14 Big Ten schools will be in Chicago on Monday and Tuesday for media days, officially kicking off the 2016 football season. By Blake Dowson [email protected] The Big Ten football world descends...

The Iowa bench celebrates after the team scored against Indiana on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 in Carver-Hawkeye in Iowa City, IA. The Hoosiers defeated the Hawkeyes, 81-78. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing)

Jones gets second year for Hawks

July 25, 2016

Iowa forward Dale Jones is back, and that’s a good thing for the Hawkeye basketball team. By Jordan Hansen [email protected] Dale Jones’ return to Iowa not only this season but next is big...

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2014, file photo, Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables yells at linebacker Tony Steward during a drill at the team's opening NCAA college football practice of the season, in Clemson, S.C. It's become an all too familiar scenario for Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables _ seeing most of a successful Tiger defense leave and needing to quickly build it back up. (Mark Crammer/The Independent-Mail via AP, File)

Point/Counter-point: Who can knock off Alabama?

July 25, 2016

Clemson Two words: Deshaun Watson. As a sophomore, Watson waltzed into the national championship against Alabama and put up blistering numbers. He was relentless, throwing for 405 yards and added another...

A Carver-Hawkeye security member watches the crowd during the Big Ten Wrestling Championships at Carver-Hawkeye on Sunday, March 6, 2015. This is the 102nd year of the series. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel)

Carver-Hawkeye gets some needed updates

July 25, 2016

By Blake Dowson [email protected] Carver-Hawkeye Arena is receiving a face-lift this summer in the first phase of what Athletics Director Gary Barta calls a two-part renovation, and the progress...

Iowa guard Tania Davis drives to the basket during the Iowa-Rutgers game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. The Hawkeyes defeated the Scarlet Knights, 69-65. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

Davis as ‘point’ coach for hoops this summer

July 21, 2016

By Blake Dowson [email protected] Sophomore point guard Tania Davis loves to push the ball. It doesn’t matter if she gets a defensive rebound or if she gets an outlet pass from a teammate —...

Questions loom for Big Ten coaches

Questions loom for Big Ten coaches

July 21, 2016

By Jordan Hansen [email protected] Big Ten media days are just around the corner, which brings coaches and players from all over the conference together for the two-day event. The season edges...

L.L. Pelling/Comfort Care Medicare's Peter Jok pushes forward toward the hoop around Beat the Bookstore/Culver's Wali Parks during a Prime Time League basketball game at the North Liberty Community Center on Thursday, July 7, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Jok set for Hawkeye leadership

July 20, 2016

By Jordan Hansen [email protected] It’s Peter Jok’s turn to lead the Iowa basketball team. As the lone returning starter and the team’s only four-year senior on the roster, the sweet-shooting...

Let the Sun Belt shine in

Let the Sun Belt shine in

July 20, 2016

By Jordan Hansen [email protected] Part seven of The Daily Iowan’s look at the college-football landscape:  the Sun Belt. 1) Appalachian State After going 11-2 last season, the Mountaineers...

Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard throws a pass during the game at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Beathard threw for 98-yards on the game. Iowa defeated Pitt, 24-20. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh)

College football looms in July, and that’s no lie

July 20, 2016

By Blake Dowson [email protected] With Big Ten football media days beginning in Chicago on July 25, the college-football season is officially upon us. Sort of. We’re still more than six weeks...