By Jordan Hansen | [email protected] There was a nervous buzzing sound around Kinnick as Iowa placekicker Keith Duncan settled in to attempt a 33-yard field goal. Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh...

By Jordan Hansen| [email protected] PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Someone on Iowa's defense had to make a play. It was starting to get late in the fourth quarter, and Rutgers, a series ago, had picked...

Throughout much of Greg Mabin’s life, overcoming pressure has been easy. Mabin is the youngest sibling of four, with two older sisters and an older brother. For much of his childhood, being...

By Jordan Hansen | [email protected] “Of all the stats, they held you to 34 net yards for rushing. Could you have imagined even as good as they are that they could do something like that?” Kirk...

By Blake Dowson | [email protected] Certain teams know how to win games. North Dakota State, a winner of five-straight Football Championship Subdivision national championships and two-straight...

By Courtney Baumann [email protected] Strength of schedule is a murky way to measure success. It’s a lot of numbers, and to be completely honest, pretty confusing. As the College Football...

By Jordan Hansen [email protected] It doesn’t take long to realize just how talented Iowa State wide receiver Allen Lazard is. Standing at 6-5, 223 pounds, he’s a massive force to deal...

Traditional etiquette doesn’t apply when the Hawkeyes and Cyclones get together on the gridiron. By Blake Dowson [email protected] It’s a funny thing, how unabashed folks from Iowa are...

Iowa running back LeShun Daniels Jr. is a big brother to the very core. He’s long been a guiding force to his younger sibling, James — also on the team — and it has helped shape both of them....

By Tessa Solomon [email protected]   After high-school graduation in 2013, four teenagers from St. Paul, Minnesota, left their hometown, not for college, but for the stage. Three...

By Cassandra Santiago [email protected] Duane Lee Holland Jr. is no stranger to firsts. At 17 years old, he launched his professional dance career with the first theater/hip-hop/dance company...

Riverside Theater’s Festival Stage production of Pericles opens Friday. By Claire Dietz [email protected] Dennis William Grimes keeps a notebook in his backpack alongside his heavily annotated...