Missing the trademark mane of Hawkeyes defensive tackle Mitch King? Well, there’s always this photo to help us remember November 17, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: blondes, college football, football, hair, haircuts, Iowa Hawkeyes, long hair, University of Iowa (Iowa City)
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Mitch King before brush cut
From Associated Press via Baltimore Sun. Caption:
Iowa’s Mitch King puts his helmet on before an NCAA college football game against Penn State, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, in Iowa City, Iowa.
Related: Read more under Good Hair Day by The Gazette’s Marc Morehouse.
Penn State Nittany Lions thinking about that pink University of Iowa locker room November 7, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: college football, color theory, Iowa City (Iowa), Pennsylvania State University, pink, University of Iowa Hawkeyes
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From The Daily Collegian:
When the No. 3 Nittany Lions travel to Iowa City to play the Hawkeyes Saturday, before they take the field, they will have to contend with the dreaded pink room — which has grown pinker since Penn State last played at Iowa in 2003. …
Senior Penn State offensive tackle Gerald Cadogan also has a psychology degree. Cadogan said Tuesday that “pink is a color normally associated with feminine characteristics” and Iowa’s goal is to intimidate opponents by making them feel soft. Cadogan also said the pink will only effect him and his teammates if they let it. …
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Former University of Colorado women’s basketball player, originally from Cedar Rapids, sues CU over scholarship; Claims breach of contract October 31, 2008
Posted by John in Courts, Sports.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Kathy McConnell-Miller, lawsuits, NCAA, RyAnne Ridge, Stephen Ridge, University of Colorado
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From Boulder Daily Camera:
[RyAnne] Ridge, originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, left the CU team last season after playing in seven games, averaging 1.9 minutes per game while scoring one point. She is still a student at CU.
She and her father, Stephen, are named as plaintiffs in the suit and are seeking an unspecified amount in tuition and other expenses. They are claiming that because [Kathy] McConnell-Miller promised Ridge a scholarship — and she left her scholarship at Tulsa because of that — CU should have to pay the family. …
Lute Olson retires: See Gazette photos of Olson while coach for University of Iowa Hawkeyes October 24, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: coaches, College Basketball, Iowa City (Iowa), Lute Olson, University of Iowa Hawkeye Basketball
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Lute Olson was head coach at Iowa from 1974 to 1983.
Iowa forward William Mayfield (#24, left) wears a basketball hoop net around his neck accompanied by Hawkeye head coach Lute Olson following a 95-64 Iowa defeat of Northwestern University in the Fieldhouse in Iowa City Saturday. The (20-8) Hawkeyes tied Michigan State and Purdue for the Big Ten title, but lost to Toledo University, 74-72, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Mayfield ended his four-year collegiate career at Iowa in 1979 with a total of 612 points and 469 rebounds. Photo March 3, 1979. PURCHASE THIS PHOTO
Iowa basketball coach Lute Olson, here intensely watching the flight of one of his fairway shots, demonstrated Monday that he’s just as popular with Hawkeye fans in the summer as he is in the winter. Olson was cheered loud and often as he made his way around Finkbine Golf Course during the 16th annual Amana VIP. Photo June 28, 1982. PURCHASE THIS PHOTO
Lute Olson, former University of Iowa basketball coach, is interviewed inside the Field House with his wife, Bobbi, as the team returns to a rally after Iowa won the NCAA Regional Championsips on March 16, 1980. PURCHASE THIS PHOTO
Lute Olson, former Iowa basketball coach, and his wife, Bobbi, make their way through the crowd at the University of Iowa Field House after winning the NCAA Regional Championships on March 16, 1980. PURCHASE THIS PHOTO
Kenny Arnold addresses a large crowd at the University of Iowa Field House after the Hawkeyes earned a berth in the NCAA Regional Championships on March 16, 1980. Steve Waite (left), Kevin Boyle, Lute Olson and Bobbi Olson are in the background. PURCHASE THIS PHOTO
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College basketball’s tallest player in Iowa hospital after partial foot amputation October 20, 2008
Posted by John in Medicine, Sports.Tags: amputations, basketball, College Basketball, iowa, Kenny George, MRSA
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From Chicago Tribune:
Former Chicago Latin star Kenny George, a senior center at UNC Asheville, had part of his right foot amputated, a source confirmed to ESPN.com. The source said the amputation, which occurred three weeks ago, was the result of George’s battle with MRSA …
He has been hospitalized in Iowa since then, the source said, enduring several surgeries and at one time battling for his life. …
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Kurt Warner and Arizona Cardinals to be in high-scoring affair with Dallas Cowboys? AP VIDEO October 9, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, football, Kurt Warner, NFL, QB, quarterbacks, Tony Romo, video
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Associated Press caption accompanying THIS VIDEO:
Dallas vs. Arizona could be a high-scoring affair. Veteran quarterback Kurt Warner leads a Cardinals team that is third in the NFL in passing. Dallas QB Tony Romo threw three touchdown passes last week. (Oct. 9)
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San Antonio Express-News: Zach Johnson ‘seeking renewal at the Texas Open’ October 8, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: 2007 Masters tournament, Golf, PGA, Zach Johnson
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From San Antonio Express-News:
The 2007 Masters champion makes his Valero Texas Open debut this week less than a month after holding a Ryder Cup-style charity tournament in Iowa that raised $350,000 for the state’s disaster relief fund. …
“But that community is going to get through it,” Johnson said. “It’s what they do; it’s what they’re about. They roll up their sleeves and get it done.”
This week, the resident of Lake Mary, Fla., is trying to do the same with his game. …
Online record for Pierre Pierce disappears from Iowa Sex Offender Registry September 26, 2008
Posted by John in Crime/Courts, Sports.Tags: Alfredo Parrish, basketball, Bob Brammer, France, Iowa Attorney General, Iowa City (Iowa), Iowa Supreme Court, Pierre Pierce, sex offenders
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Page for Pierce’s information now just a question mark (as of this writing):
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We could not find information about the person you are looking for.
The person may have been removed and is no longer viewable,
or the site may have made a mistake.
Here’s what the page used to look like.
Could this be a gap between page updates for approved travel to France, or just a site glitch?
Pierre Pierce allowed to travel to France
Earlier Tuesday, a three judge panel of the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a Dallas County District Court ruling that Pierce could travel to France. …
Pierce has signed a $120,000 contract with a team in France’s top professional basketball league. He is on probation for a January 2005 incident at the West Des Moines home of a former girlfriend. …
See controversial full-page University of Iowa basketball ads Gazette sports columnist Jim Ecker is writing about September 25, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: basketball, College Basketball, Fighting Illini, Hawkeye Sports, Iowa City (Iowa), Jarryd Cole, Jeff Peterson, Jim Ecker, Ohio State Buckeyes, Rick Klatt, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, University of Iowa Hawkeyes
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Related Jim Ecker columns:
Ad’s dunk didn’t happen, but it’s no mistake, Iowa says
College professors slam Iowa’s basketball ad
From recent Gazette archives:
Click on images to enlarge. ‘SLAM DUNK’ ads published on September 14 and September 18 in Gazette; ‘STEAL’ ad published on September 23.
Watch NASCAR video of yesterday’s crash involving Landon Cassill September 21, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: auto racing, Dover International Speedway, Landon Cassill, NASCAR, Steve Wallace
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From NASCAR.com VIDEO:
Cassill, Wallace crash late
Landon Cassill and Steven Wallace bring out caution with two laps to go.
Also an AP photo available:
Steve Wallace (66) and Landon Cassill (5) crash during the NASCAR Camping World RV Sales 200 Nationwide Series auto race at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del., Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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