Being a loyal Chicago native, it’s very difficult for me, on a regular basis, to not become overwhelmingly nostalgic for my beloved city on the lake. Whenever I consume Mesa’s less-than-desirable...

Some days, it seems as if the news media have a sign around their neck saying “step right up and give this poor, wretched soul a good, firm kick right in the gut as it mourns its bygone golden age...

At the end of February, the Iowa Senate unanimously passed Senate File 2297, a bill that, if approved by the House and signed by Gov. Terry Branstad, would amend the Iowa state criminal code and radically...

As the second day of the 2014 Zone D NCAA Championships drew to a close, several Iowa divers made a strong impression. In the men’s 3-meter diving, Hawkeye sophomore Addison Boschult scored 682.35 points...

InterMat announced Tuesday that the Iowa wrestling team stayed No. 2 in the NCAA Division-I rankings. Penn State holds the top spot, while Minnesota, Oklahoma State, and Cornell round out the top five....

The No. 57 Iowa men’s tennis team will board a plane to Charleston, S.C., this afternoon for its annual spring-break trip. The Hawkeyes will play three matches under Carolina’s sunny skies...

Marla Looper is heading home. After a successful off week, the head coach will take her softball team to Texas — where she spent 11 years as an assistant coach. Her stint at Texas, from 1999-2010,...

John Beilein I grew up an Ohio State fan, and most of my family in the Buckeye State will hate me for arguing that John Beilein should be Big Ten Coach of the Year. But to my Uncle Bob (whose command...

Although hitting coach Marty Sutherland is in his first year as an assistant for the Iowa baseball team, he has never felt more at home. That’s because Sutherland, a native of Cascade, Iowa,...

1. Michigan State (23-8, 12-6) 2. Wisconsin (25-6, 12-6) 3. Michigan (23-7, 15-3) 4. Ohio State (23-8, 10-8) 5. Nebraska (19-11, 11-7) 6. Iowa (20-11, 9-9) 7. Minnesota (19-12, 8-10) 8. Illinois...

Parity — though a frequently overused phrase — reigns as the all-encompassing word to describe this year’s Big Ten season. Apologies for the number overload, but consider these tidbits from...

Nick Moore is standing underneath the Kohl Center, trying his hardest to describe what it’s like to wrestle Penn State’s David Taylor. “He’s not like the normal …” he...