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• Big Ten football preseason 2025 rankings from Oregon to Purdue

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images Let’s rank every Big Ten football team for 2025 from worst to beat. To say Big Ten football is in flux would be a little much, but in 2025 there’s a lot of unknowns about the conference. Veterans at important positions have moved on to the next level, and with the transfer portal wiping out rosters, trying to rank teams ahead of the season is a task more sui...2025
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Brett Sears Dominates in Double-A Debut

Brett Sears | Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK After moving up from Low-A bullpen to open the season, Brett Sears didn’t miss a beat in his first start with Columbus. Sunday in the Atlanta Braves system saw Brett Sears make his Double-A debut, continuing his domination of the minor leagues at a third level in the first two months of the 2025 season. We also got a ho...2025
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• Pre-Snap Reads 5/10: Nick Emmanwori gets more Kam Chancellor comps

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images But are they valid comps? In Today’s Links: some people think our Seattle Seahawks will finish last in the NFC West this season. I, for one, do not see a world where they are that terrible, inept, or unlucky. Fact of the matter is, this current version of the ‘Hawks may be one of the deepest its ever been. Do yall agree? Let’s talk about it in the ...2025
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• Pre-Snap Reads 5/10: Nic Emmanwari gets more Kam Chancellor comps

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images In Today’s Links: some people think our Seattle Seahawks will finish last in the NFC West this season. I, for one, do not see a world where they are that terrible, inept, or unlucky. Fact of the matter is, this current version of the ‘Hawks may be one of the deepest its ever been. Do yall agree? Let’s talk about it in the comments below. Be kind. ...2025
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• Hymie Wiseman: The Corn Belt Ace

Hymie Wiseman was a drastically underrated bantam and featherweight from Des Moines, Iowa. After his career, he managed heavyweight contender Lee Savold and became mixed up with the mob.The middle child out of seven, Hyman Morton Wiseman was born on March 24, 1911 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents, Jacob and Rebecca, had immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1906 with their eldest daught...2025
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• Braves Minor League Preview 4/29

Brett Sears | Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK Brett Sears looks to continue tearing up the competition. Tuesday means it’s time for a new set of opponents for the affiliates in the Atlanta Braves system. It also means we get another chance to see Brett Sears shut down Low-A hitters - though if he keeps pitching this well, he won’t be long for Augusta. Schedule Gwi...2025
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• The hope of baseball

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Hope is a great thing A couple of weeks ago I was at the hospital in Iowa City, doing some research on my dead ears. My ears are strictly ornamental now, only good for holding up my glasses. Hopefully, the research is beneficial to future generations. I’m amazed at how closely the hospital and the university have shoehorned buildings together. From the...2025
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• College basketball transfer portal’s 8 best available men’s players, and 12 best signings so far

Chris Jones-Imagn Images The transfer portal in men’s college basketball is popping, and these are the best players there right now. With college basketball’s transfer portal opening last week, the offseason is in full swing for college hoops. Even as three separate tournaments for this current season are still wrapping up, over 1,000 college basketball players are entering the transfer p...2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon

Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images Where teams fall in the latest AP Top 25 poll with the regular season nearing its end The theme from last week’s college basketball games was honoring the past. In the SEC and Big Ten, two names who have shaped the future of the sport had their jersey numbers immortalized in their respective school rafters. These ceremonies represented how the past impacts the p...2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: Top 8 teams remain the same, injuries hit UConn and South Carolina

Photo by Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Big Ten and SEC dominate the top teams in the latest AP top 25 women’s basketball poll The first full week of women’s college basketball returned this week as the calendar page flipped to 2025. With all conferences now fully in league play, teams throughout the top-25 rankings faced off against programs in and just out of the weekly ...2025
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• Notes: Colton Pouncy delights with story on ‘Iowa’s odd couple’ turned Lions

Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images Colton Pouncy’s fantastic story on Sam LaPorta and Jack Campbell's journey from “Iowa’s odd couple” to Detroit Lions stars headline today’s notes. Depending on your experiences, working with your college roommate could be a great thing. For Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell and tight end Sam LaPorta, it works really well—despite the fact that ...2024
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• The Linc - Kellen Moore might “have some tricks up his sleeve” against the Cowboys

Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 11/10/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Eagles’ Kellen Moore returns to Dallas, still a PowerPoint wiz and meticulous whisperer of offenses - The AthleticAs Moore returns to Texas for the first time since his 2023 departure, it’s worth revisiting his roots. The traits that launched Moore’s early success...2024
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• West Coast Pro x DEADLOCK x Prestige Coming To Las Vegas, Top WWE Raw Moments | Fight Size
Here is your fight size update for Tuesday, October 29, 2024. - West Coast Pro, Prestige Wrestling, and DEADLOCK are coming to Las Vegas for WrestleMania 41 weekend: --BREAKING-- WEST COAST PRO WRESTLING DEADLOCK PRO WRESTLING PRESTIGE PRO WRESTLING APRIL 17th and 18th in Las Vegas! **MORE INFO SOON** http://pic.twitter.com/jhq0TIRRHi — West Coast Pro (@WCProOfficial) October 28, 2024 - Top 10 M...2024
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• Eagles activate Cooper DeJean from the Non-Football Injury list

Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK The rookie will begin working his way back onto the field, starting in Foxborough for the Eagles first (and only) joint practice of the preseason. After a strong start this spring, rookie DB Cooper DeJean has yet to take a snap in training camp after suffering a hamstring injury during an offseason workout. The Eagles traveled up to ...2024
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• Potential 2025 Eagles NFL Draft Picks

Iowa linebackers don’t really miss tackles. | Mark Hoffman-USA TODAY Sports Why live in the present when the future provides so many amazing possibilities? The 2024 NFL Draft? Wow, are you really still talking about that? Kind of embarrassing if you ask me. The Eagles did great by just about every account and set themselves up nicely for a good season. But enough about the past! Let’s talk...2024
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• Top Lineman Prospect Brandon Scherff Has Tools and Attitude to Dominate in NFL
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"Cover photo by Think Iowa City/Iowa City Area Sports Commission The 2024-25 State Girls Wrestling Regional Meet Site Assignments for Class 1A and 2A have been finalized, with competitions scheduled for Friday, January 31, starting at 4:00 PM."

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"When it happened, Nike had a wonderful new ad ready to go in Iowa City."

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"Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK If Kansas City wants more speed, this Nebraska draft prospect could provide it."

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"I’m glad the I-Cubs didn’t decide to wait out the storm last night like the Iowa Hawkeyes and Nevada Wolf Pack did in Iowa City."

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"By Samantha Croston 'The Best Game on Earth'Locally Grown: Mountain Kingfisher Lacrosse hooks kids in the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids corridor."

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"The Iowa Lacrosse Association is spearheading efforts to bring lacrosse to new communities in Des Moines, Iowa City and Cedar Rapids."

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"Iowa loses CB Jackson, C Daniels and QB Wiegers"

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"Penn State better have its eyes wide open with a trip to Iowa City on deck this weekend"

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"Peter Jok scores 23, Iowa upsets No. 25 Iowa State 78-64"

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"That included former Iowa running back Albert Young, who left for the NFL just before Sash made the leap to Iowa City: Current Minnesota Vikings linebacker and former Iowa superstar Chad Greenway expressed his condolences as well: Even Georges Niang, who is a star basketball player at rival Iowa State, tweeted his support for the fallen Sash: Sash was a beloved figure in the realm of Iowa football, and the team is likely to play with a heavy heart when it clashes with the rival Cyclones on Saturday."

• Big Ten football preseason 2025 rankings from Oregon to Purdue
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Brett Sears Dominates in Double-A Debut
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• Pre-Snap Reads 5/10: Nick Emmanwori gets more Kam Chancellor comps
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• Hymie Wiseman: The Corn Belt Ace
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• 3 players the Chiefs should consider in every round of the NFL Draft

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Assuming these players are available, here are 3 options for the Chiefs in every round. After much waiting, the NFL Draft is finally here. With that in mind, let’s go through each round and suggest three prospects for the Kansas City Chiefs. First round (31) Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Disp / USA TODAY NETWORK Josh Simmons Kenneth Grant Trey Amo...2025
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• College basketball transfer portal’s 8 best available men’s players, and 12 best signings so far
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• College basketball coaching hire grades for men’s Indiana, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa jobs, and more

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Let’s grade the biggest men’s college basketball coaching hires so far. Only college sports has the offseason start while the postseason is still going on. Men’s college basketball is feeling that in a big way right now, with tons of coaching hires and transfer portal additions happening at the same time as the 2025 NCAA tournament trims its field to the ...2025
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• Giants hiring Ladell Betts as RB coach, per reports

Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK The Giants have filled their coaching vacancy The New York Giants are hiring Iowa running back coach Ladell Betts to be their new running backs coach, per a report form Dan Duggan of The Athletic. The Giants running backs coach position has had a turnover rate that’s rivaled Spinal Tap’s drummers. This is the fourth consecutive year...2025
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• Braves Minor League Preview 4/29
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• College basketball transfer portal’s 8 best available men’s players, and 12 best signings so far
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• College basketball coaching hire grades for men’s Indiana, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa jobs, and more
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon
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• Women’s basketball rankings: Top 8 teams remain the same, injuries hit UConn and South Carolina
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• SCWPro Prestige Rumble Results (1/4): Prestige Rumble Headlines
SCWPro held its SCWPro Prestige Rumble event on Saturday, January 4 from Grass Community Center in Blue Grass, Iowa. Full results are below. SCWPro Prestige Rumble Results (1/4) - Wildcat Glove on a Pole Match - QC Cup: Ript Studwell (c) def. JT Energy - SCWPro Iowa Championship Match: John Bonhart (w/ Mark Storm) def. Corn Boi (c) to win the title - SCWPro Championship Match - *If Krotch doesn'...2025
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• Hailey Van Lith’s third act: transfer check in

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images How some of the most prominent college basketball transfers are doing this season. Change is the only constant in life, and college basketball is no different. Years ago, a player’s main decision was what college to play for. Once that was decided and the athlete signed, they would play there for three or four years. The idea of transferring penalized the s...2024
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• The Linc - Kellen Moore might “have some tricks up his sleeve” against the Cowboys
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• SCWPro Hawkamania XXXIX: Super Kickoff II Results (9/21)
SCWPro held its SCWPro Hawkamania XXXIX: Super Kickoff II event on September 21st from Wildwood Smokehouse and Saloon in Iowa City, Iowa. Full results are below. SCWPro Hawkamania XXXIX: Super Kickoff II Results (9/21) - Championship Series Tournament Round 1: Krotch d. Mason Beck - Championship Series Tournament Round 1: Dustan Moseley d. James Thomas w/Brandon Becker - Championship Series Tourna...2024
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• Big Ten football preseason 2025 rankings from Oregon to Purdue
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• Hymie Wiseman: The Corn Belt Ace
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• The hope of baseball
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• College basketball coaching hire grades for men’s Indiana, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa jobs, and more
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon
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• Hailey Van Lith’s third act: transfer check in
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• West Coast Pro x DEADLOCK x Prestige Coming To Las Vegas, Top WWE Raw Moments | Fight Size
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• In a post-Caitlin Clark era, Jan Jensen and Lucy Olsen now prepare to lead Iowa women’s basketball

Joseph Cress/For the Register / USA TODAY NETWORK There is a new coach, almost totally new roster and many changes for the Iowa women’s basketball program. Jan Jensen is as Iowa as it gets. She’s from Kimballton, Iowa, where members of her family run Lugger’s Tavern, a local bar with memorabilia from Jensen’s career including her retired No. 13 jersey from her playing days at Drake in Des ...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies have drafted Charlie Condon. Now what?

Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK Colorado Rockies news and notes for Friday, July 19, 2024 When the Colorado Rockies drafted University of Iowa pitcher Brody Brecht as the 38th pick in the MLB Draft, he tweeted this: GOOD— Brody Brecht (@brody_brecht) July 15, 2024 Okay, this is the kind of content we at Purple Row are very here for. Mac Wilcox wrote a quick a...2024
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• Anonymous scouts weigh in on the Eagles’ 2024 NFL Draft picks

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Insider insight from actual NFL front office members. One of my favorite post-NFL Draft activities involves looking at what actual scouts think of the players that the Philadelphia Eagles selected ... through the lens of what was said about them before the picks were made. This article features pre-draft quotes from real football executives by way of Bob ...2024
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• Tyler Sash, Former Iowa and Giants Safety, Dies at Age 27
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• Draft Darlings: Trey Palmer could make the Chiefs’ offense vertical again
Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK If Kansas City wants more speed, this Nebraska draft prospect could provide it. When the Kansas City Chiefs traded superstar wide receiver Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins just over a year ago, the team lost a lot of its vertical passing game. In 2022, quarterback Patrick Mahomes posted his fewest passes over 20 air yards in a seas...2023
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• Riley Moss highlights
Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK The Denver Broncos moved up into the third-round to pick defensive back Riley Moss. Here are his college highlights. The Denver Broncos gave up a lot to move back into the third-round of the 2023 NFL Draft to select Iowa defensive back Riley Moss. They gave the Seattle Seahawks their 2023 fourth-round pick and their 2024 third-round...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ Morelizing

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Sunday edition. Lt Dan and the boys squeak one out in the ninth after giving up the lead. Adbert locks it down for the meatloaf. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseba...2023
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• Caitlin Clark broke an unbreakable record, and Nike knew exactly how to respond

Nike’s new Caitlin Clark ad celebrating scoring record is perfect in every way Caitlin Clark entered Iowa’s game against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday afternoon on the brink of breaking one of the most unbreakable records in all of sports: Pete Maravich’s career scoring mark in DI college basketball. Clark had broken Kelsey Plum’s women’s scoring record a couple weeks back, and needed only 18 ...2024
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• Caitlin Clark is multi-millionaire from NIL deals, and it’s only going up

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Clark is winning. Caitlin Clark is one of the greatest women’s basketball players of all-time. She’s also definitely the wealthiest. The Iowa star arrived at the perfect time to capitalize on NIL rules hitting college sports, and it’s made her a millionaire. A lot has been made of Clark’s eventual jump to the WNBA, specifically the money she’ll be making. ...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: The Chiefs' offensive talent is unmatched
Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Friday, May 19 The latest Biggest remaining offseason priority for each AFC team: Bills, Chiefs still searching for WR help? | NFL.com Kansas City Chiefs Top priority: Trade for a big-time wideout Many a breath was wasted last offseason fretting over a Chiefs attack suddenly missing Tyreek Hill. Andy Reid turns p...2023
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• Cowboys draft 2023: A trio of Day 3 safeties to keep an eye on during this year’s draft
Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images Even with the return of Donovan Wilson, the Cowboys need to think about the future of the safety position. As the new league year begins, there will be once again a lot of familiar faces in new places with free agency opening up. There was one player that many pundits weren’t sure would be back in Dallas for the 2023 season, and that player was Donovan Wil...2023
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• Big Ten football preseason 2025 rankings from Oregon to Purdue
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• Pre-Snap Reads 5/10: Nick Emmanwori gets more Kam Chancellor comps
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• Hymie Wiseman: The Corn Belt Ace
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• Braves Minor League Preview 4/29
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• College basketball transfer portal’s 8 best available men’s players, and 12 best signings so far
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• The Preview: #2 Oklahoma State vs #3 Iowa
They say to save the best for last, and boy howdy, did the schedule makers do that this year. In a battle between the two best teams not named Penn State (and the two historically best programs), the #2 Oklahoma State Cowboys (13-0) visit Iowa City Sunday, February 23rd to face the #3 Iowa Hawkeyes […]...2025
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• 24-25 IGHSAU Wrestling Regional Assignments By The Numbers
Cover photo by Think Iowa City/Iowa City Area Sports Commission The 2024-25 State Girls Wrestling Regional Meet Site Assignments for Class 1A and 2A have been finalized, with competitions scheduled for Friday, January 31, starting at 4:00 PM. Below is a breakdown of the number of wrestlers ranked at each regional. 1A 100 105 110 […]...2025
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• College basketball coaching hire grades for men’s Indiana, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa jobs, and more
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• 2025 NFL Draft Watch: Top college football players from Week 3

Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Week 3 of the college football season did not yield a ton of exciting games but there were a handful of impressive performances from NFL Draft hopefuls. This week, it was two Iowa players who stood out: Running back Kaleb Johnson and cornerback Jermari Harris. KALEB JOHNSON Kaleb Johnson carried the Iowa offense to ...2024
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• Caitlin Clark’s crossover superstardom is the greatest show in sports

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Caitlin Clark’s transcendence is changing women’s sports for the better. When Michael Jordan arrived in Paris in 1997 for a preseason corporate showcase known as the McDonald’s Championship, the French press treated his appearance with Christ-like reverence. “Michael Jordan is in Paris,” wrote the local tabloid France-Soir, as memorialized in David Halb...2024
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• MLB Mock Draft: Where do Dylan Crews, Paul Skenes, and Wyatt Langford end up?
Looking at how the top three stack up, along with the rest of the first round The 2023 MLB Draft is just days away. And the Pittsburgh Pirates have a fascinating decision on their hands. Do they add Paul Skenes, the LSU pitcher who was dominant this season and looks like he could step into an MLB rotation right now? Or do they draft his teammate Dylan Crews, the outfielder who brings five tools to...2023
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• Bill Belichick And The Jets
Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports A sampling of the history of the feud Many of you are very familiar with the curmudgeon known as Bill Belichick, but do you know how that single person has negatively affected the future of the Jets in so many ways? I will let you in on some of the history of how that came about. Bill Belichick has not always been how he is now, he actually was a very per...2023
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• Watch: Detroit Lions LB Jack Campbell college highlights
Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Check out some of new Lions’ linebacker Jack Campbell’s highlights from his time at the University of Iowa. With their second selection in the 2023 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions selected University of Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell at 18th overall. Campbell is a hyper-athletic, three-down linebacker that was named a unanimous first-team All-American in 202...2023
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• Inside the New USA Lacrosse Magazine
Forty-three years ago, this magazine debuted as the first feature publication devoted exclusively to lacrosse. The periodical was produced by the Lacrosse Foundation, which 20 years later was one of eight organizations that merged to form what was then US Lacrosse and is now USA Lacrosse. These walls in Sparks, Maryland — and these pages in your hands — possess an institutional memory of the sport...2021
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• US wrestler cites pressure to waive jury trial in abuse case
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) A U.S. wrestler who spent years in prison for a sexual assault he denies testified Thursday that he was pressured by his college coach and his lawyers to waive his right to a jury trial - a decision the prosecutor called ridiculous....2017
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• Matt Miller's Scouting Notebook: Don't Ditch DeShone Kizer, Names to Know
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