Just as it has for more than a century, the University of Iowa Homecoming Parade wound its way through the streets of downtown Iowa City on Friday. This being an Iowa City parade, local realtors were well represented among the groups marching, and almost all the groups in the parade distributed candy to kids along […]
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University of Iowa Athletics expects to break revenue records in upcoming year
The University of Iowa is expecting another record-breaking year for its athletics department while Iowa State University Athletics is working to handle changes to expected revenues as a result of collegiate athletic conferences shifting, university budget documents show. With revenues slated to increase in football, women’s basketball, wrestling and volleyball, among other areas, UI is […]
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Brian Ferentz will be out as Iowa’s offensive coordinator after this season ends
“I’m going to approach my job the same way I’ve approached it for the last 11 seasons,” Brian Ferentz said during the first news conference of this year’s football season. That message from the Hawkeyes’ offensive coordinator, and son of University of Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz, wasn’t reassuring for most Iowa football fans. Out […]
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UI racial discrimination lawsuit settled for $4.2 million; Auditor Sand demands Gary Barta be held accountable
The University of Iowa and the Iowa Board of Regents have agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by eight Black former Hawkeye football players. Because Iowa law requires lawsuit settlements against state agencies be paid from the state’s general fund, Iowa taxpayers will be providing $2 million to settle […]
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Coast Guard to honor Hawkeye football great Emlen Tunnell for his bravery in WWII
Emlen Tunnell made history on the football field — first as a Hawkeye, then in the NFL — and continued do so after his playing days ended in 1961. In 1965, he became the first Black assistant coach in the NFL, and in 1967, Tunnell was the first Black player inducted into Pro Football Hall […]
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Kirk Ferentz tests positive for COVID-19
Hawkeye football Head Coach Kirk Ferentz has tested positive for COVID-19 and “will remain home until Dec. 27,” the University of Iowa Athletics Department announced in a statement on Friday morning. According to UI Athletics, Ferentz tested positive using a rapid antigen test on Thursday morning, and the results were confirmed by a PCR test. […]
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Halloween and Hawkeye football will look very different this Saturday
Traditionally, Halloween is a night of fun about town, with kids collecting candy from neighbors and young adults enjoying themed drink specials at bars downtown. There’s nothing stopping these traditions from taking place in 2020, despite a continued COVID-19 surge in Iowa, but Johnson County health officials have offered guidance for locals hoping to haunt […]
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Record COVID-19 hospitalizations threaten to ‘overwhelm’ Iowa health care system, hospital executives say
The surge in new cases of COVID-19 in Iowa continued over the weekend, and the state set yet another record for the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Between 10 a.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Monday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported 3,897 Iowans had tested positive for COVID-19, which include 103 residents […]
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Townie Hawk: Iowa football’s greatest hits and misses
If you’ve watched the Hawks for any length of time, you know that they’ve got a few go-to plays that are the bread and butter of their game. Sit through a single series, and you quickly realize that our offensive strategy is to run two out of every three downs. Yet, in the UNI and Wisconsin games there was some spark of a passing game that sent Hawkeye hearts aflutter.
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Hawkeye fans considering a gold-out at Kinnick Saturday in honor of murdered ISU student (Updated)
Nearly two months to the day after University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts went missing during an evening run in Brooklyn, Iowa, the body of Iowa State University student Celia Barquin Arozamena was found at a golf course in Ames. Faced with another tragedy, Iowans have proposed turning to football — and a common color — to express their grief and solidarity.
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Townie Hawk: Snack-sized Big Ten football facts (and drink recommendations) to share at your next tailgate
Welcome back to football, fans of the sport and/or binge drinking. The Big Ten season opener against Wisconsin glimmers on the horizon, and with it comes the sick dread of unspecified mayhem that only a true Hawkeye fan can understand. Will we play the spoiler to someone else’s championship season (Ohio State last year, anyone?) […]
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Photos: Northwestern upsets Iowa during Homecoming game
The University of Iowa celebrated its homecoming last week, and the Hawkeye football team faced the Northwestern Wildcats at Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes trailed the Wildcats for most of the first half, but took the lead on a pass to Riley McCarron just before halftime. The Hawkeyes then extended their lead to 24-17 with a Keith […]
