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Iowa sells out UNI football game

IOWA CITY — The Iowa vs. Northern Iowa football game scheduled for Sept. 19 in Iowa City is officially sold out. The announcement was made Monday by the UI Athletics Department. This marks the second game on the Hawkeyes’ home schedule that has been sold out, joining the Cy-Hawk showdown with Iowa State on Sept. 12 inside Kinnick Stadium. Currently, approximately 1,700 tickets remain for the season opener against Northern Illinois (Sept. 5), 200 for Ohio State (Oct. 3), 2,000 for Wisconsin on Homecoming weekend (Oct. 31), 4,700 for Purdue (Nov. 14), and 2,200 for Nebraska (Nov. ...

Mitchell, Clark captain Fever comeback

INDIANAPOLIS — Kelsey Mitchell had 33 points on 10-of-14 shooting, Caitlin Clark added 17 points, and the Indiana Fever beat the New York Liberty 108-88 on Saturday night. Mitchell, who scored 30 Friday night in a 110-107 win over Seattle, has back-to-back 30-point games for the first time ...

6 UNI men’s basketball players net academic honors

TIMES-REPUBLICAN KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) on Wednesday announced its annual Team Academic Excellence Award and Honor Court recipients for the 2025-26 season, featuring six individual members of the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team. The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2025-26 academic year with a team grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men’s basketball players who finished the 2025-26 year with a ...

Bobcat boys bag tennis honors

A trip to the boys’ state tennis tournament was the cherry on top of a steadfast career for Marshalltown senior Caleb Rasmussen. Rasmussen and junior Elliot Kodis were unanimous selections to the all-Iowa Alliance Conference North Division’s first team after strong spring seasons for the ...

Clark carries Fever through Storm

INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 45 points and had 10 assists for the first 40-10 game in WNBA history, and the Indiana Fever beat Seattle 110-107 on Friday night. Clark, who had four steals and two blocks, also became the fastest player in WNBA history to make 200 career ...

Manyawu, Hawkeyes earn NABC academic honors

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa men’s basketball team earned the 2025-26 National Association of Basketball Coaches Team Academic Excellence Award, it was announced Wednesday by the NABC. Hawekeye junior Cam Manyawu was named to the NABC Honors Court. The distinction goes to junior, ...