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Clark’s next big move could be helping Fever end seven-year playoff drought

INDIANAPOLIS — John Meinen has been an avid Iowa basketball fan for decades. The 61-year-old former hoops player never lost touch with the sport, his home state or his beloved Hawkeyes’ men’s or women’s teams, even after moving to Indianapolis. So with the Indiana Fever expected to ...

Lolo Jones to be enshrined in Drake Relays Athletes Hall of Fame

DES MOINES — Three-time Olympian and Des Moines native Lolo Jones will be inducted into the Drake Relays Athletes Hall of Fame during an April 25 luncheon at the Courtside Club in the Knapp Center on the Drake University campus. This Hall of Fame induction will happen in conjunction with the ...

Ames lays claim to MHS’ turf

Marshalltown girls golf got an early peek at some of the best opposition in the conference on Tuesday. The Bobcats claimed two of the three top spots individually but Ames bested MHS by 15 strokes, 172-187 to win an Iowa Alliance dual at Elmwood Country Club. Natalie Henson came out on top ...

Bobcat girls tripped up at home by Roosevelt, 2-1

For the second time in as many days, Marshalltown girls soccer was on the losing end of a hard-fought battle. Des Moines Roosevelt triumphed, 2-1, at Leonard Cole Field on Tuesday, a bitter pill to swallow for the Bobcat girls coming off a 1-0 loss at home to Cedar Falls the night ...

Iowa women’s basketball team, one of the most popular of all time

I admit that I am biased about the Iowa Hawkeye women’s basketball team. I have spent nearly all of my life in Iowa. Raised in eastern Iowa, I grew up following University of Iowa sports teams, listening to Iowa football on Saturdays and Iowa basketball on Mondays and Saturdays. I remember ...