Texas holds the top spot in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released on Monday. The Longhorns received 28 of the 67 first-place votes. Defending national champion Ohio State is No. 2 after receiving 20 first-place votes and the Buckeyes are followed by No. 3 Penn State, No. 4 ...

NEWTON — William Byron was already locked into the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs and was second in the regular-season point standings heading into Sunday’s race at Iowa Speedway. Still, Byron didn’t like how things were going heading into the closing stretch of the regular season. Byron ...

Cole Davis called it a full-circle moment, thinking back to a time when he first started attending the Times-Republican City Golf Tournament alongside his late father, Trent. He remembered a picture in the paper so many years ago showing Sam Zoske reacting to a missed putt on the 11th green ...

NEWTON — William Byron admitted he was nervous as he headed into the final laps of the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway. “But I feel like we’ve been on the other side of this in the last month and a half,” he said. Byron fought off fuel worries in the closing laps. He ...

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa football team will host its annual “Kids’ Day at Kinnick” on Saturday, Aug. 9. The open practice begins at 11 a.m. with gates A, B and H opening at 10 a.m. Team members will sign autographs for kids at approximately 10:30 a.m. along the front of the ...

The only former champion in the championship flight, Cole Davis is far from alone. The defending Times-Republican City Golf Tournament titlist has plenty of company in his quest to win for the fourth time. Davis takes a one-stroke lead into Sunday’s final 18 holes at Elmwood Country Club ...