Category Archives: Sports

It’s been a bit (maybe even a whole two months) since someone used “Iowa State” as a synonym for “bottom-feeder,” so here’s some offseason filler in the context of Bob Stoops vs. SEC-uber-alles “propaganda”: But why should that make any difference to … Continue reading →

I completely understand the lengths of research this writer went to. (One microfilm clip shows Coe played Wisconsin in 1923. Imagine that today.)

Des Moines Register, today: “We will be entrenched in this community,” the Minnesota Wild owner promised. ESPN, 2008: Iowa State coach Gene Chizik’s flirtation with Auburn about the Tigers’ vacant head coaching job has prompted the response back home one … Continue reading →

will split into East and West divisions in 2014, and in a shocking development, the seven westernmost teams will be in the West. (Nice Friday night sports dump, guys.) This, however, will remain funny:

In all but approximately a dozen places in the country, four losses year in and year out is likely to result in a building named after you, because it means 9 or 10 wins every season. But in an entry regarding … Continue reading →

ESPN picked the 63 best NCAA games organized by seed matchup/round-of-X and each Iowa team is represented. ISU’s win over Miami of Ohio in 1986 is the surprise guest here, an 81-79 overtime win on Jeff Hornacek’s last-second shot. UNI’s … Continue reading →

So Mark Cuban is thinking about drafting Baylor’s Brittney Griner. If he did, Griner would not be the first woman selected in an NBA draft. That honor goes to Denise Long of Union-Whitten High School in 1969, one of Iowa’s … Continue reading →

I don’t have time to go into the column, but here is a piece that is worth reading. Also, it has a picture of Anna Prins and Chelsea Poppens losing horribly fighting valiantly against Baylor.

This from an Ohio State walk-on/graduate/fan. In their last five tournament appearances, the Cyclones have lost to three national champions, a 15-seed, and a team that needed a buzzer-beater from a 30 percent 3-point shooter. Plus, at this point it’s … Continue reading →

March 17, 2012: Aplington-Parkersburg’s Chelsea Poppens, center, has been a core member of the ISU women’s basketball team. She will be missed.  The basketball gods have come up with a new way to taunt Iowa State: Plunge into a deep deficit … Continue reading →