In front of a reported crowd of 23,502, the Iowa Hawkeyes held their final practice of the spring inside Kinnick Stadium.
The day included warm-ups, group drills, situational drills, and concluded with two 15-minute periods of live contact.
Two highlights from the scrimmage portion came in its early stages. On the second play, a mishandled snap by [...]

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Iowa women’s basketball head coach Lisa Bluder announced that freshman Gabby Machado has asked for, and been granted, a release from her scholarship on Friday.
The Pontiac, Mich., native plans to transfer somewhere closer to home to be with her family because her father is suffering a serious illness.
“We are sad to hear about Gabby’s [...]

By Scott Miller
scott-t-miller@uiowa.edu
In one afternoon, the Iowa men’s basketball program has had a recruit decommit, and a current player announce his departure.
Iowa basketball signee Cody Larson has been released from his letter of intent by new coach Fran McCaffery, UI assistant sports information director Matt Weitzel confirmed Friday afternoon. McCaffery later confirmed this in a [...]

Gary Barta has found his man.
The Albany Times-Union in Albany, N.Y. reported the Iowa athletics director has agreed to terms with Siena’s Fran McCaffery and will name him as the Hawkeyes’ next head coach on Monday. Sources confirm this report. UI officials wrote in an e-mail that a press conference is scheduled for Monday, with [...]

The Iowa women’s basketball team advance in the NCAA Tournament with a 70-63 win against Rutgers on Saturday.

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OMAHA, Neb. — Two Iowa seniors shared the spotlight with an up-and-coming freshman Saturday night.
Brent Metcalf, Jay Borschel, and Matt McDonough each won an individual NCAA title to help the Hawkeyes to their third-straight national championship and 23rd overall.
As a team, Iowa amassed 134.5 points — 44.5 more than [...]

Iowa leads Rutgers, 28-21, at halftime of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

OMAHA, Neb. – Three Iowa seniors ended their careers with All-American honors.
Ryan Morningstar and Dan Erekson earned seventh-place finishes, while Phil Keddy finished eighth.
Morningstar toughed out a 3-2 win over Old Dominion’s Chris Brown. The Lisbon native revealed after his match he suffered a torn PCL and torn MCL in his bout with Penn State’s [...]

By Ryan Young
ryan-c-young@uiowa.edu
OMAHA, Neb. — Even without two crucial knee ligaments, Ryan Morningstar is a Division-I All-American.
The 165-pound senior proved that much Saturday afternoon inside the Qwest Center, finishing to his No. 7 seed without the use of his medial collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments in his right leg at the NCAA championships.
Yet even though [...]