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The Big Ten Network: It’s All Mine!
For almost a week now, I’ve had access to the Big Ten Network on my cable system.Saturday night, had I chosen, I could have watched Indiana play Murray State in football. I instead chose to watch...
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Iowa soccer team expects to win
Jade GrimmHaving 10 one-goal losses in a season could be demoralizing.But that’s not the case for the Iowa Hawkeyes soccer team, even with memories of last year’s 9-11-1 campaign fresh in their minds....
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Wednesday Hawkeyes Reading Room – Respect for Hawkeyes from Ohio State’s...
The stakes for Saturday’s Iowa-Ohio State game are, how shall I say this . . . high.A Big Ten title-share is guaranteed the winner, as well as the league’s automatic Rose Bowl berth. This is something...
View ArticleSoccer loses out to baseball at Jones Park; upset Latinos will see new soccer...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Jones Park is a sprawling jewel of a spot, a last place to expect a spat tainted by a charge of discrimination over how City Hall invests in its recreational venues.A stop at the...
View ArticleDubuque soccer field named after late teenager
Officials at a Dubuque elementary school have named an athletic field after a teenager who died earlier this year.It’s called the Nick LeGrand Field.The Dubuque teen suffered from a rare lung disorder...
View ArticleHomers: What’s going right
ELITE BANDS: Earning the right to play a concert for the annual convention of the Iowa Bandmasters Association is, in the high school musical world, a rough equivalent of claiming a state championship...
View ArticleKanaan’s conflict on race day
Like many Brazillians, Tony Kanaan, from Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, likes soccer and follows the World Cup.One problem exists. He will be behind the wheel as the IndyCar Iowa Corn Indy 250 is ready to...
View ArticleThree Cedar Rapids soccer teams advance to regional
Three local soccer teams have advance to play in the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships in Beavercreek, Ohio June 26-30.The Heartland Soccer Club U13 boys’ team, Cedar Rapids Soccer...
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World Cup soccer fans gather in Cedar Rapids
Soccer fans gather at The Londoner in Cedar Rapids Wednesday morning, June 23, 2010. (Contributed photo)The Londoner, a British pub-themed restaurant at 3325 Center Point Rd. NE in Cedar Rapids, was...
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Octopus oracle shows Germany the red card
Octopus Paul fixes the Spanish box during his oracle for the semifinal match at the World Cup in South Africa between Germany and Spain in the SeaLife Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, Tuesday, July 6,...
View Article[Coe College men's Soccer] Third-straight shutout for Kohawk men
Source CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Coe men’s soccer team improved to 3-0 on the year with their third-straight shutout. The Kohawks needed just one goal to beat Augustana, as the Vikings fell to 0-2.
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Fire 2, Blue Owls 1
Ella in ActionMy daughter, Ella, 5, had her first ever soccer game this evening. A stunning but well-earned late goal by The Fire downed her Blue Owls 2-1. She didn’t seem too upset. After 45 minutes...
View ArticleBlue Owls Update
My daughter Ella’s Blue Owls played their second game, which was a rousing victory. We learned a couple of things.First, at the start of the game, Ella was not entirely clear on how this goalie thing...
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Iowa Women’s soccer drops game to Indiana in OT
University of Iowa's Iowa's Morgan Showalter battles with Indiana University's Carly Samp in a Big 10 match up held Sunday October 24, 2010 at the Iowa soccer complex in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes lost...
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Paul, the World Cup-predicting octopus, dies at 2½
FILE - In this July 9, 2010 file picture octopus oracle Paul chooses a mussel from a glass tank marked with a Spanish flag in the SeaLife Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany. A German news agency reported...
View Article2 Dogs Pub opening Monday on I.C.’s east side
A sports pub opening Monday on the east side of Iowa City aims to delight soccer fans with early openings on soccer weekends and plenty of draft brews.Husband-and-wife team Alan Eckhardt Tonya Hovey...
View ArticleSoccer Daddy!
If my wife is a Soccer Mom that must make me a Soccer Daddy. I have never played a soccer game in my life, but I have watched about 30,000 games. I have three daughters that all started playing soccer...
View ArticleWash tabs Hollmer as new girls’ soccer coach
Here is the release from Washington High School:
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FIFA bans 74 for match-fixing in Italy, S. Korea
FILE -- In this Oct. 29, 2011 file photo Juventus coach Antonio Conte gestures during the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. Soccer is...
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End of an era: Man. United boss Ferguson to retire
Manchester United's manager Alex Ferguson holds the manager of the season award before their English Premier League soccer match against Blackpool, northern England, in this May 22, 2011 file photo....
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PSG’s Beckham retires with far-reaching legacy
Paris Saint-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Beckham celebrate at the end of their team's French Ligue 1 soccer match against Olympique Lyon at the Gerland stadium in Lyon May 12, 2013....
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On Topic: Goalscoring and its business lessons
In “Moneyball,” the book and movie, Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane and statistician Bill James stop thinking about recruiting baseball players based on time-honored gut instinct and instead...
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Amid tear gas, Brazil readies for 2014 World Cup
Riot police clash with demonstrators during a protest on the streets of Rio de Janeiro June 30, 2013. REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesSAO PAULO (Reuters) – This year’s Confederations Cup will mostly be...
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Donovan scores 2 in comeback, US rolls in friendly
U.S. forward Landon Donovan (10) celebrates scoring against goalie Ricardo Jerez of Guatemala on a penalty kick during their friendly soccer match in San Diego, California July 5, 2013. REUTERS/Mike...
View ArticleReport reviews Cedar Rapids area sports venues, finds potential for increased...
Cedar Rapids hosts a thriving sports scene, and the construction of several new complexes provides potential to increase the community’s future economic growth, says a report from the National...
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