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Ty Gibbs records second career victory at Iowa Corn 350
Ty Gibbs had enough tires to hold off teammate Christopher Bell and take his second NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday, winning the Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.,Bell took four tires on his final stop with 60 laps left, but Gibbs' No. 54 crew went with two to hand the 23-year-old the...

Ryan Blaney holds off Kyle Larson to claim pole position at Iowa Corn 350
One solid month of races -- four events in what will likely be a sauna-like August -- is all that remains to set the first Chase field of 16 drivers to race for 10 weeks and determine the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series championship.,The first of the final four happens Sunday at Iowa Speedway with the Iowa C...

William Byron looks to defend title at Iowa Corn 350
One solid month of races -- four events in what will likely be a sauna-like August -- is all that remains to set the first Chase field of 16 drivers to race for 10 weeks and determine the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series championship.,The first of the final four happens Sunday at Iowa Speedway with the Iowa C...

Reports: Iowa finalizing 6-year deal with coach Ben McCollum
Ben McCollum is finalizing a deal with Iowa that would keep him as the Hawkeyes basketball coach for the next six years, ESPN reported Friday.,McCollum is coming off his first season at the helm in Iowa, when he took the Hawkeyes on their deepest NCAA tournament run in almost 40 years. ,Compiling a ...

Iowa's Tavion Banks declares for NBA draft, hopeful of return to Hawkeyes
Iowa guard/forward Tavion Banks declared for the NBA draft on Wednesday and also said he is entering the transfer portal.,Banks indicated that if he is granted a fifth season of eligibility, he would like to return to the Hawkeyes.,"As I explore all options in continuing my basketball career, I am d...

NCAA penalizes Iowa for '22 tampering violations
The NCAA ruled on Tuesday that Iowa committed tampering violations when head coach Kirk Ferentz and an assistant made impermissible contact with then-Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara in November 2022 before he entered the transfer portal.,Penalties include the vacation of four wins from the 2023 s...

NCAA delivers report on Iowa tampering violations
The NCAA ruled on Tuesday that Iowa committed tampering violations when head coach Kirk Ferentz and an assistant made impermissible contact with a player in November 2022 before he entered the transfer portal.,Ferentz and wide receivers coach Jon Budmayr previously resolved their respective violatio...

No. 3 Illinois outlasts conference rival Iowa to head back to Final Four
HOUSTON -- Freshman Keaton Wagler scored a game-high 25 points, Andrej Stojakovic added 17 off the bench, and third-seeded Illinois secured its first Final Four berth in 21 years with a 71-59 victory over Big Ten rival Iowa on Saturday in the South Region final of the NCAA Tournament.,Illinois (28-8...

Iowa-Illinois interrupted for 11 minutes due to horn
HOUSTON -- The NCAA Tournament South Region final between ninth-seeded Iowa and third-seeded Illinois on Saturday experienced an extended delay when the horn stuck with 7:43 remaining in the first half and the Hawkeyes leading 22-20.,The delay lasted more than 10 minutes, and when the game resumed, ...

Iowa looks to continue historic run vs. another Big Ten foe in Illinois
HOUSTON -- From the outside looking in, Iowa coach Ben McCollum had an impression of Big Ten basketball that could only be confirmed through the experience he gleaned coaching the Hawkeyes for the first time this season.,The Hawkeyes (24-12) are on the precipice of their first Final Four appearance ...

Iowa rallies past Nebraska, in first Elite Eight since '87
HOUSTON -- Bennett Stirtz scored a team-high 20 points, Tate Sage added 19 and ninth-seeded Iowa rallied from a first-half, double-digit deficit to defeat fourth-seeded Nebraska 77-71 on Thursday in the South Regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament.,Stirtz provided the Hawkeyes (24-12) with their...

Home Sweet 16 Home: Illinois downplays Houston's hometown advantage
HOUSTON -- Illinois is the road team in more ways than one on Thursday night when the Fighting Illini play in the South Region semifinal against the Houston Cougars. ,The University of Houston campus is less than three miles from the Toyota Center, where Illinois and Houston play in a purported "neu...