Sports

  • Going for the Double Drive

    INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — For Kurt Busch, competing in the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race hasn’t been a goal until recently because he never envisioned it was ...
    March 7, 2014 - 11:51 am

  • Turning the Page

    Last week, Ty Rushing wrote a glowing ode to me. I felt a unique combination of embarrassment and pride as I read on and on, and it became obvious tha ...
    March 7, 2014 - 11:42 am

  • National Meet

    Newton’s Josh Miller competed on Team Iowa at the NUWAY National Duals wrestling tournament in Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 15-16. Miller (back row, fourth fr ...
    March 7, 2014 - 11:49 am

  • Hochevar to miss first two months after hurting elbow

    SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Kansas City Royals right-hander Luke Hochevar likely will miss at least the first two months of the season because of a spraine ...
    March 7, 2014 - 11:10 am

  • Hawkeyes fall to Spartans

    EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Keith Appling scored in double figures for the first time in more than five weeks for Michigan State, leading the 22nd-rank ...
    March 7, 2014 - 11:10 am

  • Dr. Frank Jobe dies

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Frank Jobe, a pioneering orthopedic surgeon who was the first to perform an elbow procedure that became known as Tommy John sur ...
    March 7, 2014 - 11:09 am

  • Four athletes competing for spots on USTA Elite National Team

    NEWTON — MAT Tumbling/Trampoline team members competed at meets in Rockford, Ill., and Maquoketa during January. Four team members are competing in qu ...
    March 6, 2014 - 10:48 am

  • State of mind

    One of the hardest parts of being a sports writer — interviewing coaches and players following a season-ending loss. It never gets easier, even in my ...
    March 6, 2014 - 10:27 am

  • Wake Forest upends No. 4 Duke

    WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Tyler Cavanaugh scored a career-high 20 points and Wake Forest pulled away to upset No. 4 Duke 82-72 on Wednesday night.
    March 6, 2014 - 10:26 am

  • Cardinal Lanes Bowling Results

    March 2Sunday Nite MixedKool Kidz tie KFC-Taco Bell 2-2Kool Kidz — 2,520: Scott Versteeg 426, Regina ...
    March 6, 2014 - 10:26 am

  • Big Game players rock the NHS basketball court

    NEWTON — Final seconds ticked off the game clock. Trent Tiffany set his feet to get into shooting position. Tiffany had the basketball for Krystin’s K ...
    March 5, 2014 - 11:42 am

  • Royals hold off Hawks in 1A state quarterfinal

    DES MOINES — Was there one more rally in them? Lynnville-Sully’s Hawks had battled back several times in Monday’s opening game of the 2014 Iowa Girls ...
    March 4, 2014 - 11:32 am

  • Not in the Cards

    IOWA CITY — Bad luck befalls even the most prepared, which can make basketball the most fair and unfair thing in sports. The clock struck midnight on ...
    March 3, 2014 - 12:00 pm

  • NHS spring sports meeting Tuesday

    NEWTON — Newton Senior High School is holding a meeting for spring student-athletes and their parents at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the NHS cafeteria.
    March 3, 2014 - 11:29 am

  • Harvick takes checkers at Phoenix

    AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kevin Harvick had a nice send-off with Richard Childress Racing, winning his penultimate race with the team at Phoenix Internat ...
    March 3, 2014 - 11:24 am

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