Jack Lido

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Here is the play Iowa fans are concerned about, after which Cade McNamara took himself out. Apologies, this is the best look we have right now.

Ben McCollum with a little slip-up. "Consistently throughout the years... six or seven. Did I just say it? Gosh... I hate that thing"

Full quote from Logan Lee, who went out of his way to praise his coaching staff (and maybe let the viewer decide what he was saying about Michigan's)

Joshua Jefferson, after one season with Iowa State, can't hide his emotion after the Cyclones' 91-78 loss to Ole Miss.

So happy seeing the response, because every kind word you've heard about John Campbell is true. He's both a teacher and a friend. From covering the biggest events, to storytelling on the smallest fishing boats, no one outdoes him. John, have a blast in "real" retirement!

Marc Sonnen takes advantage of the hot tub. Who wouldn't?

What makes Ben Kueter "the best in the world I guess"? He says it's not the sub-15 second pins you DO see, it's what you DON'T see.

At today’s Hawks with Heart event in Iowa City, animals from safe Haven of Iowa County stole the players’ hearts. Dog Breeze and cat Moonpie are adoptable.

Celebration of the night goes to New Hampton/Turkey Valley's Braden McShane after his first state title. At 215 pounds that's a large young man flying towards his coach, who makes a nice catch.

Waverly-Shell Rock’s championship song of choice. “It’s Britney. We have Britney Spears coursing through our veins.”

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Pittsburgh, meet your new hay bale tossin', jorts-wearin', moustache growin' offensive lineman. In 2022, Gennings Dunker won the Solon Beef Days Hay Bale Toss contest, and then proceeded to start 38 games, be an All-Big Ten tackle and go viral several times. Welcome to the NFL.

In a sea of media day platitudes, Iowa's Ben McCollum shared something I'd never heard before this morning. While he'll always recruit low-ego, unselfish players, he challenged his team to play with a quasi-selfish edge this year, holding each other accountable.

One of the most rocking moments I've ever experienced at Kinnick Stadium. The fans go wild as a patient from the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital, as the ceremonial first golden batter, hits a home run.

In stark contrast to some of the IU-Caitlin Clark fans in the building, these Indiana freshmen have no idea what all the fuss is about.

On Thursday, Iowa fans will hear Kevin Harlan on Thursday's game between the Hawkeyes and Cornhuskers. Before his decades of success on a national stage, Harlan was just a high schooler in Wisconsin. That's where he caught up with TV9 sports director emeritus John Campbell.

It was not all smooth sailing for Mark Gronowski at his first full-speed open scrimmage in an Iowa uniform. The senior fumbled a couple snaps and threw an unofficial pick-six to Koen Entringer.

Ladies and gentlemen, mid-interview, the most Iowa moment I have experienced in local news.

Hannah Stuelke was on the verge of finishing her basketball career, before Serie A1 club Broni called her. The Iowa grad says her first pro team will run an offense similar to this past season's Hawkeye offense. She's set to start in Italy this September.

Iowa and Penn State, October 9th 2021. At the end of the second quarter, Penn State was flagged for three straight false starts. Unedited, it was one of the loudest two-minutes stretches in modern Kinnick Stadium history.

I am obsessed with the arena staff “playing” the players as they’re rehearsing starting lineups.

D.J. Carstensen calls it a career after 37 years as a college referee. The City High alum still considers himself an Iowan. I walked down memory lane with him, including a funny story about Fran McCaffery. "We're more on the same team than we're on opposite teams."

Hawkeye basketball newcomers McKenna Woliczko and Amari Whiting both have been welcomed to Iowa City by friendly fans. For Woliczko, the circumstances weren't ideal (delayed luggage, 5 A.M. in Walmart, you get the idea), but she quickly felt jovial fans' passion.

Jesse Cole has a way with words. I wondered how he can keep his energy so high when he's constantly signing autographs, yelling into a microphone, and running around fields across the country. His answer was instant: "You remember where you started."

Lisa Bluder's teams don't have a lot of turnover. With respect to the transfer portal - in which are about 900 players - not many are invited in, and not many leave. "If you treat people right and they understand how important they are to your success... I think they'll stay."

T.J. Otzelberger's pregame entrance has taken on a life of its own. The Red Hot Chili Peppers accompany the well-loved Cyclone head coach before every game; this is the first time I can recall a live camera following him (displayed on the big board above the court).

Xavier catcher Beau Morio committed to Iowa before he played a varsity game. But once he got on the field in high school, he struggled. The pressure others put on him, and he put on himself, nearly threw him off course, but he found his stride when he started blocking it out.

All news is local. When asked about the significance of making four of the last five national championship games, Dawn Staley says South Carolina’s 2023 loss to Iowa still “haunts” her.

Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard clarifies his "draconian" request for the Big Ten and SEC to leave the NCAA. He says he's frustrated teams from those conferences aren't "following the rules that they agreed to participate with."

Ladies and gentlemen: Kirk Ferentz, the historian and jokester.