Iowa Hawkeyes

New UCLA basketball Coach Steve Alford's honeymoon was very short

2013-05-18 13:45:00

UCLA and Steve Alford. A basketball program of unmatched pedigree led by a former prodigy who became a national champion and Olympic gold medalist before making a steady climb up the coaching ladder. On paper, a harmonic convergence. How they came...

UCLA Coach Steve Alford apologizes for comments on Pierre Pierce

2013-04-11 12:45:00

Steve Alford, hired as UCLA’s basketball coach nearly two weeks ago, issued an apology Thursday for past comments about Pierre Pierce, a player for Alford at Iowa who was accused of sexual assault in 2002. Alford on a handful of occasions...

Steve Alford has big legacy to fill

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Steve Alford was formally introduced as UCLA's basketball coach Tuesday, at center court in Pauley Pavilion. He mentioned John Wooden three times during his first three minutes in the Westwood spotlight. Athletic Director Dan Guerrero noted the...

A different kind of bluegrass statement on Selection Sunday

2013-03-17 20:32:00

Kentucky is the top-seeded team entering this year's NCAA tournament that tips off Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio, and ends on a Monday in Atlanta. Check that: A team from Kentucky, coached by a former Kentucky coach, is top-seeded entering the NCAA...

UCLA hires Steve Alford as basketball coach; he has big job ahead

2013-03-30 17:05:00

Steve Alford, who spent the last six seasons at New Mexico, will take over the basketball program at UCLA less than two weeks after saying how happy he was to be signing a contract extension to remain coach of the Lobos. The hiring came at the end of a...

Ohio State, Wichita State vie to be best in the . . . West?

2013-03-29 20:25:00

Some West Regional final this turned out to be. The closest school left, Wichita State, is located 1,380 miles from epicenter court at Staples Center. Ohio State in the NCAA West makes as much sense as Dallas in the NFC East. That is not to say...

NCAA Tournament: Ohio State edges Arizona on last-second shot

2013-03-28 19:10:00

LaQuinton Ross hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2 seconds to play, and Ohio State advanced to the brink of its second straight Final Four appearance with a 73-70 victory over Arizona on Thursday night in the West Regional semifinals at Staples Center....

NCAA Tournament: Indiana scores final 10 points to beat Temple, 58-52

2013-03-24 14:20:00

DAYTON, Ohio -- Indiana’s season, the one that’s supposed to finish with confetti falling and nets coming down, was minutes from ending in shock and disappointment. The Hoosiers were on the brink. As the clock ticked down, coach Tom...

NCAA Tournament: Ohio State rolls past Iona, 95-70

2013-03-22 18:40:00

DAYTON, Ohio -- Sam Thompson had career highs with 20 points and 10 rebounds on Friday night, part of a dominating performance by Ohio State's front line, and the Buckeyes ran away to a 95-70 victory over Iona in the second round of the West Regional....

Chris Dufresne's look at the season's college football bowl games

2012-12-12 18:41:00

ESPN's "Octomom" family of networks hopes you enjoy this year's cavalcade of commercials and center snaps as it furiously tries to secure the two games it doesn't broadcast. Conspicuously missing from the lineup is Ohio State (12-0) vs. Louisiana Tech...

Is Northern Illinois' bowl bid a strength or weakness of the BCS?

2012-12-03 13:32:00

Northern Illinois will become the first team from the Mid-American Conference to play in a BCS bowl when it faces Florida State in the Orange Bowl next month. Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss whether the Huskies getting a BCS bowl berth is a...

Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis cuddle up in Iowa for the holidays

2012-12-24 11:34:00

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are having a real-people Christmas this year in Iowa, Kutcher's home base. Glamorous celebrity activities have include trips to Bed Bath & Beyond and a sporting-goods store in Cedar Rapids, Celebuzz reported, as well as a...

Why will Iowa win the Big Ten? 'Cause it's the year of the Hawkeye. It began Labor Day weekend when we took down eventual Orange Bowl participant Northern Illinois, 18-17. Fine, so that wasn't the start of a dominating football season.

2013-01-09 00:00:00

Michigan's Jeremy Gallon picks up a first down after a pass reception in the second quarter against Iowa in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Saturday, November 17, 2012. The Michigan Wolverines defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes, 42-17.

2012-12-04 07:42:57

The Iowa Hawkeye marching band keeps its instruments covered up as it starts to rain before the Iowa football game against Northern Illinois today at Soldier Field. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

2012-09-01 00:00:00