JUNE 23, 2021 Name John Tortora Senior VP, Chief Legal Counsel; Marcus Stephenson named VP, Digital Media and Content; Becky Magaw promoted to VP, Human Resources COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets announced today that longtime NHL executive John Tortora has joined the organization as […]

June 10, 2021   https://bit.ly/3pH2i8K IOWA CITY, Iowa – UCLA transfer Mari Hinkle will join the University of Iowa volleyball team for the 2021 fall season, it was announced Thursday by head coach Vicki Brown.    Hinkle, a defensive specialist/libero from Rosemount, Minnesota, played her first two […]

June 10, 2021 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team (.pdf) ADA — Ohio Northern junior All-American Brock Martin (Attica/Seneca East) was named First Team Academic All-District 7 in football by the College Sports Information Directors of America. First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot. […]

May 16, 2021 Online Release: https://bit.ly/33Oye0J USA Basketball Release: https://bit.ly/3fiK74q IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa women’s basketball freshman Caitlin Clark was one of nine athletes named to the 2021 USA Women’s U19 World Cup Team, the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Selection Committee announced Sunday. […]

May 18, 2021 https://bit.ly/3uZTXyB CLE ELUM, WA. — The University of Iowa men’s golf team stands in 13th place following round two at the NCAA Regionals. Three Iowa players are tied for 50th heading into Wednesday’s final round. Fifth-year senior Charles Jahn, junior Gonzalo Leal-Montero, and sophomore Mac McClear each are […]

May 17, 2021 IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Athletics Department conducted 209 COVID-19 PCR tests for the week of May 10-16, 2021. One (1) positive test and 208 negative tests have been received. As part of the return to campus protocol, testing began […]

May 17, 2021 https://bit.ly/3u1GO7e CLE ELUM, WA. — The University of Iowa men’s golf team is in 11th place following Monday’s opening round at the NCAA Regionals. The Hawkeyes are nine strokes back from the coveted top-five standing required to advance.  Iowa finished the first round […]

May 17, 2021 | OAC Tournament site | ADA — Senior Abby Davis (New Palestine, Ind.) and juniors Lauren Renner (Columbus/Hilliard Bradley) and Stacey Walters (Sunbury/Big Walnut) were named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Tournament Team. The Polar Bears (24-18-1 overall) the OAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament with […]

May 6, 2021 bit.ly/33poE4l IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa juniors Connor McCaffery and Joe Wieskamp, and incoming senior transfer Filip Rebraca were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Men’s Basketball First Team on Thursday. McCaffery, a native of Iowa City, is a finance major boasting a 3.61 grade point […]

Sat, Apr 24, 2021 Box Score Tiffin, Ohio – The University of Findlay football team traveled east to take on the Tiffin University Dragons in a winner-take-all contest for the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Championship on Saturday, April 24. The Oilers fell behind early and […]

Fri, Apr 23, 2021 Six head coaches approved for extensions MADISON, Wis. — The UW Athletic Board met Friday afternoon and approved the following recommendations of the UW Department of Athletics regarding contracts for various sports head coaches: ·       Football coach Paul Chryst’s five-year agreement was extended […]

Below please find updated data for U-M Athletics related to student-athlete return-to-campus and COVID-19 testing through tests of this week, April 23. Latest testing updates as of April 23 Total individuals (student-athletes + coaches/ staff) tested between April 17-23: 2,001Positive test results between April 17-23: 2 (2 student-athletes, 0 staff) Complete testing data since June 11 (as of April 23) Student-athlete tests for COVID-19, to date (all tests): 81,086Positive Tests: 342 Staff […]

Fri, Apr 23, 2021  Link to Thorir’s Tweet – https://twitter.com/Totiturbo/status/1385645866351054848 Nebraska guard Thorir Thorbjarnarson announced Friday that he has decided to pursue a professional career and will not use his extra season of eligibility at Nebraska. Thorbjarnarson, a 6-foot-6 guard from Reykjavik, Iceland, played four seasons […]

Wed, Apr 21, 2021 For the period of April 10-17, Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics conducted 2,123 COVID-19 tests of students with four positive test results. The testing numbers include the Big Ten’s daily antigen testing protocol, which began Sept. 30. The Intercollegiate Athletics reporting numbers are also […]

Tue, Apr 20, 2021 Lincoln – Nebraska’s four signees make of one of the top classes in the country, as two of the major recruiting services have updated their rankings after the start of the spring signing period. The Huskers four-member incoming recruiting class includes incoming […]

Former Top-50 National Recruit Comes to Nebraska with Four Years of Eligibility Remaining Mon, Apr 19, 2021 Lincoln – Nebraska men’s basketball added its second top-100 transfer of the spring on Monday, as Keon Edwards announced that he will join the Huskers for the 2021-22 […]

April 19, 2021 IOWA REPORTS POSITIVE COVID-19 TESTS  IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Athletics Department conducted 451 COVID-19 PCR tests for the week of April 12-18, 2021. Five (5) positive tests and 446 negative tests have been received. As part of the return […]

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Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock (From Wikipedia Commons) Geraldine “Jerrie” Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925 – September 30, 2014) was an American pilot and the first woman to fly solo around the world, which she did in 1964. She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the “Spirit of Columbus” and nicknamed “Charlie.”  The […]

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