Iowa Hawkeyes Sports

Iowans in NBA: Kris Murray, former Cedar Rapids Prairie and Iowa Hawkeye feels more comfortable in the league in the early part of 2024-25 season.

Women’s basketball: No. 23 Iowa rules the fourth quarter, pulls away at Penn State, 80-68. Taylor McCabe hits five 3-pointers, and the Hawkeyes top the Lady Lions for the 11th straight time.

From 2015-23, Iowa was 71-2 when leading by at least eight points at any point in the game. Then in 2024, the Hawkeyes blew double-digit leads in three of their five losses.

Gazette photojournalists compiled their favorite sports action and feature photographs of 2024

Ogden column: As we move into 2025, let’s look back at some of the top stories in the past year and nothing tops Clark and the Iowa women’s basketball team ... again

University of Iowa’s No. 4 Kyle Parco used a first-period takedown and nearfall points and posted an 8-5 decision over North Carolina’s No. 6 Lachlan McNeil for the 149-pound title Monday night at the Soldier Salute. Iowa swept the men’s and women’s titles.

For the third time in the last four years, Iowa football has lost to an SEC team in its bowl game. Here is what head coach Kirk Ferentz and some players said after the 27-24 loss to Missouri in the Music City Bowl.

Kirk Ferentz said Iowa’s costly late hit penalty was “disappointing” while acknowledging it was “probably going to get a call.”