Jeff Linder

CEDAR RAPIDS – Maybe Dubuque Wahlert’s close call against Waterloo West got your attention. Maybe it didn’t. This certainly did. …

IOWA CITY – Lisa Bluder made this clear, and did it quickly. ‘This is not Caitlin Clark vs. Ashley Joens. …

IOWA CITY — Caitlin Clark isn’t going to resemble an instant all-American every game. The offense isn’t going to hum …

TIFFIN — Due to online learning, Clear Creek Amana didn’t have its first practice until the middle of last week. …

IOWA CITY – One of the most underappreciated – and apparently, unorthodox – facets of McKenna Warnock’s game is her …

Tradition, meet transition. North Linn has been the poster child for consistent excellence in girls’ basketball for the past decade. …

DES MOINES – For three quarters, Iowa was a one-trick pony. It was one great trick, mind you, but it …

This week’s area girls’ basketball Super 10 rankings, including games played Tuesday, Dec. 1. Upcoming schedules, of course, are strictly …

MANCHESTER – They’ve been hampered by the coronavirus quarantine. They lost their first game by 27 points and have been …

IOWA CITY – Divide and conquer. That, according to Caitlin Clark, will be the attendance strategy later this week for …

IOWA CITY — It was what Caitlin Clark visualized. It was what Lisa Bluder expected. A much-ballyhooed freshman guard, Clark …

MARION – The Gold Gym is the old gym at Marion High School. Tuesday night, it was a shooters’ paradise. …

IOWA CITY — A typical women’s basketball season for the Iowa Hawkeyes might start with a cupcake or two, an …

IOWA CITY – Lisa Bluder has a tentative starting lineup for Wednesday’s season opener. Emphasis on tentative. ‘I have it …

CEDAR FALLS — It’s a fundamental, unwritten rule of football. Coaches preach it from the Pee Wees to the pros. …