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Jeff Linder
Passionate about high school sports and high school sports athletes, I have been with The Gazette sports team since 1995 covering high school sports and Iowa Women’s Basketball for The Gazette. I am a proud, lifelong Iowan who grew up reading The Gazette.
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Latest Articles by Jeff Linder
Iowa Basketball Jan. 23, 2025 1:47 pm328d ago
Wednesday’s win at Washington revitalized the Hawkeyes’ NCAA women’s basketball hopes. Road tests at Minnesota, Nebraska and Michigan will be pivotal.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 24, 2025 8:12 am327d ago
Women’s basketball: Iowa routs Washington, 85-61, to put a five-game skid to rest. Hawkeyes are 8-for-8 from long range in the first half, and Lucy Olsen doesn’t miss a shot in a 20-point, six-assist effort.
Iowa High School Sports Podcast Jan. 22, 2025 2:04 pm329d ago
Call It Both Ways: High school basketball podcast with Gazette sportswriters Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson talking area high school basketball.
High School Basketball Jan. 22, 2025 9:55 am329d ago
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: Wins on back-to-back nights over Maquoketa and Cedar Falls boost Iowa City Liberty to No. 3.
High School Basketball Jan. 21, 2025 8:18 pm330d ago
Girls’ basketball: Springville scores the first 17 points, tops East Buchanan, 61-54. Rowan Jacobi registers 25 points, 17 rebounds for the Orioles.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 21, 2025 1:20 pm330d ago
Women’s basketball: Five straight losses for Iowa, and five reasons why. The Hawkeyes will try to snap the skid Wednesday at Washington.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 21, 2025 11:42 am330d ago
What to know about Wednesday’s women’s basketball game between Iowa and Washington. Game time, TV schedule, game notes.
High School Basketball Jan. 21, 2025 8:41 am330d ago
Girls’ basketball: Janessa Mosley’s lone basket comes with 4 seconds left, and that sends Iowa City Liberty past Maquoketa, 49-48.
High School Basketball Jan. 20, 2025 6:03 pm331d ago
Girls’ basketball: The Gazette’s second draft of mock brackets for all five classes, all 341 teams.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 20, 2025 9:05 am331d ago
Women’s basketball: Minus Hannah Stuelke, Iowa suffers a 50-49 loss at Oregon, its fifth consecutive defeat.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 18, 2025 8:30 am333d ago
Women’s basketball: Hawkeyes head west in an effort to keep their season from heading south. Freshmen Aaliyah Guyton and Taylor Stremlow have emerged as the team’s young ‘dogs.’
Iowa Basketball Jan. 18, 2025 8:00 am333d ago
What to know about Sunday’s women’s basketball game between Iowa and Oregon. Game time, TV schedule, game notes.
High School Basketball Jan. 17, 2025 10:21 pm334d ago
Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Prairie tops Iowa City West, 65-57, is the last remaining unbeaten in MVC action.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 17, 2025 9:44 am334d ago
Women’s basketball: Free-throw follies rear their ugly head for the second straight Thursday night, and Iowa blows an 11-point fourth-quarter lead in a loss to Nebraska, its fourth in a row.
Iowa High School Sports Podcast Jan. 16, 2025 2:38 pm335d ago
Call It Both Ways: High school basketball podcast with Gazette sportswriters Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson talking area high school basketball.

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