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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
High School Basketball Jan. 22, 2025 9:55 am378d 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 pm379d 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 pm379d 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 am379d 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 am379d 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 pm380d 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 am380d 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 am382d 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 am382d 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 pm382d 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 am383d 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 pm384d 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. 16, 2025 1:18 pm384d ago
Girls’ basketball: The Wamac East is ‘one of the most competitive leagues in the state, and the records prove it.’ All six teams are above .500 overall.
High School Basketball Jan. 15, 2025 4:11 pm385d ago
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: No changes whatsoever, from 1 to 10. Cedar Rapids Prairie stays on top.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 15, 2025 2:41 pm385d ago
Women’s basketball: Iowa Coach Jan Jensen is relying both on analytics and her ‘gut’ to get the right pieces in place in an effort to snap a three-game skid. “I really do believe I’m pushing the right buttons.”

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