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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 Dec. 28, 2025 12:42 pm37d ago
What to know about Sunday’s Iowa women’s basketball game against Penn State.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 27, 2025 1:55 pm38d ago
Women’s basketball: Examining the 2025-26 Big Ten race as conference play resumes Sunday.
High School Basketball Dec. 23, 2025 12:01 pm42d ago
Girls basketball: Unbeaten Clear Creek Amana goes into the holidays as the clear area frontrunner.
High School Basketball Dec. 23, 2025 9:11 am42d ago
Girls basketball: With Iowa City High trailing by 12 points midway through the third quarter, Maybes Miller and Eve Vitense get hot, triggering a 22-2 closing run and a 49-41 victory over Cedar Rapids Xavier.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 20, 2025 8:40 pm45d ago
Women’s basketball: 26 Iowa turnovers lead to 41 UConn points, and the No. 1 Huskies roll, 90-64
Iowa Basketball Dec. 19, 2025 4:10 pm46d ago
Women’s basketball: NCAA combatants in 2021 and 2024, Iowa and Connecticut convene in Brooklyn for a regular-season battle Saturday.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 19, 2025 4:02 pm46d ago
What to know about Saturday’s Iowa women’s basketball game against Connecticut.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 19, 2025 7:38 am46d ago
Women’s basketball: Iowa’s Emely Rodriguez is ‘suspended indefinitely due to a violation of team rules’
High School Basketball Dec. 18, 2025 1:57 pm47d ago
Girls basketball notebook: Clear Creek Amana has played a quality schedule, and have beaten all challengers by double digits.
High School Basketball Dec. 17, 2025 3:08 pm48d ago
The Gazette sports writers Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson talk about the Iowa high school boys and girls basketball 2025-2026 season so far.
High School Basketball Dec. 17, 2025 11:53 am48d ago
Girls’ basketball: Clear Creek Amana strengthens its hold on the top spot in the area Super Ten.
High School Basketball Dec. 16, 2025 10:06 pm49d ago
GIrls basketball: CPU beats Independence for the 26th straight time, but this one doesn’t look like most of the others. Stormin’ Pointers rally late for a 53-49 Wamac Conference East Division victory.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 16, 2025 2:34 pm49d ago
Women’s basketball: Emely Rodriguez is ‘still day-to-day,’ and still a member of the Hawkeyes ‘as of right now’
High School Basketball Dec. 16, 2025 2:34 pm49d ago
Girls basketball: Lillie Spicer posts 24 points and 17 rebounds (nine and nine in the fourth quarter) to lead Cedar Rapids Jefferson past Linn-Mar, 50-43.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 13, 2025 5:31 pm52d ago
Women’s basketball: Hannah Stuelke -- and the rest of Iowa’s post posse -- regain their mojo in Iowa’s 102-68 victory over Lindenwood.

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