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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. 9, 2024 4:01 pm641d ago
Caitlin Clark’s triple-double — the 14th of her career — was the headline news out of Iowa’s rout of Rutgers on Friday. But it was Gabbie Marshall’s breakout that was the most welcome.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 8, 2024 3:03 pm642d ago
Iowa women’s basketball phenom Caitlin Clark is the new face on a box of cereal, Caitlin’s Crunch Time, which will go on select Hy-Vee shelves Thursday.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 11, 2024 7:20 am608d ago
Caitlin Clark needs 309 points to supplant Kelsey Plum as the all-time NCAA Division-I women’s basketball scorer later this season.
High School Basketball Jan. 6, 2024 10:37 am644d ago
Sophomore Samantha Becker registered 23 points, 12 rebounds and four steals, and her series of fourth-quarter free throws sent the Warriors past Class 4A No. 15 Western Dubuque, 58-48, in a matchup of two teams vastly improved from a year ago.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 5, 2024 7:03 pm645d ago
Women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark hits for her 14th career triple-double, and No. 4 Iowa wins its 12th straight game, 103-69 over Rutgers.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 5, 2024 5:00 am646d ago
Time, TV and notes for Friday’s women’s basketball game between No. 4 Iowa and Rutgers.
Iowa High School Sports Podcast Jan. 4, 2024 8:30 pm646d ago
The Call It Both Ways podcast with The Gazette's Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson is back from the holiday break with its first episode of 2024. They discuss Jim Dostal's legacy, the IHSAA's first basketball rankings and games to watch this week (including a full Saturday).
Iowa Basketball Feb. 11, 2024 7:21 am608d ago
Caitlin Clark is on track to supplant Kelsey Plum as the all-time NCAA Division-I women’s basketball scorer later this season.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 5, 2024 3:44 pm645d ago
“The Glue” for the Iowa women’s basketball team, Kate Martin is destined for a “long, successful career” as a coach. Now, though, she is having “the best times of my life.“
Iowa Basketball Jan. 3, 2024 12:02 pm647d ago
Caitlin Clark swished a broken-play, fadeaway 28-footer as time expired to send fourth-ranked Iowa past Michigan State, 76-73, in a Big Ten women’s basketball game Tuesday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 2, 2024 7:00 am648d ago
Time, TV and notes for Tuesday’s women’s basketball game between No. 4 Iowa and Michigan State.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 1, 2024 11:28 am649d ago
The Big Ten’s top two women’s basketball scoring teams collide when Michigan State visits Iowa in the Hawkeyes’ first of seven Peacock streaming games.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 31, 2023 10:01 am650d ago
Caitlin Clark became the Big Ten’s all-time leader in career assists, and No. 4 Iowa whipped Minnesota, 94-71, for its 10th straight victory -- its longest win streak in 19 years.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 29, 2023 7:00 pm652d ago
Time, TV and notes for Saturday’s women’s basketball game between No. 4 Iowa and Minnesota.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 29, 2023 10:38 am652d ago
The Gazette’s 2023-24 Big Ten women’s basketball projections: We pick Iowa to finish 16-2, one game ahead of Indiana and Ohio State.