John Steppe

It’s a mailbag episode of the Hawk Off The Press podcast, with questions covering multiple Hawkeye sports, including football, basketball, baseball and softball.

Watch postgame interviews with Iowa women’s basketball players and coaches after the Hawkeyes’ 102-85 loss to LSU in Sunday’s national championship game.

The officiating crew “won’t even listen,” Lisa Bluder said after Sunday’s loss to LSU in the national championship game.

Christine Grant wanted to be there “when” Iowa Coach Lisa Bluder went to her first Final Four. Grant died in 2021, but a close friend found a way to symbolically bring her to Dallas.

Caitlin Clark obviously has a large fan base, but so does a lot of Iowa’s supporting cast, as NIL T-shirts have shown.

Hear from Iowa starters Monika Czinano and McKenna Warnock and McKenna Warnock a day before the Hawkeyes take on LSU in the NCAA women’s basketball national championship game in Dallas.

LSU's Alexis Morris, Flau'jae Johnson and Kateri Poole were asked what stands out about Caitlin Clark and Iowa as they prepare for Sunday's NCAA women's basketball national championship game in Dallas.

Iowa Athletics will hold a watch party at Carver-Hawkeye Arena for Sunday’s NCAA women’s basketball national championship game.

Watch postgame interviews with Iowa women’s basketball players and coaches after the Hawkeyes stunned No. 1 South Carolina 77-73 in the Final Four on Friday.

Lisa Bluder, Jan Jensen and Jenni Fitzgerald have been “best friends” for decades. It was Bluder who convinced the Jensen and Fitzgerald to make the move with her from Drake to Iowa in 2000. That history is making this year’s Final Four run extra special.

Iowa women’s basketball players have been appreciative of “understanding” professors as they continue their Final Four run Friday.

South Carolina center Aliyah Boston finds it impressive how Monika Czinano, her counterpart at Iowa, “doesn’t dribble.”

Iowa women’s basketball has a daunting task Friday, but first, the Hawkeyes are “trying to enjoy every single second” of being a Final Four team.

Former Iowa women's basketball player Necole Tunsil joins the Hawk Off The Press podcast this week to talk about being a part of Iowa's first Final Four team in 1993 and what it's like watching this year's team.

Iowa’s defense and special teams units are coming off another productive season. Here are some key questions as the Hawkeyes look to have success in those phases of the game.