Mike Hlas

Daniel Suarez was ninth in the Iowa Corn 350 Sunday. On Tuesday, he becomes an American citizen.

After its first winter on Netflix, NASCAR’s Cup Series visits Newton’s Iowa Speedway for the first time. It’s a really big show.

The Iowa Hawkeyes have a one-race partnership with the NASCAR Cup Series, at Sunday’s inaugural Iowa Corn 350 in Newton. Corey LaJoie will drive with the TigerHawk adorned on his hood.

Molly Davis, who played the last two seasons for the Iowa women’s basketball team, has joined the University of Evansville women’s basketball coaching staff as a graduate assistant.

Everyone — and that means everyone — has some sort of hot-button opinion about Caitlin Clark and what has surrounded her in the WNBA.

The national TV audience for the world’s top stock car series will see nothing but full seats when the green flag drops in Newton next Sunday.

The average low temperature in Iowa City on Dec. 21 is 18 degrees. In Ames, it’s 17 degrees. This is told to you to get you prepared for what might be should the Hawkeyes or Cyclones have a triumphant football season and advance to the College Football Playoff.

Justin Wessel, from Cedar Rapids Prairie, was a teammate and close friend of Luke Walton, Bill’s son. That gained Wessel entrance into Bill Walton’s world.

Carson Schaake, a golfer for the University of Iowa from 2013-2017, qualified for next week’s U.S. Open by being one of four qualifiers at the 64-player final qualifier at Springfield (Ohio) Country Club.

Whether on the court or in the courtroom, getting blanked while the opposition scores big can really sour your mood.

Payton Sandfort announced Wednesday night that he was withdrawing from the NBA draft to return to the Hawkeyes. The senior-to-be wing will provide perimeter shooting, rebounding, leadership in his senior season.

Kyle Larson had hoped to race 1,100 miles Sunday. Rain messed that up, but Larson hopes to go 350 miles for a checkered flag in Iowa on June 16.

Bill Walton was a giant in more than size, bringing laughter and life through TV screens carrying basketball games many of us didn’t even care about all that much.

High-scoring Iowa forward Payton Sandfort will decide by Wednesday if he is staying in the NBA draft or returning for a fourth season with the Hawkeyes.

Ben Krikke helped his hometown Edmonton team win its season-opener before a Canadian Elite Basketball League-record crowd of 12,327 in Calgary.