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By Ryan Gregory | @Ryan_Gregory_ Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Iowa avenged its 2017 Big Ten Tournament loss to Northwestern with a 55-45 victory over the Wildcats in the second round on Thursday afternoon. The fifth-seeded Hawkeyes (25-6), who will meet fourth-seed Minnesota Friday afternoon, were successful without much reliance on their best player. …

Mina Kimes of ESPN wrote on the polarizing Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor. Chuck Culpepper of The Washington Post described Alabama’s 24-10 win over LSU and the consistency of the Crimson Tide. George Schroeder of USA Today gives perspective of a child on the receiving end of the new Iowa football tradition of waving at …

By Jennifer Brugh |@JenniferRBrugh Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – He called it a fresh start. After an often challenging season at the University of Illinois, that’s how John Groce, coach of the Fighting Illini, defined the step that began this week. “Sometimes I think we can overcomplicate things,” Groce said. “And I wanted to …

By Alaa Abdeldaiem | @Abdeldaiem_Alaa Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Maryland’s Brionna Jones and Satori Walker-Kimbrough, consensus first-team All-Big Ten players, are what Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder called two of the best players in the nation. Stop them from the outside, and they’ll find a way to succeed from within. Trap them inside, and they’ll …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz remembered the phone call like it was yesterday. Ferentz called Grambling State’s athletic department on the night of April 23, 1993. He was the Cleveland Browns offensive line coach at the time and was hoping someone, anyone would …

By Frank Gogola Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — I didn’t really know what to expect. Didn’t know what I’d do just standing around for three-plus hours. I was getting out of bed before sunrise and heading out into a cold Indiana morning. But my uncertainty and the cold weather never changed my mind. I …