My takes on current events in the world of sports, paying homage to sports history and taking on the greatest debates in the world of sports
The Games That Shaped Me VII: The Game of a Lifetime
The Games That Shaped Me VI: A Heartbreak to Remember
The Games That Shaped Me V: Cy-Hawk Sentiment
The Games That Shaped Me IV: My Rivalry
The Games That Shaped Me III: Heartbreak spells “North Tama”
The Games That Shaped Me II: A Sequel in White
The Games That Shaped Me: Chilly Beginnings
OPINION: It’s time to hold programs accountable for harboring hostile atmospheres against women
2020 Iowa Basketball: An ending a special team didn’t deserve
COLUMN: My view of how the sports world stopped from Coronavirus
Bittersweet Symphony: The loss of a world icon and the cementing of a local icon
All-Decade Team: The best players of the Division I Iowa programs in the 2010’s.
Coaches vs. Parents: A view from the outside and inside
COLUMN: I never knew Hayden Fry, but I knew him all my life
Hayden Fry (1929-2019): Ahead of his time on and off the field
It’s time to enjoy Iowa basketball, not dismiss it
Lifted Up: How Iowa Athletics Comforted Me in My Times of Need
Iowa High School Football: Win-Loss records for programs since 1997
Open Air: How two former Iowa assistants revolutionized football in the Big 12 conference
Big Ten Preview: Now-healthy Sparty looks to re-enter conference title talk
Big Ten Preview: Close endings focus Hawkeyes heading into 2019
Big Ten Preview: Terrapins look to distance themselves from Durkin regime
Big Ten Preview: Badgers look to rebound from disappointing 2018
Big Ten Preview: Meyer’s departure gives a fresh new Day in Columbus
Big Ten Preview: Silence is Bliss for Reigning West Champs
Big Ten Preview: Huskers look to make strides in Frost’s second year
Big Ten Preview: New look Wolverines still have one obstacle to conquer
Loyalty in High School Coaching: A Lost Concept
Iowa High School Football Programs Win/Loss Record by Conference
How does Iowa put so many players in the NFL?
Profound Impact: Two Iowa superstars that meant more than the game to me
How the Tom Izzo-Aaron Henry incident is the pinnacle of soft America
Iowa Fans: You’re Better Than This
The Man they call “Elvis”…Hawkeye Elvis
CMS40: A perspective from someone who never saw him play
Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback to ever play the game: Get Over It
Why Urban Meyer should never be hired again