Wish Jake nothing but the best in this move to deeper waters. He’s an excellent coach and a terrific person. Go show the (new) Pac-12 what’s up.

March Madness never disappoints

Bennett Stirtz walked off the court for the final time as a Hawkeye player, completing a remarkable college career that started at Northwest Missouri State and ended with him cementing his status as one of the nation's best players.

Sad to see a run for the ages come to an end. But if you had told me the Hawkeyes would make the Elite 8 in year one? I’d have taken it all year long.

Kevin Harlan is exactly who you want calling something this absurd

I AM NOT SUPERSTITIOUS. However, if you all wouldn’t mind putting on whatever you were wearing Thursday night and sitting where you were Thursday night with whoever you were with Thursday night and eating whatever you ate Thursday night … it probably wouldn’t hurt.

Ben McCollum is one of the most detailed-oriented coaches in his game preparation. I talked to McCollum and those who know him best about to what that looks like in the final 24 hours before a game. Free link: www.nytimes.com/athletic/715...

another banner day for "if you didn't know sports were real, ESPN headlines would be crazy"

The Hawkeyes found a fun way to stay loose in between NCAA Tournament games 🏊‍♂️

This is like the craziest shot you’d try in a driveway game of HORSE.

As someone who has made this drive a bajillion times…I’m with Gary.

It looks like Neo switched sides

No. Definitely not. 🤣

“March is for dreamers.” — Alvaro Folgueiras And no one is waking up yet. Iowa advances to the Elite Eight!

An absolute Hawkeye legend in the making

Like playing with only four players?

I’m fine. Why do you ask?

Great shotmaking, solid defense, refs borderline invisible, what more can you ask for?

Matt is 100% on the money here. Keeping athlete comp data secret only benefits agents. It hurts taxpayers, hurts (on the aggregate) athletes, hurts management, hurts researchers, and perpetuates lousy policy www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...

Too good to not borrow from that other site: “The last two coaches to take Iowa to the Sweet 16”

If the Iowa women win tomorrow, I believe it will be the first time both Hawkeyes teams will be in the Sweet 16 since 1988.

As called by: Gary Dolphin on Iowa Hawkeyes radio Sean Kelley on Florida Gators radio John Sadak on Westwood One

Party like it's 1999, Iowa City.

ALL THE FEELS

Kids…Nebraska or Iowa will be 40 minutes away from a shot at the Final Four.

Best time of the year.

One of the best postgame on-court interviews in recent memory. “High-majors need to play mid-majors during the season. They said we ain’t played nobody—we played somebody now. Nobody would play us. just like nobody would play Miami Ohio. But they gotta play us in this tournament.”

🗣️🗣️🗣️

Last night was the first time I watched Miami play this year. I can’t wait to see them again in two days.

These games have been ridiculously good.

Incredible

did Gary Larson draw this

Heiden is the best player on the floor. No reason why she shouldn’t touch the ball on every possession - especially in the last quarter.

This letter written by Max Scherzer’s daughter, Brooke, to the Blue Jays, hoping they would re-sign her dad 😭😭😭😭😭 Amazing! Baseball is the best 🥺 (emaysway / IG)

That might be the best 15 minutes of basketball I’ve ever seen Iowa play.

A really well-written, thorough read on the "fight" over DC's municipal golf courses. I knew nothing of these courses until it became a political football last year. Now I want to play them all.

A good coach and leader. RIP

The hockey is amazing.

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

Can’t wait to see what @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social can do here.

This Sam Farmer piece is a marvel of curiosity, empathy, reporting, and storytelling. The Olympics, man www.latimes.com/sports/olymp...

My goodness - make time for this column:

We need a “how they did it” interview with the lead cameraman and planners behind this halftime show ASAP. That was one of the most impressive logistical accomplishments I’ve ever seen

I look at this calendar every morning and think of how lucky I was to grow up with a new Far Side or Calvin and Hobbes or Fox Trot cartoon on the front doorstep every day.

🤯

I don’t know why I woke up with “Red Barchetta” in my head. But I don’t mind at all.

Utterly insane.

The Hawkeyes are so good they beat Ohio State by 20 and the Buckeyes went up in the poll.

Might be the greatest story in sports history.