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Interview: Eve 6 at Innings Festival

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Logan Melia sits down with Eve 6 at Innings Festival in Tempe, Arizona. Eve 6 took some time after their slot to discuss their early days playing gigs at small cafes all the way to a racetrack.

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Martin-Manley’s Historic Day Leads Way For Hawkeyes Victory

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In a game that could have been over once Jacob Hillyer caught a 21-yard touchdown with 1:54 left in the 1st quarter, the Iowa Hawkeyes chased the Western Michigan Broncos out of Kinnick Stadium with a 59-3 victory. Western Michigan had won the previous two matchups in Iowa City but the Hawkeyes made sure the streak would end today. Iowa is now 3-1 heading into their Big Ten Conference opener in Minnesota next Saturday. Kevonte Martin-Manley led the rout with 184 total punt return yards. After returning his first punt of the game 44 yards to set up Iowa’s first … Continued

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Iowa heads to NIT Quarterfinals, Marble leads way with 28 points

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The game was much closer than the final score of 75-63 might have indicated. The Hawkeyes seemed unable to pull away from the Stony Brook Seawolves, but the fans are not going to remember the somewhat sloppy play of the Hawkeyes. They will only remember the outcome, which results in Iowa’s third trip to the NIT Quarterfinal round in matchup with either Virginia or St. John’s. From the beginning, it seemed like the Hawkeyes were going to come out strong and dictate the pace of the game. Sophomore Aaron White put down a dunk that set Carver into an early … Continued

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Court Storming Etiquette

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Rushing the court after an important basketball has become a right of passage for many college students. It gives the fans the ability to feel like they were an actual part of the game and the outcome. For many fans, it allows for a catharsis of sorts after a disappointing season or for supporting a team that has been underperforming. While this college basketball season treated fans to a ridiculous number of upsets, it has also brought about an excessive amount of court rushing. In fact, so many that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who has been on the receiving end … Continued

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Big Ten Gives Up On FCS

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— by Joe Rajchel The Big Ten has recently announced that teams will no longer be allowed to schedule Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) teams to fill up the schedule before start of conference play starting in either 2015 or 2016. It is about time that the Big Ten got serious about trying to challenge the SEC dominance that college football fans have been subjected to for the past seven seasons. This was an excellent first step in trying to make this happen. No team gets better by continually playing those below them in terms of competition. Teams gets no love … Continued

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