Obituaries

By Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune A potentially damning report produced by veteran journalist Brett McMurphy alleges Urban Meyer knew of domestic-abuse allegations involving an assistant coach in 2015 ? something Ohio State's head coach denied last week during Big Ten media days.Meyer did fire receivers coach Zach Smith on July 24 but only after McMurphy's original story unearthed police reports that shed ...

By Marc Morehouse, The Gazette IOWA CITY ? University of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz announced Tuesday that Brandon Snyder is leaving the program and Tristan Wirfs will serve as one-game suspension.Snyder, according to a release from the school, is leaving to ?pursue an opportunity to receive more time on the field.? He was given his release, meaning he can ?play for another team immediately,? Ferentz ...

The Mt. Pleasant wrestling team participated in the Luther Wrestling Camp this week. Pictured left to right: Front row: Abe Wilson, Jaden Davis, Nate Wallace, Corbin Broeker, Brayden Ackles, Carson Coleman, Damien Yeoman, Aiden Blint. Second row: Coach Kevin Yeoman, counselor Logan Kennedy, James DeMeyer, Cooper Pullis, Brennen Bender, Sam Carrasco, Trevor Wellington, Coach Anthony Blint.

By Mike Hlas, The Gazette We're tick-tocking toward September and college football season, and not all news right now is newsy.But I read something interesting from last week's media days. No, not the Big Ten's show of military-industrial force in Chicago. Rather, the thing that grabbed me came from the Mid-American Conference's preseason session in Detroit.It was there that MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher ...

By Cole Blair, Gazette Correspondent CEDAR FALLS ? Northern Iowa quarterback Eli Dunne enters his senior season with a career record of 10-7. After starting the final four games of the 2016 season, the Grinnell native led the Panthers to an 8-5 record and FCS quarterfinals appearance in 2017.The big-bodied, big-armed QB acknowledged the tremendous expectations he'll be facing this fall, especially now that he ...

By Marc Morehouse, The Gazette Big Ten media days began Monday. UPS is at the front door with college football.It's prediction time. And in the Big Ten in 2018, you probably have a pretty good idea how that went.Yes, Ohio State. Yes, Wisconsin.In preseason balloting conducted by cleveland.com of 28 writers from around the Big Ten, Ohio State was picked by 14 voters to win the league this season, while ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. DODGE ? The brackets are all set for the Class 1A softball tournament in Ft. Dodge next week. The action kicks off on Monday, July 16, and all of the Class 1A games will take place in the late morning and early afternoon.New London will be playing as the No. 7 seed. Their opponent, Akron-Westfield, finished the season ranked No. 3 in Class 1A. The Tigers' game will be ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News FT. DODGE ? New London and Akron-Westfield are no strangers to the state softball tournament. Next week's Class 1A tournament will mark the fourth trip in six years for the Tigers. The Westerners will be making their third trip in a row.Just five years ago, New London and Akron-Westfield were the two best teams in the class. Two straight dominant games in the circle for ...

By Andy Krutsinger, Mt. Pleasant News NEW LONDON ? There aren't many teams in Iowa as red hot as the New London baseball team. The Tigers won their 13th game in a row on Thursday night, shutting down Central Lee 3-0 to finish the regular season at a scolding 20-2.The Tigers went 20-1 after losing their home opener, and haven't lost a conference game since.New London grabbed the lead early. Isaac McSorley led ...

By Andy Krutsinger,Mt. Pleasant News KNOXVILLE ? The Mt. Pleasant baseball team was in Knoxville on Thursday night for a non-conference doubleheader. The MP Panthers dropped two games to the Panthers of Knoxville, falling 9-3 in game one and 2-1 in game two.Mt. Pleasant had a boat load of trouble offensively in game one, at least for the first five innings. Knoxville scored one run in the second inning and ...