Former Iowa Hawkeye star Caitlin Clark says on social media she will not participate in the W-N-B-A three-point contest this weekend as she tries to recover from and injury she suffered in Tuesday’s game. Clark is an All-Star captain and also won’t play in the game but says she will still be at the event in Indianapolis where she plays for the Indiana Fever.

After a two-win season in 2024, the ACGC Baseball team finished this season at 10-14. A Charger team led by six seniors showed worlds of improvement as the season went on. Head Coach Nick McCool was very satisfied with how the season went.

McCool believed they had a misleading record to begin based on the strength of schedule.

Outside of the six seniors on the roster, the Chargers had only two juniors and one sophomore. The first-year head coach believes there is tons of younger talent especially in his seven eighth graders he had on the team this year.

One of the eighth-graders, William Skram slashed a .361 average with a .466 on-base percentage which ranked second on the team. Only behind his older brother Tommy, who just finished his junior season. With the guys coming back, McCool complimented the way his team wanted to learn each and every day.

A lot of positives to take away from ACGC’s 2025 season and will search for a winning season in 2026.

A healthy Jeremiah Pittman will be a boost to Iowa’s defensive line heading into next season. Pittman has return to summer workouts after missing spring drills with a knee injury. He had 17 tackles for the Hawkeyes last season while appearing in 13 games.

As a senior Pittman is expected to be one of the leaders on the defensive line.

Pittman says he likes to lead by example.

The Hawkeyes open the season at home against the University of Albany on August 30th.

Iowa basketball coach Ben McCollum says his new roster is learning how to handle the attention that comes from playing at a Big Ten school. Sophomore forward Cooper Koch is the only returning scholarship player from a team that finished 17-16 under former coach Fran McCaffery.

The Hawkeyes were considered winners in the transfer portal, in part because six players off a Drake team that made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament followed McCollum to Iowa. That includes point guard Bennett Stirtz, who was the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year.

McCollum says the focus during summer workouts has been defense and the weight room.

*2025 Unanimous Selection

Next week, the Big Ten Network will be on-site in Las Vegas for the 2025 edition of Big Ten Football Media Days Presented by Discover. BTN will present coverage of all 18 schools across the three-day format, from July 22-24, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, including press conferences for every coach along with remarks from Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti.

On Tuesday from 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET to 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET, Rick Pizzo and Jake Butt will provide coverage of the first day of press conferences live on B1G Live: B1G Football Media Day Press Conferences. Mike Hall and Yogi Roth will anchor the second day of press conference coverage on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET to 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET, before Pizzo and Butt will return with coverage of the final day of press conferences on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET to 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET.

Commissioner Petitti will begin Tuesday’s press conferences at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET, followed by Bret Bielema (Illinois) at 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET, Greg Schiano (Rutgers) at 11:45 a.m. PT/2:45 p.m. ET, Curt Cignetti (Indiana) at noon PT/3 p.m. ET, Michael Locksley (Maryland) at 12:15 p.m. PT/3:15 p.m. ET, Matt Rhule (Nebraska) at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET and Ryan Day (Ohio State) at 12:45 p.m. PT/3:45 p.m. ET.

Press conferences continue Wednesday with P.J. Fleck (Minnesota) at 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET, followed by David Braun (Northwestern) at 11:45 a.m. PT/2:45 p.m. ET, Luke Fickell (Wisconsin) at noon PT/3 p.m. ET, Dan Lanning (Oregon) at 12:15 p.m. PT/3:15 p.m. ET, Jedd Fisch (Washington) at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET and James Franklin (Penn State) at 12:45 p.m. PT/3:45 p.m. ET.

Coverage of the press conferences concludes on Thursday, beginning with Kirk Ferentz (Iowa) at 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET, Barry Odom (Purdue) at 11:45 a.m. PT/2:45 p.m. ET, DeShaun Foster (UCLA) at noon PT/3 p.m. ET, Jonathan Smith (Michigan State) at 12:15 p.m. PT/3:15 p.m. ET, Lincoln Riley (USC) at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET and Sherrone Moore (Michigan) at 12:45 p.m. PT/3:45 p.m. ET.

Live studio programming takes place each afternoon with B1G Live: B1G Football Media Day Special from 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET to 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET with interviews and analysis from Dave Revsine, Howard Griffith, Gerry DiNardo, Ashley Adamson, Roth and Butt. Coaches and student-athletes from all 18 schools are scheduled to join the BTN set throughout the week.

The complete list of student-athletes attending can be found here.

Additional digital coverage will be available via the Big Ten Network’s X, Facebook, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram platforms, along with the @B1GFootball accounts on X, Instagram, Bluesky and YouTube. All television programming also streams live via the FOX Sports App, with a complete schedule below.

2025 Big Ten Football Media Days Presented by Discover Programming Schedule:

Day 1: Tuesday, July 22: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Ohio State, Rutgers

Day 2: Wednesday, July 23: Minnesota, Northwestern, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Wisconsin

Day 3: Thursday, July 24: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, UCLA, USC

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team earned the 2024-25 National Association Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award and five Hawkeyes were named to the NABC Honors Court, it was announced Thursday by the NABC.

Iowa’s individual honorees included Even Brauns, Josh Dix, Riley Mulvey, Payton Sandfort and Drew Thelwell.  It is the second straight year Mulvey and Sandfort earned the distinction.

The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2024-25 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men’s basketball players who finished the 2024-25 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

More than 2,400 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and nearly 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2024-25.  The awards are presented annually to teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa Athletics and Learfield, the media and technology company powering college athletics, announced today a groundbreaking renewal to continue their nearly 40-year relationship as a new era of college athletics begins. The multi-year renewal will drive innovative revenue generation solutions for the athletic department and unlock the full power of Learfield Impact, Learfield’s industry-leading NIL service, for Hawkeye student-athletes.

“Learfield continues to find new ways to enhance its strategic partnership with the Hawkeyes as we move into the new age of college athletics,” said Beth Goetz, the Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair. “They are the ideal partner for us to continue unlocking new revenue streams, strengthen our sponsorship programs, and provide opportunities for Hawkeye student-athletes to take full advantage of their personal brands.”

Learfield’s advanced revenue generation strategies and solutions are powered by enhanced data from Fanbase, the largest proprietary fan database in college athletics. Fanbase provides Iowa Athletics, Hawkeye Sports Properties, and brand partners with demographic, geographic, and brand affinity information to build fan profiles and invaluable insights on the expansive Hawkeye fanbase.

Utilizing the extensive fan data at its disposal, Iowa will activate targeted digital campaigns through Fan365, Learfield’s programmatic digital marketing solution that has delivered 28 million impressions for Iowa’s brand partners in the last year, and Social+, Learfield Studios’ social content production team, which has produced a 90 percent year-over-year increase in output of sponsored social media content highlighted by the EMMY Award-winning Crossover at Kinnick series.

With the renewed partnership, Iowa will add two NIL-dedicated personnel and an additional content specialist to the Hawkeye Sports Properties staff and lean into Learfield Impact to deliver more opportunities and enhanced storytelling for its student-athletes and brand partners through a robust suite of NIL services. Learfield Impact brings together expert personnel, digital storytelling, and innovative technology by pairing dedicated NIL leaders, on-campus content and social development resources through the Emmy Award-winning Learfield Studios team. It also leverages the Compass NIL platform, which connects athletes with more than 12,000 brand partners nationwide for streamlined dealmaking.

“Beth and her team have done a fantastic job growing Iowa Athletics, particularly as a leader in collegiate women’s sports, and we’re thrilled to continue what has been nearly 40 years of partnership with the Hawkeyes,” said Kim Damron, Learfield’s President of Sports Properties. “In the post-House Settlement age of college athletics, Learfield is positioned to help Iowa maximize their brand power and revenue generation and look forward to being part of their continued growth.”

Under the renewed partnership, Learfield and Hawkeye Sports Properties will maximize sponsorship revenue through premium assets including on-field logos inside Kinnick Stadium. Iowa Athletics will also continue to leverage Learfield’s corporate partnerships team to add incremental revenue through national brand partners such as State Farm, Old Dominion and Abbott.

The Hawkeyes also take advantage of Learfield’s enterprise-wide expertise through its partnerships with Paciolan, the leader in ticketing, marketing, and fundraising technology in college athletics, and Learfield Amplify, Learfield’s outbound ticket sales, development and in-venue seating solutions provider. Over the last three years, Iowa Athletics has experienced 111 percent growth in ticket transfers, 39 percent growth in new accounts created via ticket transfer, 52 percent growth in tickets sold secondarily through Paciolan’s partnership with SeatGeek, and 101 percent growth in mobile tickets downloaded. Meanwhile, Learfield Amplify’s outbound sales team has ignited multiple successive season ticket sellouts for Hawkeye football, women’s basketball and men’s wrestling, all coming to fruition before the first home event of each respective season.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Two University of Iowa home football games against Indiana and Minnesota are officially sold out.  The announcement was made Thursday by the by the UI Athletics Department.

Single game tickets went on sale to donors on Monday, while general public tickets went on sale Thursday at 9 a.m. (CT).

Currently, around 2,400 tickets remain for the season opener against UAlbany (Aug. 30, 5 p.m.), 1,000 for UMass (Sept. 13, 6:30 p.m.) and Penn State (Oct. 18, TBA), 1,600 for Oregon (Nov. 8, TBA) and 3,800 for Michigan State (Nov. 22, TBA).

Iowa has sold out 21 consecutive games inside Kinnick Stadium dating back to the start of the 2022 season.

Limited Hawkeye Village Ticket & Tailgate packages remain for select home games. Secure your game tickets and the best gameday tailgate here: hawkeyesports.com/hawkeye-village/.

Tickets are only sold and issued by the UI Athletics Ticket Office and its authorized agents. Persons buying tickets from other entities do so at their own risk. Fans should use caution if buying tickets from unauthorized outlets and are strongly encouraged to use SeatGeek, the official fan to fan marketplace of Hawkeyes, for sold out events.

The UI Athletic Ticket Office (hawkeyesports.com/tickets) is only able to service/support purchases made through that office, or on SeatGeek. Iowa Athletics reserves the right to cancel any ticket purchases, less fees, made for the purpose of resale without notification.

All tickets for University of Iowa athletic events are distributed electronically and should be downloaded to a smartphone device. If you do not have access to a smartphone, please contact the ticket office to make arrangements.

Tickets are distributed no earlier than three weeks prior to the start of a season. If applicable, season tickets and/or parking will not be released until all required contributions have been received and processed by the I-Club. For more information, please visit hawkeyesports.com/mobiletickets.

IRVING, Texas – The Big 12 Conference today announced the following hiring and promotion:

Nick Bowes has been named the Conference’s new Chief Financial Officer. He joins the Big 12 from the University of Louisville, where he served as Deputy Athletic Director and CFO. Bowes previously held senior leadership roles at USC as Senior Associate AD and COO, and at the University of Cincinnati as Senior Associate AD for Internal Affairs / CFO.

Current Big 12 CFO Catrina Gibson has elected to transition into a consulting role for the Big 12 Conference, effective August 1. Gibson’s eight years of service as CFO for the Big 12 saw her play a crucial role in multiple pivotal moments for the league, including the onboarding of eight new members over the last two years.

In addition to Bowes’ hiring, Sean Desmond has been promoted to Chief Revenue Officer. Desmond joined the Big 12 in 2023, and has since managed a variety of ticket and sponsorship endeavors for the league that has elevated the Conference in the commercial space.

“I’m thrilled to welcome Nick to the Big 12 family. His experience across multiple Power Four athletic departments is a testament to his skill set and expertise, and I look forward to working with him,” said Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark. “I’d also like to thank Catrina Gibson for eight years of dedicated service to the Big 12. She has played a crucial role in the league’s success, and I look forward to her continued contributions as a consultant. Additionally, I’m pleased to elevate Sean Desmond to Chief Revenue Officer, where he will play a central role in the Big 12’s continued prioritization of the commercial space.”