By most accounts, the Iowa football team had a successful 2023 season. The Hawkeyes won the Big Ten West Division, but the team’s lack of offensive production was a point of contention throughout the season. Despite the offense’s woes, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz remains confident the style of football he …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexico says one of its citizens died after a boat carrying Mexican migrants capsized in U.S. waters off Southern California. The Foreign Relations Department said the boat collided with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vessel early Thursday near Encinitas, California. A statement said one woman died, …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have opened fire at a tea house in southeast Turkey, killing a police officer and a civilian, an attack that comes amid renewed violence between the government and the autonomy-seeking insurgents. Violence has flared in the past week, with Turkey …
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LONG POND, Pa. – Juan Pablo Montoya had a two-lap average of 223.871 mph Saturday at Pocono Raceway for his first carer IndyCar pole. Driving for Team Penske in his open-wheel return after seven years in NASCAR, the Colombian knocked off Penske teammate Will Power on the final qualifying run …
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Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) – Jose Abreu and Adam Dunn clubbed consecutive home runs to highlight a seven-run seventh inning, as the Chicago White Sox pounded the Detroit Tigers, 11-4, to start a three-game series at Comerica Park. Abreu, who finished with four RBI, hit a two-run homer, his major league- …
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Newark, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) – Adam Henrique and Adam Larsson scored in the third period to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night. Marek Zidlicky had a goal with one assist and Cory Schneider registered 32 saves for the Devils, who …
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Philadelphia, PA – 2013 SEASON IN REVIEW: The Golden Gophers made a two-game improvement from the 2012 season, finishing last year at 8-5. However, they were hoping for bigger things considering at one point they were 8-2 and coming off a bye week. Northwestern, Nebraska, Indiana and Penn State had …
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Tuscaloosa, AL – Tuscaloosa, AL (SportsNetwork.com) – The seventh-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide return home for the first time in nearly a month, when they play host to the 21st-ranked Texas A&M Aggies in an SEC West showdown at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday. Nick Saban’s squad is 5-1 on the year …
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Orchard Park, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – The Buffalo Bills have placed linebacker Kiko Alonso on the reserve/non-football injury list. Alonso underwent surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which he suffered earlier this offseason while working out in Oregon. The move was just a formality, as he is expected to …
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UNITED NATIONS – A new U.N. report says Libya’s ability to prevent the flow of weapons into the chaotic country is “almost nonexistent,” and it calls for the tightening of an arms embargo that the government says must be loosened so it can defend itself. The report by a panel …
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