Iowa natives shine on national sports stage across NFL NBA and golf
Cedar Rapids area athletes such as Ward Johnson Sweeney Ford Gallery and Hinrich excel nationally. Ward won a Super Bowl ring with the Patriots, Johnson claimed the BellSouth Classic, and Gallery headlines NFL draft prospects from Iowa with strong college and coaching support cited.
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Edric Ward
New England Patriots
Wes Obermueller
Milwaukee Brewers
Ben Ford
Brewers
Ryan Sweeney
White Sox
Robert Gallery
Ward
Johnson
Ford
Swee
Ney
Cedar Rapids
Regis
Kurt Warner
Washington
Sweeney
Xavier
Gallery
Masonville
East Buchanan High School
Linn-Mar teammates struggle as Hodge returns from injury
Linn-Mar's Andy Hodge in his first meet back after a kneecap injury finished sixth in the 1,600 at the Draxton Relays with 4:42.73 while teammate Dave Gott won the 3,200 and 1,600. Cedar Falls won the meet. Linn-Mar placed fourth.
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Hodge
Draxton
Kingston Stadium
Cedar Falls
Evan Koester
Dave Gott
Gott
Andy
Linn-Mar
Clark Weaver
Weaver
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Ex NBA star Kemp to play for Oklahoma Storm opener
Six time NBA All Star Shawn Kemp will suit up for the Oklahoma Storm in Friday’s USBL opener against the Cedar Rapids River Raiders at the U S Cellular Center. Kemp, 34, joins as part of the Storm ownership group with guard Brent Price also on board as player assistant coach.
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Cedar Rapids
NBA
Kemp
River Raiders
Cedar Rapids River Raiders
U.S. Cellular Center
The
Storm
Orlando Magic
Seattle
Supersonics
Chicago Bulls
Shawn
Tom Nelson
USBL
Brent Price
Price
Oklahoma
CBA
Bismarck
N.D
Smiths
University of Iowa
Kenyon Murray
Murray
Hawkeye
Dean Oliver
River Raiders sell over 1000 season tickets in Linn County
Tony and Barry Smith own Platinum Series Homes and Mirage Properties in Marion and have built the River Raiders USBL franchise with community focus. They report 1,012 season tickets sold, targeting affordable family entertainment and long term club viability in local markets.
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Linn County
Platinum Series Homes
Mirage Properties Corporation
Marion
Microtel Inn and Suites
Alexis
Toni
River Raiders
Albia
Cedar Rapids
Barry
Wall Street Journal
USBL
Joerger
Ed Krinsky
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Iowa
NFL
Colts
Dallas Clark
Livermore
Dallas
Billy Cundiff
Harlan
Tim Dwight
Iowa City
Aplington-Parkersburg
Jared DeVries
Detroit Lions
Aaron Kampman
Green Bay Packers
Brad Meester
Jacksonville Jaguars
Kansas City Chiefs
Casey Wiegmann
Kirk Hinrich
Sioux City
Ricky Davis
Davenport
Port
Kirk Ferentz
Chris Doyle
JR Ogden Gazette Sports Editor
Andy Hodge
Dickinson
Iowa City West
Cedar Rapids Washington
Tigers
Trojans
Terry Gantt
Raiders
Mike
Hlas
Inications.com
San Francisco
San Diego
Oma
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