Mature Hanks leads her team and successors
James Hanks has earned multiple all-American and Big Ten pitching awards, though he has not pitched. His daughter Kristi, a senior on the Iowa softball team, says she and the team deserve the honors as part of their program. Kristi credits her father while insisting the awards belong to the team.
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Hanks Leads Iowa Softball To Record Season Ahead Of 1997 Opener
Hawkeyes ace Hanks set a school single season win mark with 39 victories in 47 decisions, a 0.81 ERA, and 223 strikeouts in 283 innings. She earned first team All American and Big Ten Pitcher of the Year as Iowa prepared for the Louisville Slugger Classic season opener against Oklahoma State and No 8 Arizona State in Tempe.
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Iowa Hawkeyes softball reach fourth College World Series
Under coach Gayle Blevins in her 15th year the Iowa Hawkeyes go 49-14, 16-4 in the Big Ten to win their first conference tournament and qualify for the College World Series. The 2001 roster lists key players like Alicia Gerlach and Kristi Hanks among others.
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Snyder makes Marvin Lewis highest paid NFL assistant
Washington owner Dan Snyder nations the best paid assistant in NFL history by signing Marvin Lewis to a three year deal worth about 850 thousand dollars per year more than one million with incentives to be defensive coordinator. Spurrier defends the move noting the defensive coordinator's value in relation to the salary cap.
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NASCAR Fords get smaller spoilers amid Daytona controversy
NASCAR allows Fords to reduce rear spoilers by another quarter inch at Daytona after poor testing with the aero package. Ford teams protest, citing unfair relief and arguing Chevrolets and Pontiacs are improving faster, while NASCAR watches Thursday qualifying for potential further changes before the Daytona 500.
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Jazz suspend Ostertag for one game
Utah Jazz reserve center Greg Ostertag will miss the game at Indiana after a one game suspension for bumping coach Jerry Sloan on the sideline during last Wednesday's Memphis contest. The Jazz signed Rusty LaRue to a second 10 day contract following John Crotty’s injury.
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Iowans in the NBA stars and season totals through the All-Star break
Iowa born players and college teammates populate NBA rosters. Victor Alexander, Ryan Bowen, Ernest Brown, Matt Bullard, Kelvin Cato, Ricky Davis, Marcus Fizer, Fred Hoiberg, Raef LaFrentz, Dean Oliver and Jamaal Tinsley show varying roles from starters to reserves. Highlights include LaFrentz at 32.5 minutes and Tinsley near 9.4 points with 30.9 minutes per game.
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Search and Rescue Dogs Honored at Westminster Show
In New York at the Westminster dog show, 20 search and rescue dogs were honored for their work after the September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, drawing the largest ovation of the event.
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