Ickey, Bengals, 49ers in the Super Bowl facing questions
Iowa readers learn why the Super Bowl sparks local chatter as Cincinnati and San Francisco loom. The piece notes Iowa ties with Roger Craig and Dennis Green, plus Seifert and Stiles on the 49ers, while calling out Westdale Mall fans and Oelwein caps. It mentions Quinby ejecting Derrick Burroughs and returning for another season.
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Ickey
Bengals
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Turk
Boobie Clark
Cookie Gilchrist
49Ers
Iowa
Roger Craig
Davenport Central
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Dennis Green
Stanford
George Seifert
Ray Nagel
Lynn Stiles
Nagel
Westdale Mall
Oelwein
NFC
Miami
NBC
KWWL
Channel 7
Bill Quinby
NFL
Buffalo Bills
Derrick Burroughs
Quinby
Burroughs
Tim McGee
Buffalo
McGee
Bills
Ickey Woods
Coe College
Big Iowa jump into fifth in AP poll after Top 10 upsets
Iowa climbs four spots to fifth in the AP college basketball poll with a 13-1 record after edging North Carolina and amid a week of Top 10 upsets. Duke repeats at No.1 with 63 first place votes. Illinois and Oklahoma rise, while Syracuse drops from No.2 to No.4 after a loss to Pittsburgh. Providence debuts in the Top Twenty as six Big East teams have appeared this season.
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Associated Press
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North Carolina
Michigan
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Providence
Friars
Syracuse
Georgetown
Villanova
Seton Hall
Connecticut
Boston College
St. John’s
Pittsburgh
Illinois
Oklahoma
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Hoyas
Louisville
Missouri
Providence Surges to 12-0 With Big East Wins
Providence as No 12 0 beat St John s by 29 at home and edged Connecticut 80 78 in a late Big East clash. The Friars were picked ninth in a nine team league and rebounded after a Final Four run. Gordon Chiesa resigned and Rick Barnes took over from George Mason.
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St. John’s
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Friars
Gordon Chiesa
Rick Barnes
George Mason
Bench and Yaz Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in First-Year Pace
Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on first ballot with 431 and 423 votes respectively out of 447 ballots. Bench led with 96.4 percent, Yastrzemski 94.6 percent, joining a class that includes Gaylord Perry and others. Induction is set for July 23 in Cooperstown, with Yaz and Bench among the immortals noted for 3,419 hits, 452 home runs, and storied careers.
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Baseball Writers Association of America
Yastrzemski
Ty Cobb
Hank Aaron
Gaylord Perry
Jim Bunning
Ferguson Jenkins
Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
N.Y
Cincinnati
Boston
Yaz
Red Sox
Pete Rose
Baseball New York
Johnny Bench
Carl Yastrzemski
ISU Beats Illinois-Chicago After Trailing Big
Iowa State Cyclones pull out an 111-93 non-conference win over Illinois-Chicago at Hilton, despite a second half lull. Victor Alexander tops with 27 points and 21 in the first half, while Elmer Robinson adds 29 including 14 free throws. Free throw and foul totals shatter Hilton records as ISU races to an 18-point margin.
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Iowa State
Kansas
Illinois-Chicago
Cyclones
ISU
Flames
Hilton Coliseum
Coliseum
Elmer Robinson
Hilton
Andrew Parker
Parker
Tony Freeman
Victor Alexander
Mark Urquhart
Indiana holds off Purdue as Knight earns Big Ten wins record
Joe Hillman scored 16 of 18 in the second half to spark Indiana past Purdue 74 to 73 in West Lafayette. Jay Edwards led with 22 points and set a conference free throw record with his 38th in the final stretch. Edwards sealed the win with four free throws in the last 27 seconds as Indiana improves to 12-4, 2-0 in the Big Ten while Purdue falls to 1-1 and 7-7.
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Ind
Joe Hillman
Indiana
Purdue
Hoosiers
Bob Knight
Jay Edwards
Hillman
Edwards
Ryan Benning
Boilermakers
Knight
Ward “Piggy” Lambert
Reid Extends Unbeaten Streak With 8th Win In Heavyweight Class
Prairie senior Chris Reid, 239 pounds, dominates in the new heavyweight division. He extended his season to 8 straight wins by pinning Kennedy's Jason Daudel in 3 minutes 39 seconds for a Mississippi Valley Conference victory, then added three consecutive falls at Linn-Mar Invitational including a 5:28 pin over Dubuque Hempstead's Jason Fah in the title bout.
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Gazette
Kennedy
Jason Daudel
Hawks
Dubuque Hempstead
Jason Fah
Linn-Mar
Keith Young
Nelson
Jim Kimball
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