Racing Driven by Burning Desire to Win
Landon Cassill, a Cedar Rapids native and NASCAR driver, describes his lifelong drive to race. The article quotes Cassill and others on the motivation, risk, and focus required to push cars faster, noting safety concerns and concussion comparisons across sports.
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Cedar Rapids
Landon Cassill
Cosgrove
IMCA
Andy Eckrich
Associated Press
Nascar
Washington Post
Brendan Gaughan
Gaughan
Cassill
Eckrich
Iowa
Kings win NBA approval to build 477 million arena
The Sacramento Kings secured NBA approval to construct a 477 million arena at Downtown Plaza with preliminary demolition set to begin Friday. Kings President Chris Granger said loan terms with Goldman Sachs are in place and first funds were wired, with work starting at 6 am and 100 construction workers expected on site.
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Sacramento Kings
NBA
Downtown Plaza
League
Kings
Sacramento
Chris Granger
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
Granger
Kevin Johnson
Fifth
Sleep Train
Area Sports Day Highlights High School and MLB Schedule
High school baseball state tournament games in Des Moines include Mason City Newman versus Don Bosco at noon and Dyersville Beckman versus Van Meter at 8 p.m. Other sports listings feature Cubs and Rockies games, White Sox at Tigers, Twins at Royals, and golf events with live and taped coverage across stations KCRG KXIC KMCH KMCH, plus local radio shows on KGYM and others.
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KCRG
Mason City Newman
Don Bosco
Twin Cedars
le Mars Gehlen
North Polk
Roland Story
Dyersville
Beckman
van Meter
White Sox
Tigers
WGN
Rockies
Cubs
Comcast
Golf Channel
FC Bayern Munich
Chivas de Guadalajara
ESPN
KXIC
Twins
Royals
KGYM
Burlington
C.R. Kernels
KMRY
KMCH
KXEL
Mixed MLB and NFL moves across teams and signings
Baseball transactions include Brandon Workman recall by Boston and Derek Holland rehab with Texas. Football and hockey updates show Chris Bosh contract, Ted Thompson extension, and Kings Dwight King deal plus coaching changes in Montreal.
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Boston Red Sox
Brandon Workman
Pawtucket
Texas Rangers
Derek Holland
Frisco
Toronto Blue Jays
Cole Gillespie
Blue Jays
Hockey
National Hockey League
LOS Angeles Kings
Dwight King
Montreal Canadiens
Dan Lacroix
Rob Ramage
ST. Louis Blues
Mathieu Brodeur
Shane Harper
Terry Broadhurst
Junior golf Thursday at Parkville leads close leaderboard
In Kansas City junior event at Parkville G.C. Kory Franks from Jefferson City posted a 74 70 for 144 to lead the field after two rounds. Aaron DeNucci from Clive and Andrew Beckler of Topeka both stand at 145, with Tanner Owen Parkville and Walker Kesterson Hartsburg tied at 147 and Wells Padgett listed at 147.
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Lockton
Samsung Kansas City
Parkville
N.G.C
Kansas City
Kory Franks
Jefferson City
Aaron DeNucci
Clive
Iowa
Andrew Beckler
Topeka
Kan
Tanner Owen
Walker Kesterson
Hartsburg
Wells Padgett
Wichita
Rancomune
Midwest League results and state tournament schedules
Wednesday night scores include Cedar Rapids 3 Burlington 2 in 11 innings and Wisconsin 2 Kane County 0. Today’s games list Lake County at West Michigan and others, with state tournament semifinals and quarters for classes 1A through 4A in Des Moines at Principal Park.
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Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Dayton
Lansing
Lake County
West Michigan
Bowling Green
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Kane County
Clinton
Quad Cities
Beloit
Peoria
Des Moines
Principal Park
Johnston
Waukee
Iowa City West
West Des Moines Dowling
Dubuque Hempstead
West Des Moines Valley
Southeast Park
C.R. Kennedy
Tigers
Indians
Reds
Blue Jays
Dodgers
Padres
Rays
Twins
Cubs
Cardinals
Astros
Brewers
Angels
Mariners
Athletics
WNBA Friday Schedule Highlights Five Matchups
Pro basketball action features Los Angeles versus Iowa at 69 in a game noted alongside Atlanta at Tulsa Phoenix at Minnesota New York at Chicago Indiana at Seattle with a late 9 p.m. tip and Friday night Connecticut traveling to San Antonio for a 7 p.m. start.
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Arizona Diamondbacks
Eric Chavez
Chicago Cubs
Felix Doubront
Boston Red Sox
Jonathan Martinez
Los Angeles Dodgers
Blake Parker
Iowa
Christopher Rusin
Colorado Rockies
Cristhian Adames
Colorado Springs
Rob Scahill
Darwin Barney
Albuquerque
Miami Marlins
Jake Marisnick
New Orleans
Ed Lucas
ST. Louis Cardinals
Justin Masterson
Cleveland Indians
James Ramsey
Michael Wacha
Atlanta
Tulsa
Phoenix
Minnesota
New York
Chicago
Indiana
Seattle
Connecticut
San Antonio
Washington
New York Y
Los Angeles
Sporting Kansas City
D.C. United
New England
Toronto FC
Columbus
Philadelphia
Houston
Montreal
Stern
Real Salt Lake
FC Dallas
Colorado
Vancouver
Chivas Wah
Aive
Ohio
Real
McCurry's/Culver's win 81 in league final at North Liberty
Ally Disterhoft led McCurry's/Culver's with 36 points and 12 rebounds as they beat Westport Touchless Autowash/Monica's and Bob's Your Uncle 81 to 58 at North Liberty Community Center. Kalin scored 11 for WTA/MBYU with 7 assists. Lonning had 4 assists for McCurry's/Culver's.
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Culver’s
Westport
Monica
Bob
North Liberty Community Center
McCurry
Ally Disterhoff
Chase Coley
Courtney Strait
Moran Lonning
Emily Loy
Rylee Voss
M’caela Sellers
Carly Mohns
Jacqui Kaln
Madi Meier
Emily Neff
Anne Visser
Krissi Tow
M/C
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Strait
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Loy
Voss
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MBYU
Mohns
Kalin
Meier
Neff
Visser
Tow
Coley
WTA/MBYU
Molins
WTA/ MBYU
Iowa Area Race Calendar August 2014
Community listed races and events for August including Atkins Watermelton Fun Run 5K and 1 mile, Iowa Irish Fest 5K in Waterloo, Alburnett Pirate Dash, Cedar Rapids Sunset 5K, St. Jude’s Festival 5K/10K, Camp Courageous Triathlon, Meskwaki Powwow 5K, Amana Back Road Half Marathon, Lisbon Kraut Route 5K, Pigman Triathlon, and more with contact emails and phone numbers. Some entries include locations like Cedar Rapids, Amana, and North Liberty, along with multiple distances from 5K to half marathon.
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Gmail
Iowa
Waterloo
Eosworth
Cedar Rapids
Tara
Traer
Amana
Meetthemonster. Com
Lisbon
Lone Tree
Marengo Memorial Hospital Foundation
Mstaman
Marengohospital.org
Brooklyn Ems
Pigmantrc.com
North Liberty
Runluly.com
Monticetlo
United Wey
Shelter
Cedar Rap
Prep softball All-State Teams Highlight Iowa Players
Comprehensive 5A 4A 3A 2A 1A lists name many soloists across Iowa. Notables include Pleasant Valley star Sydney Dwyer and Dowling Catholic pitcher Claudia Farrell on 5A first team with Kendyl Lindaman and Adara Opiola. Coaches honors go to Todd Merical and Todd Colt for 5A/1A respectively.
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Sydney Dwyer
Pleasant Valley
Claudia Farrell
West Des Moines
Johnston
Brooke Wilmes
Maddie Hansen
C.R. Jefferson
Haley Dann
Kate Crow
Ames
Hannah Parker
Southeast Polk
Claire Dudek
Waukee
Cassady Knudsen
Southeast Park
Bryn Hanrahan
Iowa City High
Taylor Steinfeldt
Ankeny
Todd Merical
John
City Amateur First Round Tee Times At Gardner
The City Amateur tournament opens at Gardner with early morning tee times led by Eddie Mercado and Jim Petersen in a packed field. Players from ICGA and Pleasant Valley area courses begin rounds across two venues with round two and three dates noted for future play.
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Gardner
Eddie Mercado
Jim Petersen
Mitch Martin
Steve Koepke
Darren Ofte
Corky Ek
Eric Livingston
Jim Fetzer
Jay Glasford
Dave Petersen
Drew Tippie
Brigham Stewart
Dan Sundstrom
Jason Goslin
Zach Gothard
Tanner Stewart
Dave Norton
William Merritt
Mark Werstein
Dan Driscoll
Pete Messerli
Ryan Schrimper
Chris James
Scott Unash
Mark Fischer
Dennis M. Fitz
Alex Moyle
Jason Tomash
Eric Cress
Ben Nielson
Tony Foss
Brian Kramer
Tyler Haskovec
Mitch Jacobi
PJ Cahill
Marty Chute
Braden Buehler
Jeff Cleland
Luke Viertel
Jim Nelson
Gus Ronnenberg
Kevin Hinz
Brad Neuville
Dan Leslie
Trent Thompson
Joshua Valibere
Tom Feller
Bob Edwards
Jim Rohling
Kevin Pyron
Nate Noble
Aaron Epstein
Gordon
Zach Heisler
Justin Leas
Matt Schnieders
Brent Larson
Ben Cole
Jeremy Schnieders
John Shannon
Kevin Kurt
Russell Martin
Michael Nielson
Davis Michael Sutton
Jeff Wenthe
Justin Pansegrau
Cole Murdock
Jason Reep
Brian Coselman
Clark Skaggs
Matt Taylor
Jake Nickel
John Martin
Pat Martin
Tom Lehmkuhl
Darin Luneckas
Jon Maloney
Icga City
Pleasant Valley
Brown Deer
Finkbine
Adam Waldschmidt
Jason Loughran
Ken Williamson
Todd Nelson
ALS JFL TODAY S GAMES LIST
A schedule note lists games with teams and times. Matches include JFL at Hamilton at 6 p.m. Toronto at Montreal at 6 p.m. BC at Calgary at 9 p.m. Saturday features Hewan at Ottawa at 6 p.m.
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JFL
Hamilton
Toronto
Montreal
Calgary
Hewan
Ottawa
Local Golf Tournaments And Scores At Several Iowa Clubs
A listing of golf event entries across Iowa venues including Indian Creek Country Club Buffalo Creek Winthrop Tara Hills Van Horne Marengo Elkader Lake MacBride Solon Margeno Wildcat Kalona Belle Plaine Hart Ridge Oelwein with formats such as two person best shot and four person events plus contact numbers for each course. The note asks contributors to submit to sports sourcemedia.net and post on the Gazette event calendar.
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Buffalo Creek
Winthrop
Tara Hills
van Horne
Scott J. Hill
Solon
Margengo
Marengo
Elkader Golf & Country Club
But Creek
Tarasis
Wildcat
Shellsburg
Kalona
Belle Plaine
Hart Ridge
Manchester
Hickory Grove
Oelwein
Sourcemedia.net
Thegazette. Com
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