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Jul 07 2023
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Bluder extended through 2029
IOWA CITY — Outgoing University of Iowa athletic director Gary Barta announced on Friday that he has extended head women’s basektball coach Lisa Bluder’s contract through June 2029. She is heading into her 24th year with the Hawkeyes. As the all-time winningest coach in program history, Bluder has led the Hawkeyes to 21 postseason appearances (17 NCAA and four WNIT) in 23 seasons, including
Marshalltown Times RepublicanMar 30 2023
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A look back at Iowa’s 1993 Final Four team
Coached by C. Vivian Stringer, the Hawkeyes were a lockdown defensive team that lost a semifinal heartbreaker to Ohio State Scenes from the 1992-93 Iowa women’s basketball season. (The Gazette and UI Sports Information) IOWA CITY — It was, and it remains, the zenith of the University of Iowa women's basketball program. “In a way, it was a fairy-tale season,” recalled Christine Grant, former
Cedar Rapids GazetteJun 24 2023
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What I Wrote About Abortion A Year Ago ... And What I Think Now: Saturday's GNR
A year ago today, the Supreme Court overturned Roe and sent women’s rights back decades and decades. The next day, I had to write a GNR. Here is what I wrote: They are overconfident. They are overreaching. Yes, the consequences are gutting. But the pendulum is about to swing back in our direction. Are you furious about Roe? I know am furious about Roe. Seeing red mad. I took my kids to the
Daily KosJul 07 2023
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Two-time gold medalist Nikki McCray-Penson dies
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Women's Basketball Hall of Famer Nikki McCray-Penson has died. She was 51. Robert Penson, McCray-Penson's cousin, confirmed her death to The State on Friday. She passed away due to complications following a second bout with breast cancer, per 247Sports. McCray-Penson was a two-time Southeastern Conference Player of the Year at Tennessee in 1994 and 1995. She
Lincoln Journal StarJul 07 2023
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Iowa extends the contract of Hawkeye coach Lisa Bluder
Iowa athletic director Gary Barta has extended the contract of Hawkeye women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder through the 2029 season. Bluder is preparing for her 24th season as the Iowa coach. As the all-time winningest coach in program history, the Hawkeyes have made 21 postseason appearances (17 NCAA and four WNIT) in 23 seasons, including NCAA Tournament berths in 13 of the last 15 seasons.
Radio IowaJul 07 2023
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Two dead after Broken Arrow woman drove wrong way on Creek Turnpike, OHP says
Two women are dead after a 22-year-old driver from Broken Arrow was traveling the wrong way on the Creek Turnpike and crashed head-on into another motorist late Thursday. According to a preliminary crash report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Carigan Elizabeth Kelley Rains was driving a 2013 Hyundai Elantra west in the eastbound lane of the turnpike around 10:15 p.m. Rains' vehicle crashed
Tulsa WorldJun 30 2023
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'The start of something new': Delaware House elects 1st female speaker, leadership team
For the first time in state history, three women will occupy leadership in the Delaware House of Representatives following Pete Schwartzkopf’s announcement Friday that he will step down as House speaker. The Democratic caucus voted Minority Leader Valerie Longhurst to become the next House speaker, the first woman to serve in this role. House Majority Whip Melissa Minor-Brown will become the
The News JournalMay 10 2023
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Domestic violence shelters fear new Kansas restrictions on trans people endanger funds
When the Kansas Legislature last month enacted a law requiring transgender people to use restrooms and other single-sex spaces according to their sex at birth, supporters cast the measure as helping protect women who have been abused. House Speaker Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, released a triumphant statement describing the law as pushing back on activists who ignore biological
The Kansas City StarAug 06 2023
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What To Know About Ohio’s Special Election and Abortion Access
In the 14 months since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted abortion access in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization by overturning Roe v. Wade, one thing has become clear: The Supreme Court was out of step with a strong majority of Americans who believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases and are willing to fight to reassert their rights. And nowhere is this more evident than
Center For American ProgressJun 27 2023
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DeSantis-Trump feud boils over in New Hampshire
Former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s dueling trips to New Hampshire are underscoring the growing tensions within the GOP ahead of the first presidential debate in August. DeSantis is facing backlash from the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women (NHFRW) for planning an event Tuesday around the same time the group is hosting Trump. Yet other Republicans in the Granite
The Hill