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Northern Iowan

The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

The UNI football team has been adjusting to many of the changes in recent months, including preparing for a spring season and COVID-19 protocols.

Panther football adjusting to changes

DAVID WARRINGTON, Sports Editor Nov 9, 2020

In a normal year, Northern Iowa football would be getting ready to finish up the final few weeks of the regular season and peeking ahead towards the beginning of the postseason in just under a month. However,...

The Spring semester will have a full slate of sporting events here at UNI and supporting our Panthers will be important, says sports editor Colin Horning.

We should do out best to support the Panthers this spring

COLIN HORNING, Sports Editor Nov 9, 2020

This spring will be unlike any other that UNI Athletics has experienced. We will see spring football and volleyball along with basketball, wrestling and every other sporting event UNI offers our student-athletes....

The University of Northern Iowa routinely has among the best voter turnout of college campuses in the country, in large part of the registration efforts by campus groups such as UNI Athletics.

UNI receives award for voter registration efforts

DAVID WARRINGTON, Sports Editor Nov 5, 2020

This past Tuesday, Nov. 3, was the 2020 general election, with everything ranging from the Black Hawk County sheriff to president of the United States being on the ballot. The athletics department at the...

Iowa State defeats Kansas, Iowa falls to Northwestern

COLIN HORNING, Sports Editor Nov 2, 2020

With the UNI Panthers and the rest of the Missouri Valley Conference not playing their football season until next spring, there are two remaining Division 1 collegiate football teams in the state of Iowa....

Sports writer David Warrington discusses why he believes that championships during the era of COVID-19 deserve more respect, rather than being discounted,

COVID-19 era champs deserve more respect

DAVID WARRINGTON, Sports Editor Nov 2, 2020

The month of October has been a fantastic month for Los Angeles sports. On Oct. 11, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat to win the 2020 NBA Championship, while on Oct. 27, the Los Angeles Dodgers...

The UNIs mens basketball team has had to make many adjustments regarding testing, sanitization and other measures as a result of coronavirus protocols.

Men’s basketball adjusts to COVID-19

NICHOLAS SCHINDLER Oct 29, 2020

This year has been different in so many ways at the University of Northern Iowa. Whether it is classes moving online, sports being postponed or masks being mandated, adjusting to COVID-19 has been a drastic...

The UNI mens basketball team is looking to the NCAA to waive transfer Goanar Mars requirements in order for him to play this season.

Panthers seek waiver for Goanar Mar

COLIN HORNING, Sports Editor Oct 29, 2020

Men’s basketball transfer Goanar Mar might be able to play immediately this season - despite NCAA rules making transfer players sit out one year before playing for their new school. On Tuesday, Oct....

Panther guard AJ Green is widely expected to be one of the top guards in the nation this season.

UNI’s Green second in Jerry West rankings

DAVID WARRINGTON, Sports Editor Oct 26, 2020

On Thursday, Oct. 20, Andy Katz, a college basketball correspondent for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, released his first preseason rankings for the Jerry West Award. The Jerry West Award,...

Iowas head coach Kirk Ferentz is the longest-tenured Power 5 coach in the country and the winningest coach in Iowa history. The Hawkeyes began the 2020 season with a 24-20 road loss to Purdue.

Iowa falls to Purdue in Big Ten’s football return

COLIN HORNING, Sports Editor Oct 26, 2020

After a prolonged absence by the Big Ten Conference to start their football season, 2020 play was finally underway on Saturday, Oct. 24. Six Big Ten games were played in the inaugural week of football...

The Missouri Valley Conference released the 2021 volleyball schedule. The Panthers begin on Feb. 7 at the University of Evansville.

MVC releases 2021 volleyball schedule

COLIN HORNING, Sports Editor Oct 22, 2020

The Missouri Valley Conference has announced the 2021 schedules for women’s volleyball, with the season to be played in the spring semester due to the postponement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fall...

UNI Womens soccer is set to begin on March 5 on the road against Evansville.

Women’s soccer schedule announced for spring 2021

COLIN HORNING, Sports Editor Oct 22, 2020

The fall schedule for the 2021 Missouri Valley Conference women’s soccer season has been announced. The season is set to begin on Feb. 27 and conclude on April 7, with the conference tournament set to...

Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill has led his team to a 5-0 start so far this season.

NFL week six: are the Titans contenders?

NICHOLAS SCHINDLER Oct 22, 2020

Week six of the NFL confirmed many things we knew already about teams, and left us scratching our heads about what we thought we knew about others. Let’s start out with two things we thought we knew...

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