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Northern Iowan

The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

NBA draft preview: what to expect come Wednesday

COLIN HORNING, Sports Editor Nov 16, 2020

The 2020 NBA Draft will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at ESPN facilities in Bristol, Conn. through video conference. The draft was originally planned to be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y....

UNI Womens basketball head coach Tanya Warren announced two commits for the 2021 season.

National Signing Day brings new talent

COLIN HORNING, Sports Editor Nov 12, 2020

Wednesday, Nov. 11 was the National Signing Day for men’s and women’s high school basketball players around the country, where recruits formally signed their letters of intent to play basketball in...

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes looks like the frontrunner for the MVP race so far this season.

The race for NFL most valuable player heats up

NICHOLAS SCHINDLER Nov 12, 2020

With the NFL season more than halfway complete, the race for the most valuable player is in full swing. Among the contenders for the award are Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Kansas City Chiefs...

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...

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