ADVERTISEMENT

kate martin

  1. Bobby Loesch

    New Story - The Hyball: A Newfound Optimist's Take on Iowa and the Final Four

    The Hyball: A Newfound Optimist's Take on Iowa and the Final Four Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome Staff Writer| @bobbystompy The Hyball is a weekly basketball column Spent a long time as a fatalist. A long, long, long time. In many ways, I still feel like that is my default DNA as a sports...
  2. Bobby Loesch

    NEW STORY - The Hyball: Carry That Weight

    The Hyball: Carry That Weight Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome Staff Writer @bobbystompy The Hyball is a weekly basketball column. I keep drifting back to the Minnesota game. You remember that one -- exactly one month ago today. Iowa won 108-60. The nets in that gym are still sitting there in...
  3. Bobby Loesch

    New Story - The Hyball: More Shattered Records, Please

    The Hyball: More Shattered Records, Please Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome Staff Writer @bobbystompy The Hyball is a weekly basketball column Caitlin Clark has always been a numbers player. For all her beauty and creativity as a hooper, quantifying her game can still be its biggest selling...
  4. Bobby Loesch

    New Story - Lisa Bluder Is One Of Us (The Hyball)

    The Hyball: Lisa Bluder Is One Of Us Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome Staff Writer | @bobbystompy The Hyball is a weekly basketball column. Who wants to see a party spoiled? For so often in the Caitlin Clark era of Iowa women's basketball, this wonderful team brings us into their joy with...
  5. Bobby Loesch

    NEW STORY - The Hyball: More And More Carrots

    The Hyball: More And More Carrots Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome @bobbystompy The Hyball is a weekly basketball column. Standing at the top of the mountain with more climbing hooks in hand. Watching Iowa-Northwestern on Wednesday, I was reminded of the Jay-Z lyric, "We have yet to see a...
  6. Bobby Loesch

    NEW STORY - The Hyball: In The End, It Was Still Pretty Good

    I'm back from paternity leave and coming in with some measured takes on Ohio State's victory over Iowa women's basketball. Normal column format returning next week, I hope. *** The Hyball: In The End, It Was Still Pretty Good Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome Staff Writer Edit @bobbystompy The...
  7. Bobby Loesch

    NEW STORY - Caitlin Clark Is Still The Greatest Iowa Athlete Ever

    The Hyball: Caitlin Clark Is Still The Greatest Iowa Athlete Ever Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome Staff Writer The Hyball is a weekly basketball column. These words are not minced -- they're Mount Rushmore. Caitlin Clark is STILL THE GREATEST IOWA ATHLETE EVER. Each caps, a different...
  8. Bobby Loesch

    NEW STORY - The Hyball: The Night We Hit Peak Iowa

    Alternate title: ALL YOUR SPORTZ BELONG TO US * * * The Hyball: The Night We Hit Peak Iowa Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome Staff Writer @bobbystompy The Hyball is a weekly basketball column. It was like the Final Four -- with less calories. Or maybe more like a big ticket boxing match...
  9. Bobby Loesch

    NEW STORY -- The Hyball: Kate Is Great

    Kate Martin has long been my favorite Iowa women's hooper, so it was very gratifying to see her notch a career high. * * * The Hyball: Kate Is Great Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome Staff Writer @bobbystompy The Hyball is a weekly basketball column You could never ask for more. Well, maybe...
  10. Bobby Loesch

    (NEW STORY) My last basketball column of this almost perfect season.

    The Hyball: This Is Your Team Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome Staff Writer @bobbystompy As sports fans, we are way too often asked to compromise. Ticket prices, time stretched, loyalty testing losses... that one linebacker who maybe did that one really bad thing. But in 2022-23, Iowa women's...
  11. Bobby Loesch

    (NEW ARTICLE) Oh boy, we can't shoot threes anymore.

    The Hyball: Brick City Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome Staff Writer The Hyball is a weekly basketball column "It's a 'miss or miss less' league." While attending the Iowa-Northwestern game this past Sunday with my college roommate and his brother, I made this joke around halftime. If we only...
ADVERTISEMENT