World record holding blind runner competes at Drake Relays
Like many of the athletes competing at the Drake Relays this week David Brown’s goal is to earn a trip to Rio in 2016. The only difference is that he is blind. Brown owns the world record for the...
View ArticleDrake Relays director predicts even stronger fields in the future
Drake Relays director Brian Brown says he will continue adding depth to an event which is attracting more world class athletes each year. Despite battling the elements over the weekend five new records...
View ArticleUNI and Drake softball need to win MVC tourney for NCAA bid
The Drake and Northern Iowa softball teams travel to Wichita this week for Thursday’s start of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. Drake captured its first regular season title since 1993 but...
View ArticleYMCA Capital City League basketball features ISU, Drake players
Players from Iowa State and Drake will highlight the action as the YMCA Capital City League tips off tonight in West Des Moines. League director Ryan Westerkamp says games will be played on Wednesday,...
View ArticleDrake basketball team getting an early look at new shot clock
Drake basketball coach Ray Giacoletti hopes a trip overseas this Summer will give the Bulldogs a head start on playing with a shorter shot clock. Beginning with next season the a 30-second shot clock...
View ArticleMissouri Valley Conference renews TV contract with ESPN
The Missouri Valley Conference has signed a ten-year extension to its media rights deal with ESPN that will include increased exposure on the network’s on-line platform ESPN3. MVC Commissioner Doug...
View ArticleTransfers excited to play for Drake on European basketball trip
A pair of transfers will get their first action in a Drake uniform later this week when the Bulldogs leave on a trip to Europe. Sophomore guard Graham Woodward sat out last season after transferring...
View ArticleIowa downs Drake 70-64
The Drake Bulldogs rallied late, but the Iowa Hawkeyes were able to hold them off for a 70-64 win in a Big Four Classic matchup in Des Moines Saturday. The game was tied 30-30 at the half and Iowa...
View ArticleDrake student earns room at retirement center by singing
You’ve heard of singing for your supper? A Drake University student will be singing for free room, board and utilities in a Des Moines-area retirement community. Haley Jenkins is a 21-year-old vocal...
View ArticleDrake students holding caucus training
Several groups have joined together to hold a “mock caucus” tonight on the Drake University campus. “We got together and said ‘this would be a good thing to get people more excited to caucus if they...
View ArticleDrake offers tuition guarantee to new students
Cable TV and phone companies commonly offer customers a “price lock guarantee”, but it’s not something you usually hear from universities. Drake University in Des Moines is changing that with an offer...
View ArticleFormer Drake athletic trainer files complaint with Iowa Civil Rights Commission
The former head athletic trainer at Drake University in Des Moines has filed a formal complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission after being fired in September after 31 years in his job. Attorney...
View ArticleVote Smart organization moving to Drake University
An operation that’s considered one of the leading sources of nonpartisan political information is moving it’s headquarters to Iowa. Vote Smart will be housed at Drake University in Des Moines early...
View ArticleIowa easily downs UNI, ISU uses late run to beat Drake
The Iowa Hawkeyes clamped down on defense against Northern Iowa and rolled to an easy 69-46 win in the HyVee Classic Saturday. UNI shot just about 27 percent from the field, including just 6 of 26 from...
View ArticleLawyer and child advocate tapped to take over as DHS director
Governor Kim Reynolds is hiring a lawyer with a long career as a child advocate to lead a state agency under scrutiny for how its child welfare programs are managed. Sixty-four-year-old Jerry Foxhoven...
View ArticleDrake athletic director leaving at end of the week
Drake University announced today that Athletic Director Sandy Hatfield Clubb will be leaving the university this Friday. She has is taking a new job as senior partner with the Pictor Group, an...
View ArticleVote Smart organization moving to Drake University
An operation that’s considered one of the leading sources of nonpartisan political information is moving it’s headquarters to Iowa. Vote Smart will be housed at Drake University in Des Moines early...
View ArticleIowa easily downs UNI, ISU uses late run to beat Drake
The Iowa Hawkeyes clamped down on defense against Northern Iowa and rolled to an easy 69-46 win in the HyVee Classic Saturday. UNI shot just about 27 percent from the field, including just 6 of 26 from...
View ArticleLawyer and child advocate tapped to take over as DHS director
Governor Kim Reynolds is hiring a lawyer with a long career as a child advocate to lead a state agency under scrutiny for how its child welfare programs are managed. Sixty-four-year-old Jerry Foxhoven...
View ArticleDrake athletic director leaving at end of the week
Drake University announced today that Athletic Director Sandy Hatfield Clubb will be leaving the university this Friday. She has is taking a new job as senior partner with the Pictor Group, an...
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