'As far as all of us are concerned, she's a winner,' fan says By DAN JOHNSON • dansjohn@dmreg.com • October 11, 2008 A gold medal may have eluded Lolo Jones in Beijing, but she garnered a golden moment in her homecoming to Des...
By TOM WITOSKY • twitosky@dmreg.com • September 22, 2008 The Drake athletic department has entered into a six-year agreement with ISP Sports for marketing of Bulldog athletic events, school officials will announce today....
Des Moines East elementary schools Brubaker Students have prepared weather-related pictures for the ABC-TV Channel 5 weekday morning show. Proceeds from the sale will support family activities at the school throughout the...
By GIL LEBRETON - Why sprinter Darvis Patton, Tyson Gay, Torri Edwards and Lauryn Williams sensed an urgency in a heat, not the final, will remain mysteries. In the history of the Olympic Games, the U.S. men have won the...
By DANIEL P. FINNEY • dafinney@dmreg.com • August 21, 2008 These days, the section of the former 28th Street that runs through the heart of Drake University's campus looks more like a pioneer trail than an environmentally...
First came the knowing smile, just as Lolo Jones crossed the Olympic finish line Monday night after 12.43 seconds of what appeared to 91,000 pairs of untrained eyes as near-effortless work. Her time also was the third-fastest...
The coach knew there was something wrong. He could tell sometimes by the way Lori "Lolo" Jones dressed. Or by how she no longer had the bike she rode to practice. Or by how she didn't want to be dropped off right in front of...
By Garner Roberts Special to the Reporter-News Saturday, August 9, 2008 His fellow students cheered madly as Alton Terry, the reluctant hero, was forced to walk to the front of the auditorium. A few days earlier, on April 25,...
By Andrew Logue • aloue@dmreg.com • August 7, 2008 It's 257 days until the 2009 Drake Relays, and officials are counting down to the 100th running of Iowa's premier track and field meet. A clock keeping time until April 22 was...