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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two seconds on the clock ... felt like karma, didn't it? An all-time classic. A Michigan Miracle. Pick up a Sunday Gazette and also visit thegazette.com/sports, as well as digitaledition.thegazette.com, for game stories and photos.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ice water in his veins. Brrrr ... actually, BUHR! Hawkeyes take back the Cy-Hawk Trophy. Visit thegazette.com/sports, as well as digitaledition.thegazette.com, for game stories and photos.

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Marc Morehouse @marcmorehouse.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I’m past “who’s in, who’s out” with the Rock HOF. I’m for any cultural event that brings us Gram Parsons, the Wu-Tang Clan and Iron Maiden. I would love to see The Replacements make it before they’re/we’re ghosts. I’d also make an argument for Bob Mould/Husker Du. World’s bigger than my dorm, tho.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

BACK TO 1987! Hawkeyes oust rival Cornhuskers in Houston, reach Elite Eight for the first time in 39 years. Visit the thegazette.com/sports for more.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

It’s clear Ben McCollum has Iowa men’s hoops on the right path on the court. But it’s also clear it’s still a work in progress with the fans. Check out this first-person account from the student section by Madison Hricik on this fine Christmas day …

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Hlas column: The journey really does matter more than the destination, and the people are more important than the scoreboard. A personal story as the final football game I cover at Kinnick Stadium for the Gazette nears. www.thegazette.com/sports/my-fi...

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My first football interview was with a hitchhiking receiver. Now my ride here ends.

The journey really does matter more than the destination, and the people are more important than the scoreboard.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

HAWKEYES WIN IN JERSEY! Due to last night’s late kickoff, not too late to still check the Green Gazette at thegazette.com/sports and click “Digital Edition” at the top of the homepage.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Had some requests … here you go.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

BIG TEN HISTORY AT KINNICK STADIUM! Due to Saturday night’s late kickoff, not too late to still check the Green Gazette at thegazette.com/sports and click “Digital Edition” at the top of the homepage.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

A reminder that the great Ron Swanson of Pawnee, Indiana, was an Indiana Fever fan. Sad it’s not still on — much like Detlef Schrempf, Roy Hibbert, Andrew Luck, Reggie Wayne, Robert Mathis, Adam Vinatieri and Jim Irsay before her, Caitlin Clark and the ladies woulda been there, too.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

For the record, this was after the very first minor altercation of the night. And it was a meant to read as a countdown ...

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Caitlin Clark's "Kill Bill" / "Nixon's enemies" list: Brian Joens, Nicole Cardaño-Hillary, Marina Mabrey (on the rise), Cotie McMahon, Chennedy Carter, DiJonai Carrington, Angel Reese ... Jacy Sheldon

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

@jowrotethis.bsky.social Dear Jo, please steer Mallory toward buying Buffy (and Angel .. it's inevitable) from the iTunes/Apple store. When I got them, they were still using original aspect ratios and coloring instead of the atrocious high-def conversion that on streaming. This is too important.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Give the first six and a half minutes of this podcast a listen. She nailed this.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Thanks, @futurerocklegends.com ... It's the 40th class, then anniversary, of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over the next year. Nothing better than a special occasion to do something crazy ... like, you know, fixing what's broken with your institution.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

@billsimmons.bsky.social @jowrotethis.bsky.social @theringer.com.web.brid.gy @craighorlbeck.bsky.social I know “Rewatchables” is a movies podcast, but it’s the “Seinfeld/X-Files ‘Would a Cellphone Ruin This’ Award.”

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

@letterman.bsky.social doing his @netflix.com interview with Lisa Bluder at the Hiltop is just elite Iowa City.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

The Iowa women's basketball team, led by a bench full of freshmen, slid right into the second round of the NCAA tournament Monday. Pick up a Sunday Gazette or go to the Green Gazette; go to thegazette.com and click “Digital Edition” at the top of the homepage.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Xavier and Mount Vernon, you picked up some gold this week in Des Moines. Pick up a Sunday Gazette or read all about it in the Green Gazette at thegazette.com

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

With Hannah Stuelke in severe foul trouble, Iowa needed help in the post Thursday night. Freshman Ava Heiden came of age and more in the second half as the Hawkeyes erased a 5-point deficit and beat Michigan State 74-61 in the Big Ten women's tournament. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...

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“Ava! Ava!”Hawkeye women knock off No. 24 Michigan State 74-61, reach Big Ten quarterfinals

With a big lift from freshman center Ava Heiden Thursday, Iowa is 2-for-2 in the Big Ten tourney and has won its last four games. It advances to face 13th-ranked Ohio State Friday night.

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Marc Morehouse @marcmorehouse.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

If you’ve not seen “The Conversation,” it’s masterwork by Gene Hackman. “Royal Tenenbaums” (he allowed Wes Anderson’s whimsy to swirl around him), “Young Frankenstein” (he asked to be in it), “French Connection” (you can taste it), his Lex Luther is the best superhero movie villain ever.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Lucy Olsen sure does have "Happy learned how to putt" energy from 3 these days, don't she?

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Todd Brommelkamp @toddbrommelkamp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

"You got any gum?"

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

“Looks like we got us a troublemaker.” “Hey Simpson, tell your mom her cookies sucked.” “Shut up and eat your pine cone.” “Marge, am I crazy or is my back getting hairier?” And, of course … “Gentlemen … to evil!” Best episode ever. #KampKrusty

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It’s obvious Caitlin Clark is Nirvana & Green Day in the early 90s and the WNBA’s Old Guard is the physical manifestation of “punk rock guilt.” CC: “Is it something I did?” O.G.: “Yeah, you’re so good, everyone like you.” CC: “Yeah, sorry about that” (narrator: she’s not). (1/2)

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I've been making jokes for 30+ years about A.C. Slater from "Saved by the Bell" being a 5-sport star because he somehow (impossibly) wrestled AND played basketball. With @kjpilcher.bsky.social telling this here story ... welp, I've been proven wrong. Good stuff. www.thegazette.com/wrestling/do...

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West Liberty’s Ryker Dengler competes on the mat and court

Multisport athletes are not unique, but West Liberty’s Ryker Dengler is a rare competitor who wrestles and plays basketball. He has been successful in both, qualifying for state last year and leading ...

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Eagles or Redacteds vs. Chiefs? I think the Led Zeppelin IMAX movie opens that weekend. Road trip!

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Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Kyle MacLachlan’s beautiful tribute to David Lynch

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Greatest Iowa movie ever made. David Lynch FTW.

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Future Rock Legends @futurerocklegends.com · 04/01/2025

On his podcast, @joekwa.bsky.social makes an appeal to the Rock Hall Nominating Committee to finally put The B-52’s on the ballot. (Last year, Joe successfully lobbied for Kool & the Gang) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Induct The B-52s

Podcast Episode · Who Cares About the Rock Hall? · 01/03/2025 · 12m

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

"You'll be visited by three spirits." The three spirits:

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

"You'll be visited by three spirits." The three spirits:

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Ladies and gentlemen…we got him Simpsons game is TONIGHT @laurarutledge.bsky.social

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Your 2024 Dallas Cowboys, ladies and gentlemen.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

In honor of his last day at The Gazette, please enjoy this photograph of @nathantford.bsky.social watching the 2016 Chicago Cubs portray male strippers in a sketch on the first episode of “Saturday Night Live” after they won the World Series.

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

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Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrisstein.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Debbie and Joan 77

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Sam Paxton @sampaxton.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

If you see this, post a knight.

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