Chad Leistikow
Editor at Des Moines Register
Pronounced LYE-stick-oh. Hawkeye sports columnist for @DMRegister & @PressCitizen. @PatMcAfeeShow once complimented my kitchen.
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1 week ago |
hawkcentral.com | Chad Leistikow
Ben McCollum seems to have put the finishing touches on his first Iowa men's basketball roster, adding two more pieces in the closing weeks of May. The Register's Chad Leistikow is joined by basketball beat writer Tyler Tachman to size up the 13 players (12 scholarship) now in the fold for the Hawkeyes and what our expectations might be for this rotation and roster.
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1 week ago |
hawkcentral.com | Chad Leistikow
OMAHA, Neb. − In the new Big Ten Conference, perhaps no sport’s power structure was altered more by the addition of four West Coast teams than baseball. A northern conference adding four warm-weather teams was going to be a new challenge for programs like Iowa, which has been battling for the league’s top spot for most of the past decade. And we saw just how steep the climb in competition can be in the closing weeks of the Hawkeyes’ once-promising season.
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2 weeks ago |
hawkcentral.com | Chad Leistikow
Justin Shadek’s first-inning pickoff attempt, with “attempt” being a loose term, was hardly an A-plus move as the Rutgers pitcher threw casually to first base as Iowa’s Gable Mitchell dove back. The soft throw, though, bounced in the dirt and caromed into the spacious foul territory at Charles Schawb Field, toward the right-field railing. For Mitchell, that was ample green light to hustle and take not one but two free bases.
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2 weeks ago |
press-citizen.com | Chad Leistikow
OMAHA, Neb. − Justin Shadek’s first-inning pickoff attempt, with “attempt” being a loose term, was hardly an A-plus move as the Rutgers pitcher threw casually to first base as Iowa’s Gable Mitchell dove back. The soft throw, though, bounced in the dirt and caromed into the spacious foul territory at Charles Schawb Field, toward the right-field railing. For Mitchell, that was ample green light to hustle and take not one but two free bases.
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2 weeks ago |
hawkcentral.com | Chad Leistikow
This week's Hawk Central radio show leads off with some newsy developments in Iowa women's basketball, headlined by the addition of Central Florida transfer Emely Rodriguez. The Register's Chad Leistikow is joined by Dargan Southard, who updates listeners on why he's on the disabled list while providing fun conversation about the 2025-26 Hawkeyes.
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“I am still married – so far,” Ben McCollum quipped to the I-Club crowd in Omaha on Thursday. The @IowaHoops coach's whirlwind transition to Iowa City & roster finalization/system plans once the team comes together & practices (soon!). https://t.co/JOXboeetmA
Talked to McCollum following the event, after he took photo after photo after photo with kind & patient fans. “That's my job, you know? I mean, that's what it is, to get people excited. And you’ve just got to be yourself, like there's no magic way to get people to like you. They
Ben McCollum hasn’t stopped shaking hands & taking pictures with the Hawkeye fans here in Omaha tonight. https://t.co/pUMyzkN6d4
Ben McCollum hasn’t stopped shaking hands & taking pictures with the Hawkeye fans here in Omaha tonight. https://t.co/pUMyzkN6d4