Monday, April 8, 2013
Louisville vies for the NCAA championship tonight without Kevin Ware, who's out after a gruesome injury. Rick Pitino and the Cardinals face Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and the Michigan Wolverines. You can catch the action right here in Ankeny.
Update at 10:47 p.m. Monday Coach Rick Pitino has guided the Louisville Cardinals to the 2013 NCAA championship with an 82-76 win over the Michigan Wolverines in Atlanta on Monday evening. The NCAA title game lived up to its billing. The schools kept it close throughout, and while No. 1 seed Louisville pulled ahead in the last few minutes, No. 4 seed Michigan had a chance up until the end. And, with that March Madness is over. Time for baseball. Game time: 8:23 p.m. (Central) Monday on CBS. Where: Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Betting lines: Louisville is favored over Michigan by 4 points with 138 points as the over/under. Predictions: Five out of six CBS Sports basketball experts are picking Louisville to defeat Michigan. Tickets Previews: …
Friday, March 29, 2013
The NCAA Tournament is in full swing and there's some great games on this weekend, including Kansas Jayhawks v. Michigan and Duke v. Michigan State this evening.
The best of the best remain as the NCAA Tournament continues, and when the weekend is over we will know who's headed to the Final Four. Tonight Michigan plays Kansas, in a Big Ten versus Big 12 showdown, and Michigan State and Duke square off in a battle of top programs. Michigan-Kansas tips off at 6:30 p.m. central on TBS and Michigan State-Duke starts at 7:45 p.m. central on CBS. In two Cinderella Watch games, No. 12 seed Oregon takes on No. 1 seed Louisville at 6:15 p.m. central tonight on CBS, and No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast takes on No. 3 Florida at 9 p.m. on TBS. Saturday, kicks off the Elite Eight round. Marquette and Syracuse game time is 3:30 p.m. central on CBS, and Ohio State and Wichita State will play at 6 p.m. central on CBS. …
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Beer, wings and slam dunks! It's tournament time -- here's where to catch all the games.
Don't have enough TV screens to keep up with your March Madness bracket? There are plenty of viewing options in and around Ankeny: Benchwarmer's 705 S Ankeny Blvd 515-965-2556 Old Chicago 2732 SE Delaware Ave 515-963-8686 Okoboji Grill 2010 SE Delaware Ave 515-964-9443 Yankee Clipper 292 W. Hickman Road (515) 978-5751 Jake's Pub 605 N Ankeny Blvd 515-965-9513 Buffalo Wild Wings 1690 SE Delaware Ave 515-964-1029 Sports Page 1701 N Ankeny Blvd 515-963-8811 CBS has the TV rights to the NCAA tournament, which is KCCI locally. Play starts on Tuesday, March 19. The Iowa State Cyclones are the No. 10 seed in the West bracket. They'll face No. 7 seed Notre Dame at 8:45 p.m. Iowa time on Friday, March 22. Too busy to stop by your favorite local …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers face off in Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday. Iowa ties include the Harbaugh brothers, Aldon Smith, Marshall Yanda and Kelechi Osemele.
When the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers meet in Super Bowl 47, there will be no shortage of Iowa story lines. 1. The coaches The coaches of both teams used to live in Iowa. It's not as random as it might seem. Jim Harbaugh, coach of the 49ers, and John Harbaugh, coach of the Ravens, are brothers. It will be the first time brothers have faced off in the Super Bowl. The Harbaughs lived in Iowa City for three years from 1971-1973, when dad Jack Harbaugh was an assistant football coach at University of Iowa. The Harbaughs lived in a home on the west side of town and the boys attended Iowa City Catholic Grade School, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reports. 2. Ravens offensive line Two of the staples on the offensive line, which some say …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The first meteor shower of 2013 peaks tonight over the skies of Ankeny.
Planning to head out tonight and scope out a good place to watch the Quadrantid meteor shower? The weather might present a bit of a challenge. The weather forecast for tonight's event is calling for mostly to partly cloudy skies, which could make the showers hard to see. The Quadrantid is named for an extinct constellation, but the shooting stars that seem to sprout from it still arrive yearly. While the shower begins overnight on the first day of the new year, NASA tells us Quadrantid meteor shower peaks in the wee morning hours of Jan. 3. The Quadrantids is one of the lesser-known meteor showers of the year, but that doesn't mean it's anything less than spectacular. Take a look at this Quadrantids meteor shower video or these pictures …
Friday, December 28, 2012
The first meteor shower of 2013 begins Tuesday over the skies of Ankeny.
The Quadrantid meteor shower is named for an extinct constellation, but the shooting stars that seem to sprout from it still arrive yearly, and the opening of the 2013 show will begin overnight Jan. 1 into Jan. 2. The Quadrantids is one of the lesser-known meteor showers of the year, but that doesn't mean it's anything less than spectacular. Take a look at this Quadrantids meteor shower video or these pictures of the Quadrantids. While the shower begins overnight on the first day of the new year, NASAtells us Quadrantid meteor shower peaks in the wee morning hours of Jan. 3. A good place to watch it would be an open spot near Saylorville Lake, just west of Ankeny. A stubborn moon will wash out many Quadrantids, cutting down on the number …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The most reliable meteor shower of the year, the Geminids, is on its way – with no moon to obscure the show over Ankeny.
The Geminid meteor shower 2012, the final major meteor shower of every year and likely to be the best, peaks overnight Dec. 13 and Dec. 14, and you may be able to see a great show on either side of those dates. If you liked the Perseids meteor shower 2012 in August, you should love this show. NASA reports that the Geminids are a relatively young meteor shower, with the first sitings occurring in the 1830s with rates of about 20 per hour. Over the decades the rates have increased, regularly spawning between 80 and 120 per hour at its peak on a clear evening. How spectacular is it? Just take a look at this video of the Geminid meteor shower. You can also look at some spectacular photos of the Geminids. Earthsky.org reports the Geminids peak …
RiverBissonnette
7:03 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Nice story, but the " video of the Geminid meteor shower." is actually the break up of the space shuttle Columbia in 2003. Poor research on that point. more ›