Iowa State University NCAA News

KIRBY ALMOST TO THE TOP. Kirby Van Der Kamp is #2 on the Iowa State punting average charts, and he's making his way to the top .

Fellow readers of WRNL. Last night, I witnessed something special inside Valley Southwoods' gymnasium and it wasn't Sherron Dorsey-Walker's insane 67-point outburst.

Unlike the day before when there were a dozen players, including BYU's Brandon Davies, and twice as many media folks on hand for interviews, Sunday's Utah Jazz pre-draft workout at Zions Bank Basketball Center was much more low key.

USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg counts down to the start of the college football season team by team from No.

Indiana finished up their workout filled with second round prospects today, but two big names come in tomorrow that could be top candidates to be selected at 23. Today's first group workout finished up at Bankers Life Fieldhouse with little first round talent involved.

The NCAA released the Academic Progress Rate scores for the 2011-2012 school year on Tuesday, and for the most part, things look good for Iowa State.

Even if John Allen doesn't hear his named called during the NBA draft in two weeks, he plans on entering the Association one way or another.

Former Fort Wayne Luers High School basketball star DeShaun Thomas is scheduled for a predraft workout with the Pacers on Thursday.

The guys over at Tradition Sports Online got their hands on EA Sports NCAA Football 14 at E3 this week and revealed the ratings for all 126 teams today .

There aren't many coordinators -- those six-figure lieutenants sitting at the right hand of head coaches everywhere -- still paying off student loans.

Travis Hines of the Ames Tribune broke the news Friday afternoon that Iowa State recruit, Richard Amardi had been released from his letter of intent and would not be joining the Cyclones for the '13-'14 season.

It appears Ryan McDonough takes the term "no days off" very seriously as the team has now held six draft workouts reviewing the talents of 34 total prospects in that time... Who came through today? Next year the Phoenix Suns clearly need to move in the direction of becoming more athletic overall and add more versatility to the roster.

In the fall, he will produce tackles, interceptions, fumbles and the kind of highlight hits that make football our national blast-time.

School: Syracuse University, '96 When you started with Bonneville Phoenix: December 1, 1999 Favorite sports memory: Game 7, 2001 World Series Least-favorite sports memory: Game 1, 1988 World Series Favorite all-time athlete : Larry Bird, Don Mattingly Favorite sports movies: Hoosiers, Field of Dreams North Carolina State forward C.J. Leslie was one ... (more)

SAINA WINS AGAIN. This is getting pretty old, but Betsy Saina won another NCAA title , her third in the 10,000 meter.

Some NBA teams do offer guarantees to players that they will be picked at a certain position in the draft.

FIRST FOUR GAME SCHEDULE RELEASED. If you missed it yesterday, the Cyclones have released kickoff times for their first four games , highlighted by the Cy-Hawk game at 5 PM, which will likely result in broken livers and public intoxs en masse.

Nov 23, 2012; Ames, Iowa, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers linebacker Isaiah Bruce gets set on defense against the Iowa State Cyclones during the first half at Jack Trice Stadium.

Thanks to Dave McLaughlin - father of former Xavier star and current Drake player Mitch McLaughlin - for providing the below YMCA Capital City League update .

University of Kentucky junior-to-be Kyle Wiltjer is one of 16 basketball players named to the Canadian Men's National Team 2013 development roster.