Don Doxsie
Hawkeyes’ weird season gets even more strange
IOWA CITY - Folks around the country who only skim through the list of college football scores from Saturday are going to think this one was fairly routine.
Oct 31, 2009 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
Viewpoint: Despite success, Hawks all business
EAST LANSING, Mich. - It really looked as if Iowa's magic finally had disappeared into the damp, dreary darkness of Spartan Stadium on Saturday night.
Oct 26, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…
Bates had gift of goodness
I've told the story many times, but under these circumstances it bears repeating.
Oct 24, 2009 | 10:50 pm | Loading…
In defense of Ricky Stanzi
OWA CITY - Ricky Stanzi is sort of like that veteran starting pitcher that the fans underestimate and the manager adores.
Oct 23, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…
Hawks use same script for victory
MADISON, Wis. - Some ESPN viewers might have wondered if they hadn't stumbled across some sort of rerun during the middle of the day Saturday.
Oct 17, 2009 | 11:30 pm | Loading…
Fry hasn't lost spunk
CORALVILLE, Iowa - They just don't make them like Hayden Fry any more.
Sep 05, 2009 | 12:50 am | Loading…
Cordova event brings spice
Attending the annual World Series of Drag Racing near Cordova, Ill., is kind of like eating a really spicy jalapeno.
Aug 27, 2009 | 10:45 pm | Loading…
Local sports thriving
Don't let anyone tell you that sports in the Quad-Cities is a tough sell in the current economy.
Aug 25, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…
Prima donna Favre ruins a good thing
I'm sitting here doing my Sunday crossword, and I'm torn on this one answer.
Aug 22, 2009 | 11:00 pm | Loading…
Don Doxsie
Don Doxsie has been employed by the Quad-City Times for more than a quarter century, serving two different stints as sports editor. In between, he was a daily columnist and University of Iowa beat writer. During his years at the Times, he has covered the World Series, the Super Bowl, the Final Four, the winter and summer Olympics and 14 college football bowl games. He has won numerous state and national awards, including first place in enterprise reporting in the APSE national contest in 2000. He also is the author of Iron Man McGinnity, a biography of a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher. Doxsie, a native of the western suburbs of Chicago, graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1975 and worked for newspapers in Wheaton, Ill.; Mattoon, Ill.; Woodstock, Ill.; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, before coming to the Times in January of 1984.
