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Lt. Kelly Hindman, a district commander of Post 7 in Fort Dodge wrote on his Facebook that he wished “there was a sniper at Carver Hawkeye (Arena) to shoot the color commentator in the head…cause he is driving me nuts.” The color commentator for Saturday’s Ohio State - Iowa game was Dakich, a former interim head coach at Indiana University. MORE: Coach K’s biggest wins | 13 teams who could miss the NCAA Tourney | Craziest fans...

Line: Iowa State -2.5 Total: 150 MORE: College hoops live odds | ATS standings Trends: ISU 17-6 SU, 11-8-1 ATS, 7-12-1 O/U. TTU 13-9 SU, 10-10 ATS, 10-10 O/U. KenPom efficiency ratings: ISU 18 (overall), 8 (offense), 65 (defense). TTU 59, 90, 57 Effective FG percentage: ISU 56.4, TTU 48.5 EFG% against: ISU 49.4, TTU 48.2 Analysis: Texas Tech started the year as one of the country’s best ATS teams, but since Big 12 play began, the Red Raiders have gone ice cold....

The resilient Cyclones found themselves in another large halftime hole in Saturday’s Big 12 Tournament championship game but rallied from 14 points down to defeat ninth-ranked and No. 1 seed Kansas, 70-66. Iowa State has now won the conference tournament in back-to-back seasons. MORE: Inspirational story | Field of 68 update | PHOTOS: Tourneys gallery “The comeback kids strike again,” proclaimed Georges Niang, who led the Cyclones with 19 points....

The first thing you want to do in deciding on a carrier is to check coverage, especially the coverage for 4G if you are buying the newest iPad. You can check AT&T’s coverage map, which shows the areas where data is covered. Simply click the Coverage tab at the bottom and note the orange circles that denote 4G coverage. Verizon’s coverage map also shows which cities support 4G, with those cities highlighted with a green circle....

Don’t panic. This article goes over some possible reasons why your iPad keeps shutting down and how to fix the problem. Why Does Your iPad Keep Shutting Down? Before troubleshooting, it’s important to understand the cause of the issue. Why does your iPad keep shutting down even when there is still power left in the battery? There are a few possible reasons behind it: A software glitch is causing your iPad to shut down unexpectedly....

According to Ibtimes.com.au, reports of 9to5 mac says, “The iPhone maker shipped out 55.3 million iPhones in the last three months of 2013. The numbers, represent the best quarterly sales ever for the tech giant since the first iPhone model was introduced in 2007, added the same story.” With the befitting success of iPhone 5S, Apple may rush the release of its first phablet. It is being predicted Apple will take plunge in big screen trend with iPhone 6....

Samsung has already stunned us with the 16 megapixel shutter and optical stabilization. The Galaxy Note 5 will offer a better deal with 20 MP here, we are sure. This leaves Apple in a tighter position than it imagined. If not the megapixel, the rumoured dual lens sensor in the iPhone 7 could indeed put Apple at the top again. To begin with Apple needs to offer a superb screen resolution....

Punjab are one of three sides to have not yet won an IPL trophy, with Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals being the other two. With Kumble’s appointment, Kings XI will be desperately hoping for a revival in fortunes. According to reports, former Australia and Kings XI captain George Bailey has been appointed as the batting coach of the franchise, with Sunil Joshi appointed as the assistant coach. South Africa’s Jonty Rhodes has been finalized as the fielding coach, while Courtney Walsh from West Indies is being tipped to be the new bowling coach....

Super Kings smashed 68 runs off the last five overs with the Indian captain plundering South Africa’s premier pacer Dale Steyn for 24 off the final over. Leggie Karn Sharma was the pick of the Hyderabad bowlers, claiming two wickets for just 19 runs. 0 votes

7 games – 3 wins and 4 losses. The clustered points table got even clumsier with SRH’s win against Rajasthan Royals last night. The problem for SRH starts with Shikhar Dhawan’s reluctance to let go of the opening position. He hasn’t set things on fire and his record of 155 runs from 7 outings is modest. His inability to convert the starts exposes the vulnerability of a fragile middle order....

At precisely half-way stage of their 14-match league campaign, RCB have just six points from three wins in contrast to Punjab’s 12 after seven games. The difference between the two teams reflects not just the points, but also the consistency, something that RCB skipper Virat Kohli and his team have been unable to achieve thus far. Meanwhile, the city has been experiencing intermittent showers that have provided relief from the sweltering heat in the past few days and thundershowers are forecast for Friday....

Steyn’s new IPL franchise the Gujarat Lions sit pretty on the top of the table right now having gone undefeated in the tournament so far. However, Steyn has not played a single game for his franchise and has been warming the bench since the start of the tournament. But that did not deter Steyn from having some fun and playing cricket with children on the streets of Mumbai. The children appeared to be clearly ecstatic at the opportunity and Steyn seemed to be enjoying it as well as he broke into a joyous celebration after taking a wicket....

However, this was not the case for Cricket Insider’s Twitter account who tweeted nine predictions related to the IPL final between the Mumbai Indians and the Rising Pune Supergiant. To everyone’s surprise, eight of them were bang on target. Some of the tweets are as follows. In case you didn’t know… The Mumbai Indians emerged victorious in the final of the tenth season of the Indian Premier League by one run....

On the other hand, there has been a certain group of players, who were bought at a very high auction price due to the hype and buzz around them but failed miserably when their team needed them the most. Yuvraj Singh, for example, was bought by Delhi and Bangalore for 14 crores and 16 crores respectively but was released after just one season due to his inability to prove his worth....

While some players such as Pawan Negi have received hard blows in the past, from being millionaires to being sold for near base price, some players have seen their price rise exponentially. In this list, we look at five players who will be getting a fat pay cheque this year but were a lot cheaper last year. #5 Rahul Tewatia (Delhi Daredevils) The 24-year-old all-rounder from Haryana was bought by Delhi Daredevils this year, for a hefty price tag of Rs....

Although CEO Venky Mysore has later confirmed as to why the franchise didn’t opt to retain or even bid for their highly successful captain, in an interview, KKR have faced a series of criticism after the incident nonetheless. While Gautam Gambhir has moved to hometown Delhi, Dinesh Karthik has been given the role of leading this highly successful IPL franchise for the upcoming season. Karthik, who was embodied as a national hero, shortly after he struck a majestic six in the last ball to hand India an amazing victory against Bangladesh in the Nidahas trophy, a few weeks ago, is highly rated as one of the calmest and composed figures in Indian cricket....

But they purchased the players smartly, they only bought one expensive player i.e. Maxwell for a price of Rs. 9 crores. They were a bit lucky too as they could retain Rabada for Rs. 4.2 crores and they stole Munro with Rs. 1.9 crores. The key point of their auction was that they purchased a lot of the players at their base price. So even after retaining 3 players and getting 25 players after the auction, they were left with Rs....

In their last game as well, they were in total control after they restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to 118 but they failed to chase that down as they were bowled out for 87 and lost their fifth game of the season. Head coach Mahela Jayawardene was quite critical about his team’s performance. As they look to turn things around against arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings (CSK), let’s have a look at the possible playing XI for the Mumbai Indians....

Udit Sheth is the MD and CEO of TransStadia. TransStadia is the company responsible for getting beach soccer to India with Barefoot 2013, a tournament being held in Goa during 5-10 February, 2013. Sportskeeda caught up with Udit for a quick chat about the tournament, and the future of the game. What was the idea behind getting beach soccer to India? First of all, as a company, TransStadia are already deeply involved with sport and we have been working on sports conferences and infrastructure....

RELATED: Pokemon GO: Tips For Completing The Pokedex Pokemon GO has become one of the most popular mobile games for mobile devices since it transforms a player’s environment into a Pokemon-filled world. Along with catching and leveling a Pokemon, players must also complete Special Researches that award them with unique rewards. However, completing some of them, like the Investigate A Mysterious Energy special research, can sometimes be tricky without the proper guidance....