Iowa athletics drops 4 sports amid financial crisis tied to virus

Iowa will drop four sports programs as part of the athletic department's response to a projected loss of $100 million in revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic. School president Bruce Harreld and athletic director Gary Barta said Friday that men's gymnastics, men's tennis and men's and women's swimming and diving will be discontinued after the 2020-21 academic year. Barta said the Big Ten's decision to postpone football and other fall sports until the spring will create an overall budget deficit between $60 million and $75 million this year.