Mike Hlas

With Penn State a 12-point favorite over Iowa Saturday night, who dares pick against the fourth-ranked Nittany Lions? Well, not …

IOWA CITY — This is what you want. Name opponent. Home game. Night game. Penn State. Prime Time. Though police …

Hlastradamus has been places, seen things, and eaten a bad clam or two over the last several centuries. He may …

We all have phrases we use over and over, whether we’re aware of it or not. Mine include ‘Go ahead, …

IOWA CITY — There were good reasons why multiple Iowa defensive players said ‘They’ve got a lot of good offensive …

Now we enter the serious phase of the Fun Facts season. Well, not really. But this being the week of …

Here are this week’s Big Ten football rankings, based on knee-jerk impulses rather than knee-jerk data. 1.

Sports. Along the way to the confetti and tears after the championship games, things aren’t always what they seem. Which …

IOWA CITY — George Will, columnist, commentator, author and baseball guy, wrote the following for Newsweek in 1976: ‘Football is …

Dan McCarney couldn’t and wouldn’t say it two years ago, but we all knew it anyway. This isn’t a fair …

What’s the best Big Ten game on Saturday? That’s a trick question. There isn’t one. Hlastradamus knew that. Because he …

Anybody can come back for more when they’ve won 21 straight baseball games, a fantastic feat the Cleveland Indians claimed …

IOWA CITY — A Tuesday announcement from the Big Ten looks like a salute to Iowa’s football program and a …

An afterthought? North Texas-Iowa? Pshaw! Iowa is a 22-point favorite over the Mean Green. In Week 1, Howard was a …

These are Big Ten rankings, but not power rankings. These are made on whims, my whims. Your whim-age may vary. …