Mike Hlas

DES MOINES — The 4-year-old Big Four Classic is half of what once was in this state. The men’s basketball …

CEDAR RAPIDS — One person was honored Wednesday night at Theatre Cedar Rapids, but 240 went home feeling good. Such …

Tuesday was a day of loss in Midwestern college basketball. Not death, mind you. Nothing tragic, just two people leaving …

This will be the Rose Bowl Edgar Cervantes and Ramon Ochoa didn’t get. After Iowa’s football team defeated Minnesota in …

I didn’t put Alabama running back Derrick Henry atop my Heisman Trophy ballot. Nay, I went with the player who …

(This is an updated version of this post.) AMES – I believe college is supposed to be for the students, …

AMES — For Iowa State, this one should go into a time capsule. Iowa, on the other hand, may want …

This week’s Mike Hlas Podcast features Tom FitzGerald, who covers Stanford football for the San Francisco Chronicle. Consider this your …

Maybe this is totally wrong, but I’ll suggest it anyway. It seems like the anticipation and buildup for Thursday’s Iowa-Iowa …

So who has Iowa’s football team played against that resembles Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey? I’m not talking about this …

All ye who doth protest too much about respect for Iowa’s football team, heed the following. People seem quite taken …

Preseason college football predictions are hilarious. So are bowl projections, whether in Week 1 of the season or Week 13. …

IOWA CITY — The sting of Saturday night’s Big Ten title-game loss to Michigan State will endure, but Sunday brought …

INDIANAPOLIS — This one’s going to hurt for about forever. To get this near to an outright Big Ten championship, …

INDIANAPOLIS — You can find these photos elsewhere on the Gazette’s website, but I wanted to increase your chances of …