Mike Hlas

DES MOINES – Everything was pointing toward the best Iowa-Iowa State men’s basketball matchup – on paper, at least – …

DES MOINES — Here we are in the home of the Iowa Energy and the Iowa Wild. If you don’t …

Drake basketball doesn’t get much attention in Iowa unless it really does something big. Like in 2008 when it won …

A lot of forgettable college basketball games are played in November and December. The ACC/Big Ten Challenge forces 24 Big …

Let’s assume Iowa goes to the Outback Bowl, though I grant you that isn’t a certainty. This isn’t neurosurgery, so …

It’s become legendary in Iowa. This summer, Sports Illustrated college football writer Stewart Mandel named coach Kirk Ferentz of Iowa …

IOWA CITY – Clear space on future Iowa men’s basketball schedules for more of these in Decembers, please. The atmosphere …

IOWA CITY — The Notre Dame kids like the Steak ‘n Shake. Me, too. What, you’re too high and mighty …

There’s so much college football to chew on this week, that the Mike Hlas Podcast has brought in Jay Christensen, …

It’s the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, and yes, Notre Dame is a first-year ACC member for sports other than football. The …

I’m assuming you’re Iron Bowled-out. Although, Alabama losing because it successfully got one second put back on the game clock, …

Iowa and Penn State hadn’t had a No. 1 ranking all season in this feature. Well, that ends today. Why …

Many a bowl-scenario has been blown up before college football’s version of Selection Sunday. Memorable examples involving Iowa: Everyone around …

Gazette photojournalist Jim Slosiarek sent me this short video Saturday morning, suggesting that Iowa football fans would enjoy seeing Hawkeye …

LINCOLN, Neb. – It came after Kirk Ferentz’s emotional postgame address, after Ferentz’s Iowa football players did the high-speed version …