Mike Hlas

MINNEAPOLIS — It’s wet here. Which is better than snowy. Although many Minnesotans probably would disagree.

MINNEAPOLIS — I’ve never covered a college football game in Minnesota in September. Every other time I’ve covered an Iowa-Minnesota …

Chaos can be delightful as long as no one gets hurt. It was disappointing when the possibility of a five-way …

As the season goes along, Hlastradamus digs in and gets that crystal ball a little dirty. Sure, the first few …

Minnesota senior safety Brock Vereen is from Valencia, Calif. He has fully bought into the Iowa-Minnesota football rivalry. This video, …

On the southern edge of I-380 in Cedar Rapids heading toward Iowa City, there is a University of Iowa athletics-billboard …

IOWA CITY – Last off-season, Iowa hired special teams coach Chris White from the NFL. Western Michigan special teams coach …

It’s Iowa-Minnesota Week. So this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast features an interview with Patrick Reusse, longtime sports columnist for the …

Last Saturday, Iowa’s Kevonte Martin-Manley became the third Big Ten player to ever return two punts for touchdowns in the …

We kept hearing how Week 4 of the college football season didn’t have very many good matchups. We heard right. …

Cedar Rapids’ Zach Johnson closed his most-lucrative seven-day stretch of golf winnings Sunday. Johnson earned $1,440,000 last Monday for winning …

The weekly disclaimer: My Sunday Big Ten rankings are for the games played  that weekend and only the games played …

Minnesota Golden Gophers defensive tackle Ra’Shede Hageman has big appetites. “Last year I was like 301 (pounds),” Hageman told me …

IOWA CITY – Flying toward a bandwagon after a rout of one of America’s worst major-college football teams is a …

IOWA CITY — The thing about fun facts is that they’re fun. Or mildly interesting at best. Take your pick. …