Mike Hlas

First of all, why write about basketball when college football season officially starts in less than a month. That’s right, …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Last week, Dallas Clark rode RAGBRAI. Monday, he played golf in the Zach Johnson Foundation Classic at …

Former University of Iowa basketball player Matt Gatens of Iowa City will play pro ball in the Ukraine next season. …

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Michigan and Ohio State scoop up the Big Ten’s best football recruits. …

Earlier this month, six current NCAA football players were added as plaintiffs in former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon’s class-action …

I’m home from Chicago after two days of listening to Big Ten football coaches, Big Ten football players, and Big …

CHICAGO – Entering a season, there hasn’t been as important an opener for Iowa football in Kirk Ferentz’s 15 seasons …

CHICAGO – Three years ago this month, as an incoming Iowa freshman linebacker working out in Iowa City with his …

CHICAGO — Without further ado … Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz: “We’re excited to get started, certainly.” First question is about …

Preseason, schmeeseason. (Note to self: Don’t offer up this blog post to the Webby Awards’  nominating committee. That first paragraph …

As a rule, I don’t follow the words of Kurt Cobain as a manual for life. His songs kind of, …

Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby covered a lot of ground at his league’s football media day Monday. His comments …

Days like these remind me how close Cedar Rapids was to being Columbus. Today brought news that Ohio State’s football …

I was at the Big Ten’s football media day last year. I wasn’t captivated. I hate Media Days, frankly. It …

Cedar Rapids’ Zach Johnson had his third-highest finish in a major golf tournament Sunday when he tied for 6th-place at …