Mike Hlas

Everyone — and that means everyone — has some sort of hot-button opinion about Caitlin Clark and what has surrounded her in the WNBA.

The national TV audience for the world’s top stock car series will see nothing but full seats when the green flag drops in Newton next Sunday.

The average low temperature in Iowa City on Dec. 21 is 18 degrees. In Ames, it’s 17 degrees. This is told to you to get you prepared for what might be should the Hawkeyes or Cyclones have a triumphant football season and advance to the College Football Playoff.

Justin Wessel, from Cedar Rapids Prairie, was a teammate and close friend of Luke Walton, Bill’s son. That gained Wessel entrance into Bill Walton’s world.

Carson Schaake, a golfer for the University of Iowa from 2013-2017, qualified for next week’s U.S. Open by being one of four qualifiers at the 64-player final qualifier at Springfield (Ohio) Country Club.

Whether on the court or in the courtroom, getting blanked while the opposition scores big can really sour your mood.

Payton Sandfort announced Wednesday night that he was withdrawing from the NBA draft to return to the Hawkeyes. The senior-to-be wing will provide perimeter shooting, rebounding, leadership in his senior season.

Kyle Larson had hoped to race 1,100 miles Sunday. Rain messed that up, but Larson hopes to go 350 miles for a checkered flag in Iowa on June 16.

Bill Walton was a giant in more than size, bringing laughter and life through TV screens carrying basketball games many of us didn’t even care about all that much.

High-scoring Iowa forward Payton Sandfort will decide by Wednesday if he is staying in the NBA draft or returning for a fourth season with the Hawkeyes.

Ben Krikke helped his hometown Edmonton team win its season-opener before a Canadian Elite Basketball League-record crowd of 12,327 in Calgary.

Iowa State was a school-best 17th in latest Division I Director’s Cup standings after a winter of winners.

Here are the 0-4 Indiana Fever’s games, times, and TV for the rest of this week.

Indiana Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton has the game of his career to date Sunday in New York, a Game 7 against the Knicks.

Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever club got throttled 102-66 in Thursday home opener against New York. The Fever weren’t good before Clark. They still have a lot of work to do.