Mike Hlas

Don’t shoot me, I’m only the piano player. Thirty-six teams claimed conference championships in Big Ten sports in the 2011-2012 …

Two of Jarrod Uthoff’s biggest fans have never seen him play in an organized basketball game. “We know Jarrod Uthoff, …

Forget the curse stuff. It might be gallows humor and/or a coping mechanism for the continuous bad fortune that has …

I may be the only person in the sportswriting dodge who would rather cover a 2:30 p.m. college football game …

How do you know it’s early June? It’s when a Web site called Beyond The Bets is publishing point-spreads for …

Yes, Jarrod Uthoff. We’ll get to it below. Right now, we’re going to talk about a University of Iowa athlete …

It was no accident that programs as successful and diverse as Florida, Marquette and Creighton were interested in persuading Jarrod …

Dick Vitale was in Cedar Rapids Monday for a V Foundation fundraiser. I asked him to put on his basketball …

This is about gaming. I know that makes it not for everyone, but hey, we’re adrift in the “Horse Latitudes,” …

I’m not going to give specifics, because 1 out of every 3 people are kooky and the other two aren’t …

UPDATE: Uthoff said Wednesday night that he will join Iowa’s program. Heh heh heh. That headline was perfectly designed to …

I remember the questions vividly and now they seem like a curse placed upon the Iowa football program. Before the …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Talking about basketball is Dick Vitale’s profession. His passion is far more important. Vitale calls his work …

Gary Dolphin didn’t want to make a whole big thing out of being cancer free. It is, however, another chance …

Today, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany and Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman were on a teleconference, and said what should have …