Mike Hlas

The newspaper biz is a crazy biz sometimes. A lot of the time, really. Wednesday, I was asked if I’d …

IOWA CITY – It was largely a manufactured crowd, built on free admission for the university’s students and pregame autographs …

Plenty of noise was made at halftime of Wednesday night’s Ohio State-Iowa men’s basketball game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. First, Orange …

This is written three hours before Wednesday night’s Ohio State-Iowa men’s basketball game in Iowa City, but it’s highly doubtful …

Big Ten football teams don’t play Division III football teams. Yet. But the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon has nothing …

One of America’s finest college basketball players will play in Carver-Hawkeye Arena Wednesday night, and he can handle a little …

There was a time when putting The Who on at halftime of the Super Bowl — or live on any …

This is less scientific than astrology, but I’ll throw it at the wall and see what you think sticks and …

I have a choice to make, work-wise. On Wednesday night, there are two Division I men’s basketball games within an …

AMES – Ahhh, young people, you should have seen Hilton Coliseum back in the day. Everyone in the Big 12 …

AMES – Ahhh, young people, you should have seen Hilton Coliseum back in the day. Everyone in the Big 12 …

I was passing through ESPN’s telecast of the Los Angeles Lakers-New York Knicks game Friday night when I heard color …

I called Zach Johnson’s agent on Wednesday to try to arrange a phone interview. On Thursday, Johnson called me from …

I’m not big on reprinting press releases, but this one is a story in itself in my opinion. Iowa men’s …

ESPN.com’s Big Ten blogger, Adam Rittenberg, has his Big Ten football (Fill in the Blanks) of the Decade. Here are …