Mike Hlas

Why? Because I’m the most unaffectedly personal sports writer/blogger in the Western Hemisphere. Why really? For the heck of it. …

I’m at home, hiding from snow, freezing rain, ice and UPS trucks. This weather is a mish-mash, but this post …

It isn’t just some blurb in the weekly college basketball notes. Sports Illustrated has given the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team …

If we learned anything from the college football season that just ended, it’s that people would rather watch Iowa than …

In June 2008, Nate Kaeding left San Diego to make his way back home to Coralville as quickly as possible. …

In June 2008, Nate Kaeding left San Diego to make his way back home to Coralville as quickly as possible. …

For the second straight week, I offer a potpourri of excerpts from New York-New Jersey sportswriters about Jets rookie Shonn …

I’m the first to get down on Iowa and its fellow BCS-conference big boys for playing too many lousy nonconference …

If you don’t believe it, watch this video. Brands was referring to Hawkeye wrestler Aaron Janssen, who lost a 16-7 …

IOWA CITY – Another brick was put in the wall of this new era of University of Iowa wrestling dominance. …

IOWA CITY — So … here I am with several hundred of my closest personal friends. It’s Penn State-Iowa men’s basketball. …

As engaging as the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team was last year, it may equal or surpass that this season. …

I missed this when Tennessee Tech announced it here in December. I must have been busy last month. With little …

Associated Press named its All-Pro team today. Twenty-seven players. Twenty-seven elite players. You know the names. Peyton Manning. Ray Lewis. …

I saw this on The Big Lead Thursday night and said to myself, my Hlog peeps would enjoy this. This …