Mike Hlas

Former Iowa men’s basketball player Joe Wieskamp has joined his third NBA team. He signed a training camp contract with the Dallas Mavericks after getting waived by the Toronto Raptors in July.

Senior cornerback T.J. Tampa could have played college football at Georgia and could have gone to the NFL after last season. He likes Iowa State, which is a good thing for the Cyclones.

Iowa started its three-game European tour with a blowout behind 22 points apiece from Payton Sandfort and transfer Ben Krikke.

If you thought winning a conference football or basketball championship was hard for Iowa before, wait until the four Pac-12 refugees jump on board.

Six new Hawkeyes will blend in with returnees for Iowa men’s basketball games in France and Spain.

A minimalist media day precedes a season in which no one knows who will quarterback Iowa State’s football team.

Some day, we’ll all look back at this week’s additions to the Big Ten and Big 12 and it will all seem funny. Or not.

Can you imagine the fallout had an Iowa or Iowa State athlete been found to have bet against his own team?

Later this week, Justin Thomas will try to reverse recent results and move toward earning a spot on the Zach Johnson-captained U.S. Ryder Cup team.

While we’re pushing Nebraska back out of the Big Ten, let’s see to it that USC and UCLA never arrive.

Next Monday’s Zach Johnson Foundation Classic has added Justin Thomas, one of pro golf’s biggest names. The 15-time PGA Tour-winner is playing in Minnesota this week with hopes of getting a Ryder Cup selection by U.S. team captain Johnson.

Seven wins, 25 points per game ... These are targets Iowa should shoot holes through with ammo to spare. Right?

Dr. Jay Bickford, an Eastern Illinois University social studies education professor, was a senior offensive lineman on Kirk Ferentz’s first Iowa team. He’s doing what he can to help researchers study CTE.

Iowa has four freshmen, and Fran McCaffery says they’ve all looked good so far in summer workouts.

Cody Ince, Randy Larson, Steve Batterson — an athlete, a supporter and a reporter — all recently died, and way too soon.