Mike Hlas
@mikehlas.bsky.social
Sports columnist, Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette. Troubadour. Power lifter. Collector of nothing but dust. Born in a log cabin.
Iowa will play at 8:30 (CT) again tomorrow, vs. the winner of tonight's Utah-Grand Canyon game. Bless you, my Acrisure Classic babies.
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Iowa will play at 8:30 (CT) again tomorrow, vs. the winner of tonight's Utah-Grand Canyon game. Bless you, my Acrisure Classic babies.
Hawkeyes handle their first late-game challenge of the season with aplomb, defeat formerly unbeaten Ole Miss 74-69. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Iowa men's basketball team beats Ole Miss, 74-69, plays late on Wednesday
Hawkeyes play at 11 p.m. Wednesday against Utah or Grand Canyon n Palm Springs.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Hawkeyes handle their first late-game challenge of the season with aplomb, defeat formerly unbeaten Ole Miss 74-69. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Fun Facts series-finale, Iowa-Nebraska: Special guest appearances by Eddie Murphy, Lady Gaga, Robert DeNiro and many more. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...
Fun Facts: Iowa-Nebraska, separated by a river named for a third state
Away, we're bound away, cross the wide Missouri.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Fun Facts series-finale, Iowa-Nebraska: Special guest appearances by Eddie Murphy, Lady Gaga, Robert DeNiro and many more. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...
To say I'm overwhelmed by all the kindness shown me here and elsewhere in the last several days is the understatement of the millennium. Well, at least the month. It simply hasn't been possible to respond to everyone. I haven't even begun to start. But I shall once time allows. Thank you, all.
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
To say I'm overwhelmed by all the kindness shown me here and elsewhere in the last several days is the understatement of the millennium. Well, at least the month. It simply hasn't been possible to respond to everyone. I haven't even begun to start. But I shall once time allows. Thank you, all.
Jimmy Cliff has died. He, not Bob Marley, introduced reggae to me when I was a kid. If you heard Jimmy Cliff's songs and didn't like them, please never let me know about it. He was a giant.
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Jimmy Cliff has died. He, not Bob Marley, introduced reggae to me when I was a kid. If you heard Jimmy Cliff's songs and didn't like them, please never let me know about it. He was a giant.
Iowa-Ole Miss men's basketball glance for Tuesday: Time/TV/whatnot. Two 5-0 teams with terrific senior point guards clash in Palm Springs, Calif. www.thegazette.com/sports/iowa-...
Iowa vs. Ole Miss men's basketball glance: Time/TV/game info (Nov. 25, 2025)
It's a clash of 5-0 clubs in Palm Springs, Calif., and both have senior point guards who are leading them.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Iowa-Ole Miss men's basketball glance for Tuesday: Time/TV/whatnot. Two 5-0 teams with terrific senior point guards clash in Palm Springs, Calif. www.thegazette.com/sports/iowa-...
Mother Teresa found this off-putting, but this was Hollywood sincerity at its finest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBXH...
SCTV - The Sammy Maudlin Show: Drugs & Hollywood
YouTube video by SCTV
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November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Mother Teresa found this off-putting, but this was Hollywood sincerity at its finest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBXH...
Hlas column: The incredible Kaden Wetjen supplied the electricity, and the Hawkeyes got a somewhat-shocking comeback win over Michigan State. www.thegazette.com/sports/michi...
Michigan State punting to Kaden Wetjen was a self-induced kick in the head
Wetjen was more of his All-America self than ever in Iowa's 20-17 comeback win over Michigan State, returning three punts for 40-plus yards and giving the Hawkeyes a fourth-quarter jolt of electricity...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Hlas column: The incredible Kaden Wetjen supplied the electricity, and the Hawkeyes got a somewhat-shocking comeback win over Michigan State. www.thegazette.com/sports/michi...
Hlas column: The journey really does matter more than the destination, and the people are more important than the scoreboard. A personal story as the final football game I cover at Kinnick Stadium for the Gazette nears. www.thegazette.com/sports/my-fi...
My first football interview was with a hitchhiking receiver. Now my ride here ends.
The journey really does matter more than the destination, and the people are more important than the scoreboard.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Hlas column: The journey really does matter more than the destination, and the people are more important than the scoreboard. A personal story as the final football game I cover at Kinnick Stadium for the Gazette nears. www.thegazette.com/sports/my-fi...
The Iowa men's basketball team is 5-0. Now, after its 93-54 win over Chicago State Thursday, it faces five straight games that should be considerably tougher. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Iowa men's basketball team gets to 5-0 by scorching Chicago State, 93-54
Iowa earned its fifth-straight men's basketball win of 19 or more points with its 93-54 victory over Chicago State Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Iowa men's basketball team is 5-0. Now, after its 93-54 win over Chicago State Thursday, it faces five straight games that should be considerably tougher. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Fun Facts: Michigan State-Iowa. The Spartans' 1984 Cherry Bowl MVP will try to shut down his alma mater. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...
Fun Facts: Michigan State-Iowa. Two programs Phil Parker made saltier
The 1984 Cherry Bowl MVP will be Iowa's defensive coordinator in a better bowl this year.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Fun Facts: Michigan State-Iowa. The Spartans' 1984 Cherry Bowl MVP will try to shut down his alma mater. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...
Chicago State-Iowa men's basketball glance for Thursday: Time/livestreaming info/notes. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Chicago State-Iowa men's basketball glance: Time/livestream/game info (Nov. 20, 2025)
This is the last game before things get serious for the Hawkeyes in a hurry and they begin what could be five straight games against high-major opponents.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Chicago State-Iowa men's basketball glance for Thursday: Time/livestreaming info/notes. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
The Iowa men's basketball team entered Tuesday's game vs. SE Missouri State as the nation's fifth-best shooting team. After a 99-70 rout of the Redhawks, the Hawkeyes were No. 2. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Iowa men's basketball team takes and makes good shots, routs SE Missouri State
Hawkeyes improve to 4-0 with 99-70 win over the Redhawks
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November 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The Iowa men's basketball team entered Tuesday's game vs. SE Missouri State as the nation's fifth-best shooting team. After a 99-70 rout of the Redhawks, the Hawkeyes were No. 2. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Hlas column: Either the Iowa-USC game officials simply missed calls or made incorrect rulings, or an enormous crime was crafted and executed in plain sight of the world. Your choice is revealing. www.thegazette.com/sports/big-t...
Big Ten rigged the Iowa-USC game, and the moon landings were fake, too
Either the Iowa-USC game officials simply missed calls or made incorrect rulings, or an enormous crime was crafted and executed in plain sight of the world. Take your pick.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hlas column: Either the Iowa-USC game officials simply missed calls or made incorrect rulings, or an enormous crime was crafted and executed in plain sight of the world. Your choice is revealing. www.thegazette.com/sports/big-t...
I've been sold. www.thegazette.com/news/adams-m...
Adams MultiMedia acquiring Cedar Rapids Gazette and 11 community newspaper titles
A Minnesota-based company is entering into an agreement to purchase The Gazette and 11 community newspapers, the companies announced jointly this morning.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I've been sold. www.thegazette.com/news/adams-m...
Southeast Missouri State-Iowa men's basketball glance for Tuesday: Time/TV/Ben McCollum quotes. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
SE Missouri State-Iowa men's basketball glance: Time/TV/game info (Nov. 18, 2025)
Hawkeyes and Redhawks hook up in Carver Tuesday, the first of two Iowa home games in the space of three days.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Southeast Missouri State-Iowa men's basketball glance for Tuesday: Time/TV/Ben McCollum quotes. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Reposted by Mike Hlas
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Reposted by Mike Hlas
Hlas column: Ben McCollum on building his Iowa men's basketball program: "It is going to be hard. And being good is hard. That’s what makes it fun." Essential to what must be done, he says, is rebuilding the fan base. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
It's a fresh fight for Iowa men's basketball, with a coach who likes discomfort
Ben McCollum is off to a 3-0 start as the Hawkeyes' coach. He says he's is trying to build a program with the fans as a big part of the foundation.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hlas column: Ben McCollum on building his Iowa men's basketball program: "It is going to be hard. And being good is hard. That’s what makes it fun." Essential to what must be done, he says, is rebuilding the fan base. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Iowa: 6-4 record
4-4 vs. Power 4 teams
0-4 vs. ranked teams
4-4 vs. Power 4 teams
0-4 vs. ranked teams
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Iowa: 6-4 record
4-4 vs. Power 4 teams
0-4 vs. ranked teams
4-4 vs. Power 4 teams
0-4 vs. ranked teams
I usuallly Twitter it for live sports, but had to roll back here. Too much Iowa media bashing of the officiating for my taste over there.
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I usuallly Twitter it for live sports, but had to roll back here. Too much Iowa media bashing of the officiating for my taste over there.
Hlas column: Ben McCollum on building his Iowa men's basketball program: "It is going to be hard. And being good is hard. That’s what makes it fun." Essential to what must be done, he says, is rebuilding the fan base. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
It's a fresh fight for Iowa men's basketball, with a coach who likes discomfort
Ben McCollum is off to a 3-0 start as the Hawkeyes' coach. He says he's is trying to build a program with the fans as a big part of the foundation.
www.thegazette.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hlas column: Ben McCollum on building his Iowa men's basketball program: "It is going to be hard. And being good is hard. That’s what makes it fun." Essential to what must be done, he says, is rebuilding the fan base. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Hlas column: Could it be that last Saturday's rain in Kinnick was just a sprinkle compared to what awaits the Iowa football team at USC this Saturday? Yup. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...
Iowa football team tries to avoid a 2nd-straight downfall in a rainfall
Whose bright idea was it for Iowa to play at USC on a November day it's supposed to be warmer and drier in Iowa City than L.A.?
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November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hlas column: Could it be that last Saturday's rain in Kinnick was just a sprinkle compared to what awaits the Iowa football team at USC this Saturday? Yup. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...
Xavier-Iowa men's basketball glance for Friday: www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Xavier-Iowa men's basketball glance: Time/TV/game info (Nov. 14, 2025)
Reeling after getting routed by Santa Clara, Richard Pitino's Musketeers come to Carver
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November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Xavier-Iowa men's basketball glance for Friday: www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...
Fun Facts: USC-Iowa. A tale of two Melrose Avenues, two Hollywood Boulevards, but only one Pacific Ocean. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...
Fun Facts: Iowa-USC football. Looks like another perfect day. I love L.A.
Only one major-college football player has scored a touchdown in all nine games this season. He will play in this game.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Fun Facts: USC-Iowa. A tale of two Melrose Avenues, two Hollywood Boulevards, but only one Pacific Ocean. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...