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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 11h

Daybreak in Valdez, Alaska.

Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 11h

Hlas column: Imagine the temperature in Hawkeyeland if Iowa football had a 7-game Big Ten losing streak. Well, the Hawkeyes will try to extend Wisconsin's streak to eight losses Saturday as Camp Randall has few happy campers. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...

Hlas: Iowa football tries to add to the natives' restlessness in Wisconsin

The Badgers have lost seven straight Big Ten games, and their fans seem to be reaching a breaking point.

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 1d

The Savannah Bananas are coming to Iowa's Kinnick Stadium next July 3-4. Here are the details: www.thegazette.com/sports/savan...

Savannah Bananas will bring their zany baseball to Kinnick Stadium next July 3-4

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 1d

Luka Garza had 10 points and 10 rebounds in 16 minutes for the Celtics last night. Here's where other Iowa men's basketball players of the last five seasons are playing today, and they're far-flung: www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...

Where Iowa men's basketball players of the last five years are playing today

Three are in the NBA. Others are in Europe, Asia, and all over college basketball.

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 2d

Fun Facts: Iowa-Wisconsin. Is it a coincidence that National Badger Day was this week in the United Kingdom? It seems unlikely. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...

Fun Facts: Iowa-Wisconsin. Hawkeyes seek 21st-straight win ... on FS1

This could be Iowa's 100th-consecutive game without going to overtime.

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 2d

And the teams who play there don't stay anywhere near Miami Beach.

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 2d

Today's birthdays:

Lisa Woods, Kris LeFave, Craig Dewaele

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 2d

The new-look Iowa men's basketball team didn't get overlooked in the media's annual preseason Big Ten poll. Nor did Hawkeye guard Bennett Stirtz. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...

Iowa men's basketball picked to finish in upper half of Big Ten standings

Ben McCollum's first Hawkeyes team is slotted ahead of Indiana, among others. Iowa guard Bennett Stirtz is a preseason first-team All-Big Ten choice.

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 3d

Times and TV for this season's Iowa men's basketball games are out, with tipoffs ranging from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. www.thegazette.com/sports/times...

Times and TV/streaming networks announced for 2025-26 Iowa men's basketball

Twenty-six of Hawkeyes' 31 games will be televised with the other five on streaming services

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 3d

Hlas column: Ranking Iowa's remaining seven football games, with Saturday's clash with mortal Wisconsin not in the upper half. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...

In a rarity, Wisconsin football game isn't one of Iowa's most-anticipated

Of Hawkeyes' remaining seven football contests, Saturday's game in Madision isn't among the best.

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 3d

"Iowa 42" was a phrase drummed in the heads of Wisconsin's football players this offseason thanks to the Hawkeyes drilling the Badgers in Iowa City last year.
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Blowout loss at Iowa last season had Wisconsin seeing red this offseason

"Iowa 42" was a phrase drummed in Badger players' heads in offseason conditioning workouts, thanks to the Hawkeyes' 42-10 rout of the Badgers at Kinnick Stadium last November.

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 3d

Iowa has a men's basketball preseason All-Big Ten team honoree. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...

Iowa guard Bennett Stirtz named to preseason men's basketball All-Big Ten team

Stirtz was the Missouri Valley Conference's Player of the Year last season at Drake

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 4d

Have the Cubs considered moving their home games in the NLDS to Kabul? bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump on Chicago: "It's probably worse than almost any city in the world. You could go to Afghanistan, you could go to a lot of different places."

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 4d

Penn State-Iowa football game on Oct. 18 will be at 6 p.m. on Peacock.

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 5d

Schnook 'em, Horbs.

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 5d

My AP college football Top 25 ballot: Saturday was a great example of why there shouldn't be a preseason Top 25. This year's Top 2 teams in August were both busts on the first Saturday of October. www.thegazette.com/sports/mike-...

Mike Hlas' AP college football Top 25 ballot: Farewell Texas, Penn State

The preseason Nos. 1 and 2 teams aren't in my latest top 25. Nor should they be.

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