Mike Hlas
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Sports columnist at the Cedar Rapids Gazette & https://t.co/1kiUDCKv9y. Future cowboy and/or civil engineer. I'm at @MikeHlas on Bluesky
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Joined May 2008
The main difference in the NBA and WNBA drafts is that I've heard of the players in the WNBA draft.
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I'm bored. When does the next round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament start?.
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We just did this last month. Georgia 65, TCU 7.
Texas secessionist uses Marjorie Taylor Greene’s national divorce proposal to call for Texas to secede from the union, wants Texas football champs to face off against the champion from the United States.
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This seems odd: Michigan State is claiming Caitlin Clark made an invalid fair-catch signal before hitting her walk-off 3-pointer last night.
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Lisa Bluder on Carver fans chanting "One more year!" to Clark:. "I paid 'em.".
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Former Iowa women's basketball player Molly Davis joins coaching staff at Evansville as graduate assistant.
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The players seem to be enjoying their new T-shirts and caps.
Alabama DC Kirby Smart ends season with $250,000 in bonuses; OC Lane Kiffin ends with just under $150,000 in bonuses.
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Just 6,257 points and three Naismith Trophies at Iowa.
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StubHub has $8.97 tickets available for Illinois-Rutgers Saturday. There's a catch, however. The tickets are to see Illinois play Rutgers.
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Gonna miss Luka Garza. As a person. One of the most pleasant, sincere, cooperative, humble, intelligent college athletes I've covered. I hope he makes a lot of cash playing pro ball and has a fulfilling career.
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Two first-round OL picks within two years, 10 miles apart on Highway 1. Tristan Wirfs of Mount Vernon (pop. 4,500), Tyler Linderbaum of Solon (pop. 3,000). Kind of wild.
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Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly just said he'd "rather play Coe College" than Iowa State.
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Hlas column from Cleveland: A national-championship is the only thing Caitlin Clark couldn't give Iowa, but what she did for the state was a lot better than the biggest trophy.
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There is no question the four best teams are Alabama, Ohio State, Washington, Clemson, Michigan, Penn State and USC.
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This is a nice touch. Woodard has seemed very gracious, given the scoring record was hers but not recognized by the NCAA.
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You haven't seen college basketball in Iowa until you've been to Hilton Coliseum.
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Lisa Bluder just hugged Travis Scott, and for a moment, everything was right in the world.
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Four years ago, I spent a day with Hayden Fry in Nevada. It was one of the best days I ever had on the job. He didn't talk about his gridiron glories, but more about his childhood and his fights with cancer Here's the story:
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First-draft column: South Carolina held 9 teams under 41 points this season. Then it got to the Final Four, and couldn't hold Caitlin Clark under 41. The National Player of the Year led Iowa to the upset of the year and into the national-championship game.
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The NBA G League's Iowa Wolves have signed former Hawkeye guard Jordan Bohannon.
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Here's what I know: Patrick McCaffery is an intelligent, thoughtful, funny young man who loves playing basketball and cares about playing it well. Also, anxiety is a malady he shares with so many of us. All the best to him and those who relate to him the most.
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ESPN's David Pollack on Cade McNamara transferring to Iowa: "Is there gonna be a new system? If he's playing in that same system . Lord have mercy. Good luck to him.".
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Tyler Linderbaum and Keith Duncan are among some Hawkeye football players, coaches helping with Cedar Rapids cleanup today.
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Likable team, these Hawkeyes. The way they swarmed student-manager Jack Devlin in glee after he made a half-court shot during a timeout was pure gold.
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I'm starting to think Iowa needs to market men's basketball a bit differently to its student population.
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Would this poster sell? I think this poster might sell.
Breaking records, breaking new ground. @CaitlinClark22 shatters the All-Time Women’s NCAA Scoring Record and makes it her own.
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That was my favorite Super Bowl halftime show. Are you with me, Iowa?.
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Indiana basketball and Nebraska football need to get together sometime and talk about the good old days.
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I just visited the owner of Need Pizza (Bob Wagner) in downtown C.R. His place isn't open for business, but he has opened it for the public to charge phones and use WiFi for the rest of the afternoon. "We have power," he said. "We can share it.".
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Luka Garza just said Spencer Lee's story is going to "motivate me forever," called him an amazing guy.
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Media Day at the Super Bowl. @gkittle46 . The possibilities are limitless. The People's Tight End.
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Hannah Stuelke, from the mean streets of Cedar Rapids, was terrific. Gabbie Marshall and Kate Martin came up so big late in the game. Team win, Iowa. Nebraska played a great game, looks like someone you wouldn't necessarily want to go up against in the NCAA tourney.
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ESPN's women's basketball bracketologist has Iowa vs. Iona in the first round. That's right, the nightmare scenario for an Iowa sportswriter, in which one typographical error in the wrong place sends readers down a deceptive path from which there is no return.
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Michigan had 229 first-quarter yards vs. Washington. It had 213 in its game vs. Iowa.
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Former Hawkeye Riley Till with a game-high 17 points in his Cal Poly debut. He was 7-of-7 from the field, had 7 rebounds and blocked 3 shots.
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Iowa's Kylie Feuerbach entered the game because Sydney Affolter got her 3rd foul, then stole the ball three times in 1:17.
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Hayden Fry turned 90 today. If you see an Iowa tiger hawk logo today, remember that its father is celebrating a birthday.
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Former Iowa women's basketball player Claire Till Kittle and husband, an NFL player the fans seem to recognize.
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Keegan Murray is 6-of-8 from 3-point tonight, and is the first NBA rookie to make 200 threes in a season.
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This isn't political. Not everything needs to be. That said . Gus Walz would be a great kid to have as a neighbor. Anyone who mocks him is garbage.
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Caitlin Clark's 33 points are the Iowa single-game high in an NCAA tourney game. She also has 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Prediction: If it's allowed to do so, Iowa will sell a lot of tickets for women's basketball games next season.
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Murray 14 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 blocks. Yes, from the mean streets of Cedar Rapids.
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Departing Iowa QB Deacon Hill, who has entered the NCAA transfer portal, exhibited as much grace under trying times as any athlete or coach I've ever been around. He'll do well in life.
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Iowa football assistant coach LeVar Woods in Cedar Rapids this morning:
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Iowa's Daviyon Nixon is the Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Year.
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You lock up a share of the Big Ten title by hanging a hundy at home against the No. 6 team in the country. Pretty, pretty good, Iowa women's basketball.
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If I'm the New Orleans Pelicans, I'm taking Zion Williamson with the No. 1 pick. Lots of upside.
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Frisco, Texas, had a lot of Iowa Hawkeyes fans today. That's where a celebration of Hayden Fry's life was held, and it contained a lot of affection, respect, and laughter. Kirk Ferentz brought his 'A' game to the microphone.
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ESPN's Jeff Van Gundy: "Keegan Murray, as a young player, his poise to me and the intelligence with which he has played this game -- it's really been a revelation. Murray has 15 points and 11 rebounds in 42 minutes, Kings lead 116-97 with 3:45 left in Game 6 vs. Golden State.
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Night 9 without electricity at my house: The coyotes edge closer, surely sensing weakness. But they should proceed prudently, for I also need meat and will go to primal lengths to get it. Until pizza delivery is again a thing here, that is.
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Petras on crowd storm: "I don't think I've ever had my head slapped so many times. Super-fun.".
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Dace Richardson is an African American who is a police officer in Iowa and a former Hawkeye football player for Kirk Ferentz's Iowa program. That's a lot to be connected to right now, and he talks about it here:
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Iowa is the first Big Ten team to score 70 on Michigan this season.
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The Chicago Bears have waived punter Corliss Waitman. It looks like they're keeping rookie Tory Taylor. For the next 12 years or more, probably.
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I can say it now that he made his college exit official. Joe Wieskamp was a good egg for 3 years at Iowa, and before that when he was an Iowa commit. Cooperative at all times with the media, win or lose. A terrific ballplayer. He'll do well.
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Luka Garza just called Keegan Murray "Nicholas Baer 2.0." That's high praise.
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Easy solution for Nebraska's football scheduling. Have Kent State play at Lincoln instead of Iowa City on Sept. 18, and have Iowa play the Sooners in Norman that day. Iowa works out a deal with OU for gate money, and a good time is had by all.
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People who have said Connor McCaffery isn't a Big Ten-quality basketball player probably are susceptible to other forms of misinformation.
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What a great moment for Jack Nunge, scoring the game-winning basket for Xavier with 3.1 seconds left in the NIT final.
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Nick Nurse, from the mean streets of Carroll, Iowa, is one win from coaching in the NBA Finals.
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I just had an appeal approved by University of Iowa parking, and I've never felt more alive.
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Austin Ash scored 20 points for The Citadel tonight. The former Hawkeye is averaging 18.7 through three games.
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Today is my 40th anniversary at the Gazette. I bore you with that for two reasons. One, obviously, is a warning about the dangers of inertia. Two, to shame my employer into presenting me with a lovely gift. Luggage would be nice. The good stuff, with wheels and whatnot.
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This is the bookend (so far) to Iowa's win over South Carolina in Dallas last year. Transcendent moment in program history. LSU is freaking good. Iowa played the Tigers off their feet.
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Live from New York, it was Caitlin Clark! The Iowa women's basketball star coolly performed on a different kind of big stage as she roasted Michael Che on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update." Story and video:
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Fran McCaffery just high-fived perhaps every member of the Iowa pep band moments ago.
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Taylor Swift and Caitlin Clark are both performing in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Sunday. Guess which event has higher online ticket prices.
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My Gazette keeps showing up at my Cedar Rapids doorstep thanks to a relentless carrier. My co-workers at The Gazette keep assembling and producing a great newspaper and online product for that carrier to deliver during hard times for all here.
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