Hlas Out of Bounds: It's my silver anniversary of being from freakin' Iowa, courtesy of a 2001 basketball press conference that turned me into Public Enemy No. 1 in the state for a little while. mikehlas.substack.com/p/its-my-sil...

Former Hawkeye Riley Mulvey is going to the NCAA tourney. His Siena team won the MAAC title game tonight, and he had 11 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocked shots and played all 40 minutes. Siena's in NCAA for 1st time since Fran McCaffery coached there in 2010.

This is Max Velocity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6H9...

Hlas Out of Bounds: Hawkeyes. Cyclones. Two morning men's basketball games Wednesday. Now that's March madness. mikehlas.substack.com/p/conference...

Hlas Out of Bounds: UNI men's basketball has made some great memories for Panther fans in Ben Jacobson's two decades as head coach. It added another over the weekend, and is a potential headache for some big-deal team in the NCAA tourney next week. mikehlas.substack.com/p/ben-jacobs...

What a glorious weekend for UNI's men's basketball team. First team to win 4 games in the Missouri Valley tourney, off to the NCAA tourney for the 1st time in 10 years after 84-69 win over UIC today in the MVC title game. Beware to the high-major that gets the Panthers next week.

Trump: "A lot of our people were walking around without legs"

Hlas column for HawkFanatic.com: Even though it was a loss, the memories of the last home game of the season for Iowa men's basketball should be good ones. The Hawkeyes' 71-68 defeat to Big Ten-champ Michigan was fierce and fun. hawkfanatic.com/2026/03/06/h...

The corporate barons can't keep me out of the arena. I'm columnizing after the Michigan-Iowa game for HawkFanatic.com. Will the Hawkeyes provide a surprise? Will the Wolverines' rarely matched Big Ten dominance continue? If I knew that, I'd be in the Caymans, not Carver.

Hlas Out of Bounds: We love you guys, fans are telling the players during college basketball Seniors Nights this week (including at Iowa tonight). Now which one are you again? mikehlas.substack.com/p/the-subtit...

My column for hawkfanatic.com on Lisa Bluder's second Big Ten women's basketball tournament as a broadcaster after 24 as Iowa's coach, and how she has worked to turn "we" into "they" when discussing the Hawkeyes. hawkfanatic.com/2026/03/03/h...

Hlas Out of Bounds: A list of minor irritations plaguing me, from Carver cones to Billy Bob Thornton, and especially talking heads who say a winning tournament team just punched its ticket. mikehlas.substack.com/p/its-ticket...

The Oklahoma City Thunder are signing Payton Sandfort to a two-way NBA contract out of their OKC Blue G League affiliate, Ross Aroyo and Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports tell ESPN. Sandfort joined the OKC program after being undrafted from Iowa last June.

OK, don't read anything into this other than it's a what-if question. What if you decided to liquidate all your assets and take up residence in another nation, knowing the varying difficulties of doing that in each nation that interests you? Which would you pick?

Iowa's best newspaper: iowawriters.substack.com/p/a-path-to-...

Not having very many close friends bothers me. Especially since Larry David isn't one of them. www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/cazz...

is it a toilet, it’s a toilet isn’t it

the average american eats 5 hotdogs a year in their sleep

It's a good day for some Campbell's Soup.

Hlas Out of Bounds: The Grinnell men's basketball team is still routinely scoring 100+ points per game, but it's been doing a lot of something else lately: Winning. mikehlas.substack.com/p/grinnell-c...

Let's not play two.

East Main Street, Newark NJ.

Corniglia. There are no Winter Olympics in this part of Italy, but something rarer than a U.S. gold medal in men's ice hockey has just occurred. Namely, a parking space has opened up.

I’m so proud of these dudes whose social media content I will never, ever check

I didn't know who Jack Hughes was before this morning.

Hlas Out of Bounds: AC/DC, the band that gave Iowa football fans "Back in Black," is playing a couple of Big Ten stadiums this summer. Is Kinnick one of them? No, it's shameful to the school and the band. mikehlas.substack.com/p/how-is-thi...

Here in Valdez, Alaska, we cope.

Hlas column for HawkFanatic.com: Bennett Stirtz puts his teammates and the Iowa student section on his shoulders in win over No. 9 Nebraska. hawkfanatic.com/2026/02/18/h...

Hlas Out of Bounds: Pryce Sandfort coming back to Iowa City tomorrow with Nebraska is a reminder that what Jerry Seinfeld said holds true. We root for laundry. mikehlas.substack.com/p/iowa-iowa-...

Robert Duvall was a giant. He's known for being in blockbusters like "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now." But he was so good, period. He got an Oscar for best actor in "Tender Mercies," a terrific smaller movie. Oh, he was so good in "Network."

Twitter is down! Repeat, Twitter is down!

My column for HawkFanatic.com: The reality of the Iowa men's basketball team's limitations this season was vivid and vexing in its 78-57 loss to No. 7 Purdue Saturday at Carver. It also shouldn't be surprising. Rome and Gonzaga weren't built in a day. hawkfanatic.com/2026/02/14/h...

Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in. I'm at Carver for hawkfanatic.com, doing a postgame column on the Purdue-Iowa men's basketball extravaganza. Maybe the game will be newsworthy. Maybe it will be something even more. The operative word is "maybe."

At HawkFanatic.com: I caught up with former Hawkeye basketball player/crowd-pleaser Doug Thomas this week, 20 years after he helped Iowa to a Big Ten tourney title. At 42, he's still playing professionally, still dunking and defending. hawkfanatic.com/2026/02/12/t...

Men's basketball final: Maryland 77, Iowa 70. No bueno for the Hawkeyes. 7-28 from 3-point, outrebounded by 9. With 32 points, Bennett Stirtz scored more than any combination of four teammates.

Hlas Out of Bounds: The bill from Iowa state senators to try to lure the Chicago Bears to Iowa is amusing, yes. It's also a ridiculous waste of time. mikehlas.substack.com/p/if-you-bui...

(me, menacingly): you've read your last free article

My story at HawkFanatic.com: Payton Sandfort discusses his joy of seeing brother Pryce's career take off at Nebraska and his sadness about former teammate Josh Dix's mother dying last week, as well as his own recent strong play in the NBA G League. hawkfanatic.com/2026/02/09/p...

Why is it always ‘be the change you wish to see in the world’ and never be the large denomination bills? Seems like we should be setting our goals just a little bit higher.

This, by the way, is the road condition near Valdez. Please drive with caution.

OK, here's your chance to win a $20 gift card to Quad Shop Espresso in Valdez, Alaska: www.kvakradio.com/2026/02/09/v...

My story at HawkFanatic.com: Payton Sandfort discusses his joy of seeing brother Pryce's career take off at Nebraska and his sadness about former teammate Josh Dix's mother dying last week, as well as his own recent strong play in the NBA G League. hawkfanatic.com/2026/02/09/p...

This was the USSR's policy

FIFA will be awarding a trophy to Kid Rock for Best Lip Synch By a White Dude Over 55 in Jorts.

I try to never over-coach my clients. But Bad Bunny asked me for a lot of advice yesterday. I told him what was what, and he listened intently and purposefully. So I fully expect a marvelous halftime show.

It's Super Bowl Sunday in Valdez, Alaska.

Let's not suggest otherwise. Football is secondary to halftime today. I'm bouncing with Bad Bunny. mikehlas.substack.com/p/not-even-k...

Will I understand this Super Bowl if I haven’t seen the first fifty-nine

Hlas Out of Bounds: The choice between Bad Bunny and Kid Rock on Super Bowl Sunday isn't the toughest I (or the country) will ever make. mikehlas.substack.com/p/not-even-k...