Mike Hlas

Iowans Keegan Murray and A.J. Green make bank in NBA this week On Wednesday, Cedar Rapids' Murray tacked on five years and $140 million to his Sacramento Kings contract. Thursday, Cedar Falls' Green was extended four years for $45M with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Holy buckets! Iowans Keegan Murray and AJ Green get their NBA contracts extended in the last two days for a total of $185 million. www.thegazette.com/sports/iowan...

Fun Facts: Penn State-Iowa. Hawkeyes are perfect at night and against the spread Penn State is struggling lately. Penn Station, however, continues to keep humming.

Fun Facts: Penn State-Iowa. The Hawkeyes and Welsh rugby both have a Max Llewellyn who is good at tackling. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...

Ben McCollum starts Iowa men's basketball era with "chip on my shoulder" McCollum and many of his Iowa players have experienced winning and postseason success. Now they try to add to that at college basketball's highest level.

Ben McCollum says he starts his era as Iowa's men's basketball coach with a chip on his shoulder. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...

Iowans across the state will rally on Saturday as No Kings Day returns - Little Village On Saturday, hundreds of cities across the country will see people take to the streets for a No Kings Day of Peaceful Action to protest President Trump’s policies. According to […]

Forty Iowa cities have registered to hold No Kings events on Saturday. Despite June's massive, peaceful rallies, Speaker Mike Johnson said no average Americans will be attending, just "antifa people."

Info capsules of everyone on the Iowa men's basketball remade roster Hawkeyes need to introduce themselves to Iowa fans after Ben McCollum assembled a roster with only one returning scholarship player.

Before Iowa men's basketball holds its Media Day tomorrow, here's a primer on the Hawkeyes' roster, nearly all of which is new to the program. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...

"Ava! Ava!" could be an often-heard chant at Iowa women's basketball this season Center Ava Heiden finished last season with a flourish for the Hawkeyes. Now she's stepping into the starting lineup and great expectations.

Hlas column: If what we saw late last season from then-freshman center Ava Heiden was an indication, the Hawkeyes' women's basketball team has a needed developing force in the middle. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...

Former Iowa player Payton Sandfort joins Oklahoma City Thunder roster ... for a day Sandfort waived Tuesday after getting signed by the Thunder Monday, now seems headed to OKC's G League team.

Payton Sandfort's time on the Oklahoma City Thunder's training camp roster lasted about 24 hours. He almost surely will stay in OKC, however. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...

The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper pulls the curtain back during 'Suffering Fools' tour The veteran humorist will detail what he's witnessed around the country courtesy of his "Fingers the Pulse" segments, including a stop at the Paramount Theatre Friday, Oct. 17.

The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper pulls the curtain back during ‘Suffering Fools’ tour

They want Iowa Normal back - Storm Lake Times Pilot Back and forth all over Iowa I trundle hawking my book — "Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest." Everywhere I go one message emerges: We want our good old Iowa back. That is moderate, …

Here’s my latest column. Thanks for reading.

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Iowa men's basketball player Tavion Banks arrested in Iowa City over the weekend Banks, charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct at an Iowa City bar, was Missouri Valley Conference Sixth Man of the Year for Ben McCollum last season at Drake.

An Iowa men's basketball player was arrested this weekend in downtown Iowa City. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...

Former Iowa player Payton Sandfort joins Oklahoma City Thunder roster ... for now Sandfort almost surely is headed to the Thunder's G League team in Oklahoma City.

Former Iowa standout Payton Sandfort joins the NBA- champion Oklahoma City Thunder's training camp roster, though likely for a brief time before he goes to the G League. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...

While some Big Ten powers were staggered, Hawkeyes came out with swagger Iowa responded to its home loss to Indiana in its most-recent game by thoroughly dominating a formerly great rival in Wisconsin and continuing the Badgers' free fall.

Hlas column from Madison: Iowa responded to its home loss to Indiana in its most-recent game by thoroughly dominating a formerly great rival in Wisconsin and continuing the Badgers’ free fall. The Hawkeyes hadn't won by shutout here in 96 years. www.thegazette.com/iowa-footbal...

The Wisconsin students were just singing along to "Build Me Up Buttercup," a 1968 song by the Foundations. Wisconsin went 0-10 in 1968.

Iowa, 30-0 with 10:30 left in the 3rd. Don't jump around in anger at the end of the quarter, Wisconsin students, just jump around.

Iowa's two interceptions on consecutive Wisconsin possessions were by players who weigh a combined 591 pounds. The Brewers play the Cubs at the top of the hour, and a lot of these fans here may be television-bound very soon.

America's collapse in one swath of the NYT homepage

They love the water in Madison.

High school football scores:
Birdville 49, Denton 31
Edisto 18, Whale Branch 14
Volcano Vista 29, Farmington 7
Sprayberry 28, River Ridge 10
Cedar Creek 60, Plain Dealing 6
Woodstock 42, Sandwich 26
Texico 51, Loving 7
Kremlin-Hillsdale 48, Buffalo 20
West Nassau 26, Satellite 13

Daybreak in Valdez, Alaska.

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.

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...

Savannah Bananas will bring their zany baseball to Kinnick Stadium next July 3-4 Immensely popular barnstorming baseball/entertainment team will bring its fun and talent to Iowa's football stadium for two nights.

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

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.

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...

Fun Facts: Iowa-Wisconsin. Hawkeyes seek 21st-straight win ... on FS1 This could be Iowa's 100th-consecutive game without going to overtime.

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...

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

Today's birthdays:

Lisa Woods, Kris LeFave, Craig Dewaele

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.

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

"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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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

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