Mike Hlas

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. thegazette.com/sports/my-firs…

Great game in Charlotte tonight.

@andygreder Your post has done me good. I never heard of Golazo before right now, and it's time to watch the Republic of Sacramento go down in figurative flames.

if you are complaining that you can't watch Minnesota United in the U.S. Open Cup tonight because you don't have Paramount+, you are also telling on yourself that you don't watch the UEFA Champions League

@jeje66 Attendance: 3?

And then he got hit in the upper body area with a pitch in his next at-bat that ricocheted and knocked his helmet off. He's fine ...

@HuesmannKyle Let's play two!

Iowa-Bradley is still on for tonight!

Addi Crooks has a new deal. An endorsement deal, that is. sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

@TR3V0R3530 Why not?

@Hlas This would be an overreaction, but lets get Iowa to take the lead by defecting from the NCAA.

It reminds me of Jerry Tarkanian once saying “The NCAA was so mad at Kentucky they gave Cleveland State two more years of probation." x.com/Matt_Fortuna/s…

Iowa joint statement from president Barb Wilson and AD Beth Goetz (left) and from head football coach Kirk Ferentz (right) on today’s NCAA ruling:

Iowa has to vacate wins from 2023 when Cade McNamara played. Not 2024. No, it doesn’t change anything as far as Kirk Ferentz being the winningest Big Ten coach:

@Coach_Yac Heres the entire story: mikehlas.substack.com/p/not-even-a-t…

George Kittle on his rehab from his Achilles injury: “The rehab is actually pretty straightforward. You either do standing calf raises or seated calf raises until you can run and walk and stuff. So I’m walking. I got off of crutches a couple weeks ago. We’re back on a golf course. Everything’s trending in the right direction. It’s going great.” via: @Hlas

I caught up with George Kittle three months after the former Hawkeye tore an Achilles in an NFL playoff game. The perennial Pro Bowler is powering toward being able to play in Week 1 in his 10th season with the 49ers. mikehlas.substack.com/p/not-even-a-t…

Max Velocity has his hands full tonight. We've got a super cell situation in Minnesota/Wisconsin, and things are popping in Kansas. youtube.com/watch?v=t5nPe-…

@jeje66 @DavidFineTweets That is a good story.

@DavidFineTweets You're the best, Finer.

Jeff always captures the spirit of the thing. This is one of the great pieces of journalism written about our team. I hope you get to read it. Teary eyed.

Luka Garza just took and made the gutsiest shot of the Celtics season

Mark Daigneault on Payton Sandfort: “He’s got a really quick trigger. He knows who he is.”

In his 4th NBA game, former Iowa forward Payton Sandfort scored 23 points tonight. He was plus-3 in a game his OKC Thunder lost by 32 points.

Visiting Kansas State, Nebraska, Utah State this week, Iowa during the weekend.

Now Jones is 4-of-4, too.

Rookies Curtis Jones (Iowa State) and Payton Sandfort (Iowa) have made three first-half 3-pointers apiece tonight for Denver and Oklahoma City, respectively. Update: Sandfort just made another and is 4-of-4 from deep, 12 points in 8 minutes.

Ahem. Garza had 27 points, 12 rebounds in Celtics' 113-108 win over Orlando. x.com/Hlas/status/20…