Mike Hlas @Hlas

Former sports columnist at The Gazette. Now part of the Iowa Writers Collaborative. See me at https://t.co/2OtJupxStA mikehlas.substack.com Cedar Rapids, Iowa Joined May 2008

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

21 hours ago

Was Mitchell's Man of the Millennium award already taken?

Acyn @Acyn

a day ago

“And they've never given you the Nobel Peace Prize, by the way, which is a disgrace. So, what I came up with, Mr. President, is a new award. It's called the Man of the Century award, OK?”

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In 2020, Tommy Tuberville promised to donate “every dime” of his $174,000 Senate salary to Alabama veterans and their families. A June investigation found no evidence he followed through, a pledge now worth roughly $1 million. Tuesday night, after a reporter asked about it, Tuberville told staff to remove him. Then he called the media “socialists” and “communists.”

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast

3 days ago

The MAGA senator had a reporter thrown out of a campaign dinner after being confronted with an embarrassing question. thedailybeast.com/maga-senator-t…

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

4 days ago

Hlas column: The lengths people will go to fake-scare you: mikehlas.substack.com/p/halloween-ha…

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

4 days ago

George was great with Scott Van Pelt.

KNBR @KNBR

4 days ago

"I'm in year 10 right now, I just wanna win. That's all I wanna do." George Kittle put it all in perspective on the SportsCenter set with @notthefakeSVP after the Niners moved to 6-0.

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

4 days ago

This means former Iowa player Kris Murray has made the Grizzlies' roster after three seasons with Portland.

Shams Charania @ShamsCharania

5 days ago

The Memphis Grizzlies are waiving 2025 No. 18 pick Walter Clayton Jr. and Micah Peavy, sources tell ESPN.

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

5 days ago

@TimBHawks Gee whiz, Tim.

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

5 days ago

Mervin Hilpipre wouldn't have been my first guess? Would he have been yours?

Chuck Grassley @ChuckGrassley

5 days ago

Guess who I ran into at Village Inn Cedar Falls 1 of the best known auctioneers in USA and fixture of auctions all over Iowa—Mervin Hilpipre. In 2004 he won worldwide competition among 82 auctioneers Mervin was always trying to get the highest $ at auctions Admire his champ ring

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Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme

6 days ago

Russia has killed 762 kids in Ukraine. These are documented cases. The real number is much higher.

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Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini

6 days ago

Mike Pereira on Fox just now about the 1 second in ND-BYU: "I talked to the Big 12 center, they said replay did clear it, but it’s pretty obvious here there is a second left on the clock and there should’ve been another play for Notre Dame.”

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

6 days ago

This is the opposite of a palate-cleanser.

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

6 days ago

@NicoleAuerbach Well, it definitely beats golf.

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

6 days ago

Alabama, Georgia, Notre Dame and Texas losing on the same day is darling.

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

a week ago

Friday high school football finals: Bishop Canevin 64, Keystone Oaks 0 Bishop Carroll 21, Wichita East 0 Bishop McCort 43, Philipsburg-Osceola 38 Bishop McDevitt 42, Carlisle 0 Bishop Moore 42, Hagerty 0 Bishop Miege 45, Blue Valley North 14 Bishop Kenny 45, Zarephath Academy 6

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

a week ago

@PatMahoney8 That depends. What are you talking about?

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

a week ago

If the 24th-seed wins the first 24-team CFP, I'm buying everyone a new Buick. If anyone tries to pull some shenanigans and get a second free Buick, the deal is off for everyone. So behave for once in your lives!

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The New York Times @nytimes

a week ago

Breaking News: President Trump signed an executive order to exempt Russia from new sanctions legislation that Congress passed last month. nyti.ms/4zDoByS

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Pete Thamel @PeteThamel

a week ago

Sources Iowa State is hiring Jared Benko as the school’s next athletic director. Benko is Auburn’s Executive Deputy Athletic Director and the former athletic director at Georgia Southern.

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

a week ago

@AIkirkferentz Incorrect. You are now out.

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Mike Hlas @Hlas

a week ago

@PatMahoney8 No. In fact, you just disqualified yourself. I take no pleasure in it, but this is the way it must be.

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Dan Wetzel @DanWetzel

a week ago

College athletics is terrible at seeing problems around the corner. The 24-team playoff is the latest example. A lot of schools that supported this will regret it because in the end it won't be about the playoff or even the now diminished regular season. Notre Dame now has the best situation in all of football - almost 100 percent guarantee to make the playoff, freedom to schedule as it wishes, maximization of its own media value. To use the Big Ten as an example, why wouldn't Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State follow? If you can, be independent. That's the future. The 18-team Big Ten is bloated, distant and winning it carries little intrinsic or competitive value for the biggest brands. Those three schools can create a scheduling agreement that would increase their media revenue 2-3x and give the same control over everything. No sharing money. No forced TV times. Eight or even nine home games. Select your own schedule. Staying in the Big Ten now makes little and perhaps no economic sense. And yes, I do understand the league-wide research grants and so on, but there is always a way around everything. In terms of athletics, for those schools (and maybe a few more) it's lost revenue for the sake of loyalty and we know how that usually gets settled. All these middle and lower schools -- even in the P2 -- that supported this because they'll get in the "participation playoff" with an 8-4 record are facing significant risk in the future. There will come a day when they will now get a share of the Ohio State-Michigan windfall; only Ohio State and Michigan will. Maybe not tomorrow, but I believe a 24-team playoff makes it closer than ever. Thoughts?