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Terry Brands, the former University of Iowa standout and current USA Wrestling national team coach, told me last week that another former Hawkeye, Mike Zadick, may yet be wrestling in the Olympics next month.
That would be great to see.
Zadick won the...
InterMat just released it's Top 30 college wrestling recruiting classes. The University of Northern Iowa did not make the list.
Brad Penrith is a great guy and was a great wrestler, but he's struggled as coach at UNI the past several years. The Panthers...
Is Terry Brands coming back to the University of Iowa? And is Steve Mocco coming with him?
Message boards have been active with this scenario since Wes Hand announced he was stepping down as an assistant wrestling coach at Iowa, leaving head coach Tom...
As I sit in my hotel room looking out at signs for New York, New York, the Monte Carlo and the MGM, CNN is showing me pictures of my hometown under water.
My heart goes out to my family, friends and all of you working so hard to keep life as normal as...
We've received a lot of mail this week about Scott Dochterman's Sunday (June 1) story about "black athletes in white culture," specifically a look at athletes at the University of Iowa.
Two of the letters ran in Tuesday's paper (June 3).
The theme is...
The blog now has a snazzy new site: http://marcmwm.wordpress.com/
C'mon, over. I'm grilling steaks and tapping a keg of Amstel Light....
If, for some bizarre reason, you have bookmarked the Hlog, please note its move to a new home on the Web.
That, namely, is:
Hlog's New Home
May 29, 2008
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mike.hlas
OK, it's time to head out.If you've gotten used to reading my blog here, you'll want to go here now:That Dad at WordpressHope you enjoy. Thanks, CS, for the last two years. But it's time to step up....
I remember walking by Cedric Everson on the Tuesday BEFORE the Purdue game. This would've been in the days after the Oct. 14 incident. We were just wrapping up Tuesday's news conference. Players report for practice and meetings at roughly 3 p.m. We run...
The loss of human life from the tornado that ravaged Parkersburg Sunday - there are no words to adequately describe the horror.
The loss of homes and meaningful personal property are devastating to the survivors.
And a high school has been destroyed....
Things have changed in Big Ten football. Illinois is no longer playing its games in anonymity. Iowa, meanwhile, has become Big Ten Network fodder.While Iowa will host Maine the afternoon of Aug. 30 in a Big Ten Network game certain to be forgotten nine...
"I played 14 years in the league, and it wasn't because of athletic ability," says Jeff Hornacek, one of the all-time great Iowa State basketball players. "It's from knowing the game."
Hornacek became a beloved NBA player in not one, but two cities,...
Had a birthday recently (we won't discuss the exact chronology, but let's just say I'm closer to retirement age than high school graduation), and it was a genuine pleasure.
Got a couple of really nice gifts -- better than I deserved, and exactly what...
Old Mike was at the John Deere Classic's media day Monday, featuring defending champion Jonathan Byrd. Young Byrd, who seems to be grounded and amiable, had earned $264,000 the day before at the AT&T Classic.
For finishing fourth.
I had to ask him...
OK, Springsteen fans, if you don't know about this Web site, you do now. And there's no way you won't be grateful.It's so simple, I won't even link it. Just cut and paste it, or memorize it and type it in to your browser. Do it for the Boss. Do it for...
(Once again, my apologies for an extended absence. I know, what were once vices are now habits. I'll try to do better. This is a start.
Our 3-year-old is aggressively chatty. It's virtually a non-stop verbal stream, interrupted only by food, television...
The news Tuesday that Arizona State was dropping three men's sports was devestating news for wrestling across the country.
When Oregon announced it was dropping its program after this past season, there was hardly a sound made in this area. Some wrestling...
I know this has been out there on the web for quite a while, but I just got to it and find it interesting.
San Diego (Calif.) Scripps Ranch quarterback Tate Forcier has 30 scholarship offers on the table, according to Rivals.com. He has offers from...
We’re about a month away from the first college football preview magazines. They’re full of numbers and nuance, especially that Lindy’s (wink, wink).
Today we’re talking a little bit about Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, which is dipped, buffed...
The Hawkeyes' season finale Nov. 22 at Minnesota will be a night game, kicking of at 6 p.m. on the Big Ten Network.
This is from the Big Ten Network website:
"The Gophers are scheduled to battle with Iowa for Floyd of Rosedale on Nov. 22 at the...
It's a brainteaser, no?
Of course, the correct answer is actual football opponent of Iowa. The Florida International Golden Panthers play at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 6. In a game that counts. Against the Hawkeyes.
FIU was 1-11 last season, 1-6 in...
This from the Football Writers Association of America (You have to dig through the list, but Iowa defensive tackle Mitch King is on it, along with just about every defensive captain in America):
DALLAS (FWAA) – The Football Writers Association of America...
Normally, I wouldn't try to direct business to the NFL, since the league seems to be holding up nicely on its own.But as a sentimental softie, I'm sharing this link to gifts that will make Mom all warm and happy. Namely, NFL pendants and bamboo...
It may be obvious given the animal is a burrowing rodent, but no grass is growing under the feet of the Gophers of Minnesota's men's basketball program.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press had a story this week suggesting the 2008 recruiting class of Tubby...
Oil prices have just passed $120 a barrel for the first time. You and I feel the strain even when we're filling up our gas cans to transport the liquid gold to our lawnmowers.
Lenox Rawlings of the Winston-Salem Journal had an interesting concept for...
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