The Mike Hlas Podcast

Rick Hartzell, a Division I basketball official for over a quarter-century and the former athletic director at Northern Iowa talks about his book, lessons learned from officiating and his time at UNI.

Mary Ferentz, the wife of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz, guests on the Mike Hlas Podcast this week to talk about the June 4 Iowa Ladies Football Academy at Kinnick Stadium, which you can learn even more about at iowaladiesfootballacademy.com. She also discusses what it’s like when the Hawkeye football family is also your actual family, and talks about what it was like to have two sons who were involved in Super Bowls. The Hlas Podcast is sponsored by the Iowa City/Coralville Convention and Visitors Bureau, which is presenting FRYfest on Sept. 2 at the Coralville Marriott. Go to FRYfest.com for details.

A McCaffrey guests on the Mike Hlas Podcast this week. No, it isn’t Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey, who repeatedly ran past the Iowa Hawkeyes in this year’s Rose Bowl. It’s Kevin McCaffrey, a comedian and writer who will perform at Penguin’s Comedy Club in Cedar Rapids on April 15-16. Kevin talks some sports and some comedy here. You can learn more about him at kevin-mccaffrey.com. The Mike Hlas Podcast is sponsored by the Iowa City/Coralville Convention and Visitors Bureau, which hosts the U.S. Wrestling Olympic Team Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena this Saturday and Sunday. For ticket information, go to iowacitytorio.com.

Someone very familiar with North Carolina point guard Marcus Paige and incoming Iowa basketball recruit Jordan Bohannon guests on this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast. Chris Robertson, the boys’ basketball coach at Linn-Mar High, gives insights on former Linn-Mar Lion Paige, who will try to help his team to a national-championship this week. He also discusses Bohannon, who was the 2016 Iowa “Mr. Basketball” and will be a freshman on Iowa’s team next season. The Hlas Podcast is sponsored by the Iowa City/Coralville Convention and Visitors Bureau, which is helping present the 2016 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on April 9-10. For ticket information, go to iowacitytorio.com.

Mac McCausland guests on this week's Mike Hlas Podcast to talk about Iowa's three teams in the NCAA tourney.

Jess Settles of the Big Ten Network guests on the Mike Hlas Podcast this week to discuss the upcoming Big Ten basketball tournament. Settles was a former All-Big Ten forward at Iowa, who discusses his postseason experiences with the Hawkeyes. He also looks at this year’s Iowa team and its chances for success in Indianapolis this week, and he talks about what led him into television.

This week’s Mike Hlas Podcast features Ken Pomeroy, the man behind popular the college basketball rankings site, Kenpom.com. Pomeroy discusses why his rankings and statistics are taken so seriously by coaches and basketball followers, and how he went from being a meteorologist with a hobby to a full-time basketball stats guy who has gained national prominence. The Hlas Podcast is sponsored by the Iowa City/Coralville Convention and Visitors Bureau, who are helping present the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on April 9-10. Go to iowacitytorio.com for ticket information.

Former Iowa Hawkeye James Ferentz shares the story of his journey from working at Randy's Carpets in Iowa City to becoming a Super Bowl champion with the Denver Broncos.

Dan Dakich guests on this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast to discuss Thursday’s Iowa-Indiana basketball game, as well as his thoughts about the Hawkeyes and many other topics.

Former Hawkeye Chad Greenway by The Gazette

Former Des Moines Register sportswriter Rick Brown guests on this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast. Rick talks about the many personalities and events he covered while working at the Register from 1978 through 2015, and how the news media business has changed in that time.

McNutt, one of the Hawkeyes' all-time greats, talks about the experience of winning a major bowl game and relates it to what the current Iowa team is facing when it meets Stanford in Friday's Rose Bowl.

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby by The Gazette

This week’s Mike Hlas Podcast is with Pasadena, Calif., mayor Terry Tornek, whose city thousands of Iowans will flock to soon for the 102nd Rose Bowl.

Tom FitzGerald, San Francisco Chronicle, on the 2015 Rose Bowl by The Gazette