The Mike Hlas Podcast

Iowa associate head wrestling coach Terry Brands is on this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast to talk about the progress wrestling has made in trying to get reinstated for the 2020 Summer Olympics when the International Olympic Committee votes in September. Brands has a long, continuing involvement with international wrestling. He talks about recent rule-changes FILA, [...]

As the Big Ten spring meetings continue in Chicago and the league gets nearer to releasing its 2014 football schedule with new members Maryland and Rutgers included, it seemed timely to talk to Mark Rudner. Rudner (@BigTenMarkTV) is the Big Ten’s Senior Associate Commissioner and the man in charge of television administration for the league. [...]

New York Giants tight end Brandon Myers is this week’s guest on the Mike Hlas Podcast. Myers is one of the several former Iowa tight ends who have been NFL success stories. He had a blast-off in 2012 as an Oakland Raider with 79 catches, then signed as a free agent with the Giants in [...]

This week’s Mike Hlas Podcast features an interview with Geoff Grammer of the Albuquerque Journal, who covers University of New Mexico basketball. Geoff has covered the Steve Alford saga of 2013, which quickly went from a Mountain West Conference title, to a stunning NCAA tournament loss to Harvard, to the former Iowa coach leaving for [...]

Veteran basketball broadcaster Mac McCausland joins the Mike Hlas Podcast to talk about Iowa’s recent NIT run and what are realistic expectations for the Hawkeyes entering next season. Mac also talks about Iowa State’s program, and the state of college basketball in general. Subscribe to my podcast on iTunes by clicking here.

For a primer on Wednesday night’s Iowa-Virginia NIT quarterfinal, look no further than Tuesday’s Mike Hlas Podcast. Today’s guest is Doug Doughty of the Roanoke Times, who has covered Virginia basketball for four decades. Doug talks about the parallels between the Iowa and Virginia program, and there are several. He also discusses why Virginia got [...]

Conference tournament week is my favorite week of the sports year. In this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast, I look at conference tourneys past and present, some of the fun big things and some of the quirkier aspects of them. As always you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes by clicking here.

This week’s Mike Hlas Podcast is with Rus Bradburd, who spent 14 years as a Division I men’s basketball assistant coach at Texas-El Paso and New Mexico State before transitioning to a career as a writer and a teacher. Rus talks about his recently-released novel “Make It, Take It,” set inside the world of a [...]

This week’s Mike Hlas Podcast discusses a hot-button sports issue, last week’s decision by the International Olympic Committee to drop wrestling from the 2020 Summer Games. My guest is a go-to guy for amateur wrestling, Mike Chapman. Mike (http://www.mike-chapman.com) is a wrestling author/publisher/historian who has a lot of strong opinions on what wrestling needs to [...]

The one and only Tom Arnold guests on this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast. The Ottumwa native and former University of Iowa student talks about why he likes to trumpet Iowa wherever he goes, why he’s doing three stand-up comedy gigs in Iowa next week when he already has a busy enough life, people who go [...]

Mike is joined this week by Bob Bruce, host of the Bob Bruce Radio Experience on WMT-AM 600 in Cedar Rapids. After appearing on Bob’s show on Mondays and Wednesdays for the last several years, the tables get turned. The subject is the Super Bowl. Not the game, but crazy things you can bet on [...]

This week’s guest on the Mike Hlas Podcast is former University of Iowa offensive guard Julian Vandervelde, who just finished his second season in the NFL. Vandervelde was on the transactions list a lot in 2012, going from Philadelphia to Tampa Bay and back to Philly, where he currently is under contract. He talks about [...]

Something different and fun on the Mike Hlas Podcast this week. My guest is WWE icon Mick Foley, who is performing at Penguin’s Comedy Club in Cedar Rapids Friday and Saturday nights. Mick talks wrestling, performing, and how to engage a crowd. You can subscribe to my podcast on iTunes by clicking here.

NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Landon Cassill is the guest on the latest Mike Hlas Podcast. Cassill, from Cedar Rapids, is about to start his second year on the Sprint Cup Circuit with BK Racing. He talks about preseason goals, what he feels his status is in NASCAR, and what he feels would constitute a successful [...]