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Players come and go, but a loyal fan endures
CEDAR RAPIDS — Who’s the best player you’ve seen in this ballpark, I asked a Cedar Rapids Kernels fan on a recent baseball night in Veterans Memorial Stadium. “It was probably the second baseman for the Angels,” Jim Stewart said. “He was the most consistent. I can’t think of his name. He played here [...]
Ed Podolak talks about Jim Zabel
Jim Zabel died in a fitting way, said one of his longtime broadcast partners and best friends. “He died with his boots on,” Ed Podolak said early Friday morning. “Jill (Zabel’s wife) said he was working on this weekend’s show he did with Jim Walden. He loved that show.” The show was “Two [...]
Jim Zabel: Gone too soon at 91
It’s going to take a while to wrap my mind around the fact Jim Zabel has died, even though he was 91 years old. Though I guess he technically was retired from WHO Radio, he was still doing “Two Guys Named Jim” for the station on Sunday nights with former Iowa State football coach Jim [...]
Iowa baseball: A ‘rich history and tradition?’
The University of Iowa fired head baseball coach Jack Dahm Thursday, and submitted a five-paragraph press release in announcing the move: We aren’t supposed to reprint press releases here, and it’s just as well, because the only paragraph that said anything other than the first one containing the news was the final one. It said: [...]
Bowl schedule for the 2013 season
For one more year, the Big Ten will have four bowl games being played simultaneously for a couple hours on Jan. 1. The Heart of Dallas, Gator, Outback and Capital One. This wasn’t a wise idea originally, and it remains unwise today. But that will probably change after the following season after [...]
The Iowa Hawkeyes can make you rich!
All it takes are three things for Iowa’s football and/or men’s basketball team to make you rich in the next school year. 1. Bet a substantial amount on the Hawkeyes to be BCS or NCAA champions. 2. The Hawkeyes then win the national-championship. 3. Make your wager in Nevada, where it’s legal. According [...]
The Detroit Lions want to host a bowl game!
Some of the greatest minds of our generation have claimed there are too many college football bowl games, or too many that are meaningless. Rubbish! They clearly are magnificent. Why else would Little Rock, Ark., consider hosting one? The NFL’s Detroit Lions want in on the bowl business, even though they are reportedly a [...]
It’s a Monday in May, with Ian Rubbish
I’ll have a podcast with Iowa associate head wrestling coach Terry Brands posted later this afternoon. He, to no surprise, was a good guest. Until then, here are a few observations from the weekend: 1. It’s great to have enough frequent-flier points for a free trip. Finding a time you want to go somewhere that [...]
Podcast: Mike Hlas with Iowa coach Terry Brands
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, [...]
