
Mike Hlas
Sports Columnist at The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Sports columnist at the Cedar Rapids Gazette & TikTok influencer. https://t.co/1kiUDCKv9y.
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2 weeks ago |
thegazette.com | Mike Hlas
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Robert Gallery thought he was losing his mind. Literally. For years after his eight-season National Football League career ended in 2012, the former Iowa football All-American from East Buchanan High School was in extreme mental pain. His thoughts were foggy. He forgot names. He drank heavily. He went into fits of anger for no reason. He had, in his words, suicidal ideations.
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3 weeks ago |
thegazette.com | Mike Hlas
Iowa assistant men's basketball coach Matt Gatens speaks to reporters before a 2022 practice at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Gatens is a new assistant coach at Auburn. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Matt Gatens, who was without a men’s basketball coaching job for two months after Fran McCaffery’s dismissal at Iowa, is returning to Auburn to be the general manager for Bruce Pearl’s national power.
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3 weeks ago |
thegazette.com | Mike Hlas
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — For Iowa’s Generation Z population, having soccer in high schools is simply the way it’s always been. For the rest of us, it may still seem like a bit of a marvel. The sport went from being nonexistent in most of the state’s schools 30 years ago to continually growing.
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3 weeks ago |
thegazette.com | Mike Hlas
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Last week, Cleveland. This week, Waterloo. Does that sound like the glamorous life to you? Probably not. But it’s what Mount Mercy University bowling assistant coach Cassidy Courey is living and enjoying as a professional bowler. This weekend, Courey has been competing at the Professional Women’s Bowling Association’s tour stop in suburban Cleveland.
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4 weeks ago |
thegazette.com | Mike Hlas
Hawkeye logo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Peyton McCollum, the son of Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben McCollum, will join his father’s team this fall. Peyton McCollum is a 6-foot-2 guard. He averaged 13.1 points and 5.2 points in 2024-25 for Waukee Northwest High, which went 22-4 and reached the state Class 4A championship game. He made 53 of 131 3-pointers (40.5 percent).
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