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Mike Hlas
I am the sports columnist and Iowa men’s basketball beat writer for The Gazette. I have been at The Gazette since well before TheGazette.com was a thing, but not as long as Charles Grassley has been a U.S. Senator. I have dined with kings and queens, and I have dined on pork and beans. Oh, only the pork and beans part of that is true. I am the most unaffectedly personal columnist in Iowa, and perhaps the world. To verify that, please contact my representation.
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Latest Articles by Mike Hlas
Sports Oct. 31, 2025 9:37 pm20h ago
We already know who the loser will be in a dispute between Google and Disney, and it’s not Google or Disney. It is those of us who feed those beasts.
Iowa Football Oct. 28, 2025 11:28 am4d ago
In an exclusive interview with one Associated Press football poll-voter, we learn why he went against the grain and voted the Hawkeyes No. 19 this week
Iowa Football Oct. 26, 2025 12:45 pm6d ago
Past Novembers have been very good to the Hawkeyes and their quarterback, Mark Gronowski. They’ll start this November with one of the most-anticipated games at Kinnick Stadium in a while, against Oregon.
Iowa Football Oct. 26, 2025 10:06 am6d ago
Floyd of Rosedale only needed to watch the first 19 minutes of this game’s 60 to see he was staying in Iowa City for another year.
Iowa Football Oct. 25, 2025 5:56 pm7d ago
The Iowa Hawkeyes got touchdowns via pass, rush, punt return and interception return in a dominant first half that propelled them to a 41-3 blowout of rival Minnesota in the “Floyd of Rosedale” football game Saturday afternoon at Kinnick Stadium.
Sports Oct. 24, 2025 6:00 am8d ago
The senior from Dayton, Iowa had an incredible high school athletic career. He hasn’t tapered off at Iowa, and now he’s up for a national award that recognizes academic prowess and leadership as much as football skill.
Iowa Football Oct. 23, 2025 12:55 pm9d ago
Only one of the two head coaches in this game have ever been seen covered in mayonnaise.
Iowa Football Oct. 21, 2025 4:38 pm11d ago
Fleck is second behind Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz as the longest-tenured Big Ten football coach. He’s won more than he’s lost in what isn’t the easiest place to succeed.
Iowa Football Oct. 20, 2025 7:30 am12d ago
The mess caused by Iowa’s 66-yard field goal try that turned into a Nittany Lions touchdown late in the first half could have set the Hawkeyes spiraling, but Ferentz’s team pulled together and got the job done with the game on the line.
Iowa Football Oct. 18, 2025 11:15 pm13d ago
Quarterback Mark Gronowski had 130 rushing yards, with 67 on the play that flipped the game
Iowa Football Oct. 17, 2025 6:00 am15d ago
With James Franklin gone, Penn State wants to jolt the Kinnick Stadium crowd Saturday after UCLA and Northwestern shocked the world by shocking the Nittany Lions.
Sports Oct. 16, 2025 4:48 pm16d ago
On Wednesday, Cedar Rapids’ Murray tacked on five years and $140 million to his Sacramento Kings contract. Thursday, Cedar Falls’ Green was extended four years for $45M with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Iowa Football Oct. 16, 2025 1:08 pm16d ago
Penn State is struggling lately. Penn Station, however, continues to keep humming.
Iowa Basketball Oct. 15, 2025 4:47 pm17d ago
McCollum and many of his Iowa players have experienced winning and postseason success. Now they try to add to that at college basketball’s highest level.
Sports Oct. 15, 2025 4:23 pm17d ago
The 6-foot-10 Folgueiras was the Horizon League’s Player of the Year last season for NCAA tournament team Robert Morris.

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