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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. 9, 2025 7:00 pm7h ago
Immensely popular barnstorming baseball/entertainment team will bring its fun and talent to Iowa’s football stadium for two nights.
Iowa Basketball Oct. 9, 2025 3:03 pm11h ago
Three are in the NBA. Others are in Europe, Asia, and all over college basketball.
Iowa Football Oct. 9, 2025 11:31 am15h ago
This could be Iowa’s 100th-consecutive game without going to overtime.
Iowa Basketball Oct. 8, 2025 11:46 am1d ago
Ben McCollum’s first Hawkeyes team is slotted ahead of Indiana, among others. Iowa guard Bennett Stirtz is a preseason first-team All-Big Ten choice.
Sports Oct. 9, 2025 12:43 pm14h ago
Twenty-six of Hawkeyes’ 31 games will be televised with the other five on streaming services
Iowa Football Oct. 7, 2025 2:49 pm2d ago
Big Ten football had East and West divisions for 10 seasons, from 2014 to 2023. Wisconsin and Iowa were the best of the West with the Badgers winning the division four times and the Hawkeyes three. Five of their meetings in that time determined the division’s representative in the league’s championship game.
Iowa Basketball Oct. 7, 2025 2:51 pm2d ago
Stirtz is a first-season Hawkeye, having transferred from Drake after being the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year there last season. He led the MVC in scoring (19.2 points per game) and steals (2.2), and also averaged 5.7 assists.
Sports Oct. 5, 2025 12:33 am5d ago
The preseason Nos. 1 and 2 teams aren’t in my latest top 25. Nor should they be.
Iowa Football Sep. 28, 2025 8:15 am11d ago
The No. 11 Hoosiers had to struggle for 60 minutes, but they had enough to stave off Iowa in Kinnick Stadium for the first time since 2007.
Iowa Football Sep. 27, 2025 7:00 pm12d ago
A 49-yard touchdown pass from Fernando Mendoza to Elijah Sarratt capped a wild fourth quarter as Indiana wins at Kinnick Stadium.
Iowa Football Sep. 26, 2025 6:00 am13d ago
If Iowa wants to be part of the national college football discussion, the time is now, not as a spoiler against Penn State or Oregon.
Iowa Football Sep. 25, 2025 11:38 am14d ago
She has the most fans in which two states? Probably, that is.
Iowa Football Sep. 23, 2025 3:10 pm16d ago
Curt Cignetti’s Indiana team looks like anything but a one-hit wonder, but the transformation he has done with the Hoosiers is a wonder indeed.
Sports Sep. 23, 2025 1:05 pm16d ago
Iowa fans, take note. If your team is beating Indiana Saturday, chanting “Overrated!” at the No. 11 Hoosiers would devalue the Hawkeyes’ win.
Iowa Basketball Sep. 18, 2025 4:50 pm21d ago
Ben McCollum’s first game as Iowa’s coach is Nov. 4. His first matchup with a Big Ten foe is Dec. 2 at Michigan State.