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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
Iowa Basketball Feb. 26, 2025 7:45 am192d ago
Iowa is assured a losing Big Ten season for first time since 2018 after getting beaten by Illini.
Sports Feb. 25, 2025 12:38 pm192d ago
Hawkeyes face an Illini team that is skidding after its most-lopsided loss in program history
Iowa Basketball Feb. 23, 2025 5:08 pm194d ago
Iowa gave No. 3 UCLA its second-toughest game of the season, but the final seconds and a 67-65 win went to the team that’s 14-1 in the conference, not 8-8.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 23, 2025 12:26 pm194d ago
If Big Ten men’s hoops borrowed the system employed by European soccer, even games like Saturday’s Washington-Iowa affair would be of great importance
Iowa Basketball Feb. 22, 2025 6:26 pm195d ago
Iowa was down by nine points early in the second half, but bounced back for the win behind Payton Sandfort’s
Sports Feb. 22, 2025 9:32 am196d ago
The best way to sell this one? The Hawkeyes need a win to avoid 16th-place.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 20, 2025 7:45 am198d ago
Iowa falls for the eighth time in its last 10 games. Josh Dix’s layup in the final moments rolled off.
Sports Feb. 19, 2025 1:40 pm198d ago
It’s the first time the two have met since the 2021 NCAA tournament
Iowa Basketball Feb. 16, 2025 6:49 pm201d ago
All five Terrapin starters score at least 16 points as Maryland shoots 58.2 percent from the floor. The Hawkeyes had a hot first half, then came unglued at both ends of the floor.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 15, 2025 8:52 pm202d ago
Junior guard is averaging 22 points in Owen Freeman’s absence. Wednesday at Rutgers, he outplayed touted freshmen Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper.
Iowa State Basketball Feb. 15, 2025 6:22 pm202d ago
Iowa State gets to 20-5 with third-straight win, doing it with rebounds, steals and free throw-shooting
Iowa Basketball Feb. 16, 2025 11:44 am202d ago
Hawkeyes head East for second time in five days, this time to face a ranked Terrapins team that has won six of its last seven games.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 12, 2025 8:16 pm205d ago
Iowa gets first road win of the season, outclassing Rutgers freshmen stars Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper in the process.
Sports Feb. 12, 2025 1:33 pm205d ago
Voters make their choices, then wait for condemnation from somebody, somewhere.
Sports Feb. 12, 2025 2:12 pm205d ago
Hawkeyes will try to end 3-game losing streak and secure first Big Ten road victory.