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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 State Cyclones Sep. 11, 2020 11:09 am1826d ago
Saturday marks six months to the day since the cancellation of the men’s basketball tournaments of the Big 12 and …
Iowa Football Sep. 8, 2020 3:22 pm1829d ago
What if I told you Hawkeye-to-the-marrow Ed Podolak was today more of an Iowa State football fan than a Big …
Iowa Football Sep. 5, 2020 8:34 pm1832d ago
IOWA CITY — “No” was the operative word at Kinnick Stadium Saturday. This was to be the day another Iowa …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 4, 2020 1:23 pm1833d ago
A letter to the Iowa Board of Regents authored by former University of Iowa swimmer Vickie Nauman and supported by …
Iowa High School Football Sep. 3, 2020 3:39 pm1834d ago
It’s been the scheduling equivalent of drawing up plays in the dirt for two former University of Iowa football stars …
Iowa State Cyclones Sep. 1, 2020 1:10 pm1836d ago
This would have been the day of Kirk Ferentz’s press conference in the lead-up to his Iowa football team’s season-opener …
Iowa High School Football Aug. 31, 2020 12:39 pm1837d ago
VAN HORNE – No matter how many games Benton Community’s football team wins this season – and it could again …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports May. 27, 2022 10:35 am1203d ago
IOWA CITY – Parents of University of Iowa swimmers and divers aren’t about to let the women’s and men’s swimming …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 11, 2022 2:24 pm1308d ago
How big was Iowa Hawkeyes basketball in Iowa when Lute Olson – who died Thursday at 85 – was the …
Iowa Basketball Aug. 28, 2020 10:47 am1840d ago
Lute Olson, who coached the Iowa men’s basketball program to both a Big Ten regular-season championship and an NCAA tournament …
Iowa Football Aug. 27, 2020 2:24 pm1841d ago
I was going through Gazette archives this week for a story I’m working on, and bumped into a piece in …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 24, 2020 8:44 pm1844d ago
Twice, University of Iowa offensive lineman Matt Purdy helped carry head coach Hayden Fry off a playing field. Once was …
Iowa High School Football Aug. 22, 2020 2:47 pm1846d ago
ANAMOSA – There was a malfunction of the game clock at Anamosa’s high school football stadium Friday night, prompting the …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 21, 2020 4:41 pm1847d ago
Student-athletes from foreign countries outnumber those from Iowa on athletic teams that will be discontinued at the University of Iowa …
Iowa Football Jun. 7, 2022 8:40 am1192d ago
Parents of University of Iowa football players plan to gather Friday at 8 a.m. the Big Ten Conference headquarters in …