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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. 11, 2025 12:34 pm206d ago
Bailey and Harper are two of the nation’s top three freshmen in scoring, and are projected to be two of the first three players taken in June’s NBA draft.
Sports Feb. 8, 2025 3:30 pm209d ago
Hawkeyes fall for sixth time in last seven games, slide to 4-8 in Big Ten,
Sports Feb. 8, 2025 10:57 am210d ago
Plus, if you don’t watch the halftime show you won’t know what all the praise and criticism is about.
Sports Feb. 8, 2025 10:46 am210d ago
No. 21 Badgers bring height and heft to Carver against Iowa team that no longer has its best big man.
Sports Feb. 4, 2025 8:57 pm213d ago
Guard Braden Smith scores 31 points to lead with No. 7 Boilermakers to 10th conference win in 12 starts.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 4, 2025 1:21 pm213d ago
It isn’t on conventional television. It isn’t on conventional television. It isn’t on conventional television.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 3, 2025 3:12 pm214d ago
Sophomore Freeman is Hawkeyes’ team-leader in scoring and rebounding
Iowa Basketball Feb. 3, 2025 9:38 am215d ago
Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena was built around Clark’s No. 22 getting retired. Her former Hawkeyes team, led by Olsen’s 28 points, made the day complete with a big upset of the fourth-ranked Trojans.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 28, 2025 4:28 pm220d ago
The bottom three of the 18 teams won’t advance to Indianapolis for the league tourney, and the Hawkeyes have work to do to be one of the 15 that do
Iowa Basketball Jan. 28, 2025 12:55 pm220d ago
Iowa remains winless in Big Ten road games, drops to 4-6 in the Big Ten.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 27, 2025 11:41 am222d ago
The Buckeyes haven’t had the homecourt success of most Big Ten teams, and the Hawkeyes haven’t had any conference road successes this season.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 27, 2025 6:37 pm221d ago
Hawkeyes and Buckeyes are coming off tight wins. Iowa is in need of a couple road victories between now and the Big Ten tourney.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 25, 2025 1:56 pm223d ago
Iowa ends 3-game losing streak after sweating out the finish in which the Nittany Lions scored the last seven points.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 24, 2025 12:02 pm224d ago
At 3-5 in the Big Ten with three straight losses, Iowa badly needs a win. It faces a Penn State team that, like the Hawkeyes, likes to get up and go, and score.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 24, 2025 6:58 pm224d ago
Hawkeyes will try to halt 3-game skid and climb over Penn State in the Big Ten standings.