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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 Apr. 10, 2020 2:48 pm1980d ago
A world with a future chock full of the unknown just got even murkier for Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball. Luka …
Iowa Basketball Apr. 10, 2020 11:55 am1980d ago
University of Iowa junior Luka Garza announced Friday that he will test the 2020 NBA Draft process while maintaining his …
Health Care and Medicine Apr. 24, 2020 1:43 pm1966d ago
MidAmerican Energy donating $500,000 to local relief efforts MidAmerican Energy announced it is donating a half-million dollars to local COVID-19 …
Iowa Basketball Apr. 7, 2020 5:23 pm1983d ago
Assuming he returns to Iowa for his senior season, Luka Garza will be the preseason favorite for the men’s college …
Iowa Football Apr. 6, 2020 3:14 pm1984d ago
Michael Sleep-Dalton had quite the unconventional story when he got to Iowa last summer as a new Hawkeyes punter, and the …
Sports Apr. 6, 2020 1:23 am1985d ago
“What are you going to write about now?” I’ve gotten that question — from safe distances — a few dozen …
Iowa Basketball Apr. 3, 2020 9:03 pm1987d ago
University of Iowa fourth-year junior forward Cordell Pemsl announced on Friday that he has submitted his name in the NCAA …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Apr. 3, 2020 2:03 pm1987d ago
The Iowa volleyball program has decided its 2020 season will proceed on schedule, and is going from there. ‘I haven’t …
Iowa Basketball Apr. 3, 2020 12:55 pm1987d ago
One of the biggest national Player of the Year awards eluded Iowa’s Luka Garza Friday. Dayton sophomore forward Obi Toppin …
Sports Mar. 31, 2020 3:38 pm1990d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s golf season in Iowa. You can’t say that everywhere. Not in Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin. It varies …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 30, 2020 6:50 pm1991d ago
For the people in sports who had their seasons prematurely ended by the coronavirus pandemic, the trick is to leave …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 30, 2020 12:45 am1992d ago
Nicholas Baer is ready for his basketball world to open wider once the time again comes when it can. Many …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 26, 2020 2:28 pm1995d ago
Folks, I’m not letting go of basketball until basketball season is over. This was supposed to be the second week …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 25, 2020 1:55 pm1996d ago
Weeks ago when we were naive and carefree, I warned you that Dayton’s Obi Toppin was the favorite to win …
Sports Mar. 24, 2020 12:37 pm1997d ago
There won’t be a clean National Men’s Basketball Player of the Year sweep for Iowa’s Luka Garza. Dayton 6-foot-9 sophomore …