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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. 16, 2025 6:49 pm259d 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 pm260d 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 pm260d 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 am259d 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 pm263d 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 pm263d ago
Voters make their choices, then wait for condemnation from somebody, somewhere.
Sports Feb. 12, 2025 2:12 pm263d ago
Hawkeyes will try to end 3-game losing streak and secure first Big Ten road victory.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 11, 2025 12:34 pm264d 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 pm267d ago
Hawkeyes fall for sixth time in last seven games, slide to 4-8 in Big Ten,
Sports Feb. 8, 2025 10:57 am267d 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 am267d 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 pm271d 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 pm271d 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 pm272d ago
Sophomore Freeman is Hawkeyes’ team-leader in scoring and rebounding
Iowa Basketball Feb. 3, 2025 9:38 am272d 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.

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