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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
Sports Jan. 6, 2025 7:51 am243d ago
Marion and Cedar Rapids in the house. Former Iowa women’s basketball coach Bluder got saluted at halftime. Maryland Coach Frese got the win as her unbeaten Terrapins topped the Hawkeyes, 74-66.
Iowa State Basketball Jan. 4, 2025 5:25 pm245d ago
The Cyclones’ 2000 and 2001 Big 12 champs were honored in a halftime ceremony between two halves of the current ISU team dominating Baylor in Hilton Coliseum, 74-55.
Sports Jan. 3, 2025 8:21 pm246d ago
Badgers make a program-record 21 three-pointers, shoot 64.5 percent overall in Iowa’s worst loss of the season. Wisconsin sophomore guard John Blackwell made six 3-pointers, scored 32 points.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 3, 2025 10:19 am246d ago
Hawkeyes seek to go to 2-1 in the Big Ten, on the road against a Wisconsin club that you definitely do not want to foul.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 3, 2025 8:41 am246d ago
t’s all Big Ten games from here on out for the Hawkeyes, and it starts with a Friday night clash in Madison
Iowa Basketball Dec. 30, 2024 8:35 pm250d ago
Iowa has a cruise before taking its 10-3 record to Wisconsin Friday when Big Ten play resumes.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 30, 2024 9:05 am250d ago
The Wildcats of the America East Conference aren’t likely to upset the Hawkeyes of the Big Ten.
Iowa Football Dec. 30, 2024 9:03 am250d ago
The Hawkeyes and Tigers will clash in a city of losers -- professional sports-wise, that is.
Sports Dec. 29, 2024 2:51 pm251d ago
Iowa-Missouri Music City Bowl has a hard act to follow after Iowa State’s 42-41 win over Miami in the Pop-Tarts Bowl, but expect the unexpected all the same
Iowa State Football Dec. 27, 2024 6:22 pm253d ago
Two teams that were a win from the College Football Playoff are now a win from eating a giant Pop-Tarts mascot.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 21, 2024 7:37 pm259d ago
Payton Sandfort leads five Iowa players in double-figure scoring with a season-high 24, and Hawkeyes controlled the game’s last six minutes for win over Big 12’s Utes
Iowa Basketball Dec. 21, 2024 12:18 pm259d ago
Hawkeyes and Utes score a lot. Iowa will try to outscore Utah this time after losing to the Utes in a March NIT game in Salt Lake City.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 21, 2024 1:16 pm259d ago
Iowa held off Northern Iowa in a terrific game in Iowa City Friday, 92-86. It was a showcase performance from excellent players on both sides.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 20, 2024 8:34 pm260d ago
No. 22 Iowa improves to 10-2 despite best efforts of UNI guard Maya McDermott, who scored 30 points.
Iowa Football Dec. 18, 2024 1:44 pm262d ago
Pribula was a valuable backup for his homestate Penn State team this season, but chose to leave his team before Saturday’s playoff game vs. SMU to chart his new path.