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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 Mar. 3, 2019 2:20 pm2385d ago
This is my March Madness: Whenever a pep band breaks into ‘We will, we will rock you,’ I take it …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 3, 2019 1:27 am2386d ago
IOWA CITY — Nobody blamed Iowa’s disjointed men’s basketball performance Sunday on the absence of its head coach. Fran McCaffery …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 3, 2019 12:09 am2386d ago
IOWA CITY — When they were watching the Rutgers-Iowa men’s basketball together on television Saturday night in Fran McCaffery’s Carver-Hawkeye …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 2, 2019 7:08 pm2386d ago
IOWA CITY — Oh, what a week of woe for the Iowa men’s basketball program. Iowa lost 86-72 to Rutgers …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 2, 2019 10:14 am2386d ago
What: Rutgers (6-11 Big Ten, 13-14 overall) at No. 21 Iowa (10-7, 21-7) When/Where: 4:07 p.m., Carver-Hawkeye Arena TV: BTN …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 1, 2019 10:49 pm2387d ago
IOWA CITY — Saturday’s Senior Day ceremony for the Iowa men’s basketball team may be short, but it surely will …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 28, 2019 3:03 pm2388d ago
A rudderless ship, the Iowa men’s basketball team will not be the next two games. The two-game suspension of Hawkeyes …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 27, 2019 8:27 pm2389d ago
IOWA CITY — Wednesday was one of the most extraordinary days in Iowa Hawkeye athletics, capping several days of tension …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 27, 2019 9:30 am2389d ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Iowa’s 90-70 men’s basketball loss to Ohio State at Value City Arena wasn’t a profile in defensive …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 26, 2019 9:19 pm2390d ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State finally realized open shots were good shots. The Buckeyes missed all but four of their …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 26, 2019 1:02 pm2390d ago
What: No. 21 Iowa (10-6 Big Ten, 21-6 overall) at Ohio State (7-9, 17-10) When/Where: 6:01 p.m. (CT), Schottenstein Center, …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 25, 2019 3:37 pm2391d ago
Those in the Iowa Hawkeyes fan camp who are quick to criticize ESPN announcer Dan Dakich should also know Dakich …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 25, 2019 12:16 pm2391d ago
In the span of seven weeks or so, the Iowa men’s basketball team has gone from being roadkill to road …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 23, 2019 5:36 pm2393d ago
In 1992, Iowa’s football team had a wide receiver named Danan Hughes who aspired to play both football and baseball …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 23, 2019 5:32 pm2393d ago
Luke A. Garza was an Oklahoma State University student trying to assemble some of his sportswriting clips for a portfolio …