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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 May. 31, 2018 3:24 pm2661d ago
Boiled down, here is the takeaway Tyler Cook got from NBA people on how to possibly have a future playing …
Iowa Basketball May. 30, 2018 11:38 pm2662d ago
Tyler Cook flirted with becoming a professional basketball player up to the final hours in which he had to choose …
Iowa Basketball May. 29, 2018 4:44 pm2663d ago
Isaiah Moss is returning for his junior season with the Iowa men’s basketball team. ‘After discussing with my family and …
Iowa Football May. 23, 2018 4:31 pm2669d ago
Colin Cole came to Iowa in 1999 and made a difference. The defensive tackle from south Florida was one of …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports May. 23, 2018 1:49 pm2670d ago
Maddie Poppe became perhaps the most famous Hawkeye of all-time Monday night when she became the winner of ‘American Idol.’ …
Iowa Football May. 17, 2018 1:08 pm2676d ago
IOWA CITY — They were just kids, or so it seems now. Dan McCarney was 30, Barry Alvarez a ripe …
Minor League Sports May. 16, 2018 6:53 pm2676d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The Cedar Rapids Kernels dined on chicken, carrots and sweet potatoes in their Veterans Memorial Stadium clubhouse …
Iowa State Cyclones May. 15, 2018 10:35 pm2677d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Iowa State is a football school. Have you ever read that sentence before? I admit, it felt …
Iowa State Cyclones May. 14, 2018 6:07 pm2678d ago
STOCKTON, Calif. — Iowa State had a fabulous first round at i ts NCAA men’s golf regional Monday. The Cyclones, …
Sports May. 14, 2018 6:23 pm2678d ago
So what does Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a federal law requiring states to ban gambling on sporting …
Sports May. 12, 2018 6:27 pm2680d ago
HIAWATHA — Amid referees’ whistles, players’ squeaking sneakers and parents’ chatter Saturday in Northwestern Mutual Iowa Sports Center, you could …
Iowa Basketball May. 9, 2018 6:51 pm2683d ago
Is Tyler Cook’s upcoming decision a foregone conclusion or a cliffhanger? Cook said last month he will go to the …
Sports May. 7, 2018 5:09 pm2685d ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The sun shines bright on the old Kentucky home? I’ll have to take the Commonwealth’s word on …
Iowa Football Apr. 30, 2018 5:17 pm2692d ago
I tweeted the following late Saturday afternoon: Undrafted: Akrum Wadley of Iowa, Allen Lazard of Iowa State. Combined college career …
Iowa Football Apr. 28, 2018 1:18 pm2695d ago
The wheel went round and round, and round again as far as Iowa cornerback Josh Jackson was concerned Thursday and …