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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 Jan. 27, 2018 10:27 pm2785d ago
LINCOLN, Neb. — “James! Palmer! Junior! He’s on fire!” shouted the Pinnacle Bank Arena public-address announcer midway through the second …
Iowa Basketball Jan. 26, 2018 2:33 pm2787d ago
Role reversal. Midway through the Big Ten men’s basketball season. Nebraska is 6-4 and in fifth-place in the conference, in …
Iowa Basketball Jan. 25, 2018 8:52 pm2787d ago
It has repeatedly occurred to me this month that Big Ten men’s basketball teams have a lot of out-of-state players. …
Iowa Basketball Jan. 23, 2018 9:49 pm2789d ago
IOWA CITY — Wisconsin basketball star Ethan Happ collided with Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon after tracking down a second-half rebound Tuesday …
Iowa Football Jan. 23, 2018 11:29 am2790d ago
Like four NFL teams that reached the playoffs this season, Iowa lost against quarterbacks Tom Brady and Nick Foles. No …
Iowa Basketball Jan. 22, 2018 7:30 pm2790d ago
IOWA CITY – If the current men’s basketball declines of Iowa and Wisconsin have any significant difference, it’s that the …
Iowa Basketball Jan. 20, 2018 4:14 pm2793d ago
IOWA CITY — Fans high in one corner of Carver-Hawkeye Arena Saturday sat underneath banners commemorating Iowa’s 1991, 1992 and …
Outdoors Dec. 16, 2021 12:07 pm1367d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — You’ve never run a marathon? How would you like to run seven marathons? In seven days? On …
Sports Jan. 18, 2018 2:58 pm2795d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Two of the best pool players in the world played each other here Wednesday night and almost …
Iowa Football Jan. 15, 2018 12:42 pm2798d ago
Iowa knows what it’s like to be tormented by Stefon Diggs. The Minnesota Vikings wide receiver made NFL lore Sunday …
Iowa Basketball Jan. 13, 2018 9:51 pm2799d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Joe Wieskamp played his first basketball game here since last February. Here’s the updated scouting report on …
Iowa Basketball Jan. 11, 2018 1:11 pm2802d ago
Georges Niang reportedly is returning to the NBA. Niang, a 6-foot-8 forward from Iowa State, is said to be about …
Sports Jan. 9, 2018 6:51 pm2803d ago
Grinnell College’s 2017 football team had a tough go of it, finishing 1-9 with losses of 64-13 to St. Norbert, …
Sports Dec. 30, 2021 1:15 pm1353d ago
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton threw a late-game, 49-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Boyd on Dec. 31 that gave his …
Sports Jan. 8, 2018 3:41 pm2805d ago
Maybe this year’s Iowa gubernatorial candidates should promise exorcists for our state universities’ men’s basketball programs. What’s going on is …