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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 Dec. 12, 2017 8:16 pm2831d ago
Someone approached me over the weekend to tell me why he wasn’t going to the Pinstripe Bowl. It would have …
Sports Dec. 11, 2017 12:10 pm2833d ago
Iowa has two players on the first team of Associated Press’ All-America football team. Junior cornerback Josh Jackson and senior …
Sports Dec. 12, 2017 8:15 pm2831d ago
IOWA CITY — There’s an interesting, fun college basketball story developing here. The Iowa women’s hoops team is on the …
Sports Dec. 7, 2017 10:30 pm2836d ago
AMES — The names and faces change here over the years when Iowa plays Iowa State here in men’s basketball, …
Sports Dec. 7, 2017 12:32 pm2837d ago
OK, 11 offensive players and 11 defensive players were named to Sports Illustrated’s college football All-America team Thursday. Just two …
Sports Dec. 6, 2017 3:41 pm2838d ago
Several items: 1. Seldom has there been so little buzz about an Iowa-Iowa State men’s basketball game. The Hawkeyes are …
Sports Dec. 4, 2017 3:19 pm2840d ago
Pinstripe/Liberty sounds like a mutual fund. Oh well. Here are some factoids about the Pinstripe and Liberty bowls before my …
Sports Dec. 3, 2017 3:57 pm2841d ago
Going to forgettable bowl games with 7-5 records will be footnotes to the unforgettable red-letter moments of this football season …
Sports Dec. 2, 2017 8:13 pm2841d ago
IOWA CITY — I conducted a poll on Twitter Friday and Saturday, asking Iowa football fans to choose their preference …
Sports Nov. 30, 2017 5:43 pm2844d ago
You’re seldom sure when it comes to awards, subjective things that they are. But the Big Ten got it right …
Sports Nov. 30, 2017 9:31 pm2843d ago
Often in television, it isn’t the product as much as it is the platform. Iowa has been known to brag …
Sports Nov. 28, 2017 7:20 pm2845d ago
This is an edited version of a column that appeared in Sunday’s Gazette. Whither the Hawkeyes? Maybe Iowa will sneak …
Sports Nov. 27, 2017 2:02 pm2847d ago
Iowa and Iowa State are 7-5, which isn’t the nation’s best college football record. But both lead the nation in …
Sports Nov. 27, 2017 11:41 am2847d ago
Another Big Ten regular season is in the books, and only one of the 14 coaches was fired after last …
Sports Nov. 24, 2017 10:25 pm2849d ago
LINCOLN, Neb. — There’s an old joke that goes like this: I cried because I had no shoes until I …