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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. 8, 2025 4:20 pm298d ago
Freshman forward from Minneapolis played sparingly at Miami, will start play with Iowa next season.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 8, 2025 11:16 am298d ago
Dix had career-high 31 and Sandfort matched his high of 30 as Iowa withstood a 15-point second-half deficit and beat the Huskers in overtime, 97-87.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 7, 2025 9:32 pm299d ago
Hawkeyes trailed 52-37 with 14:53 left. Huskers hit last-second 3-pointer to force overtime. Then Iowa took over.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 6, 2025 12:50 pm300d ago
Iowa has a Nebraska team on a heater coming into Carver-Hawkeye Arena Tuesday night, four days after the Hawkeyes’ 116-85 loss at Wisconsin
Sports Jan. 7, 2025 1:02 pm299d ago
Fred Hoiberg’s Huskers aim for seventh straight win, but are coming to an arena where they’ve had little success.
Sports Jan. 6, 2025 7:51 am301d 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 pm302d 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 pm303d 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 am304d 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 am304d 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 pm307d 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 am308d 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 am308d ago
The Hawkeyes and Tigers will clash in a city of losers -- professional sports-wise, that is.
Sports Dec. 29, 2024 2:51 pm308d 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 pm310d ago
Two teams that were a win from the College Football Playoff are now a win from eating a giant Pop-Tarts mascot.

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